When I came to Hartt, there were four other students who entered the Masters program at the same time: Rob Cimitile, Ryan Jesperson, Richard Johnson, and Phil Salathé. Someone (Phil I think) came up with the idea that we should each write a miniature for bassoon so those five pieces could be performed as a set on Public Works, the student composers concert held each semester. Dance, Cadenza, and Reprise was born of that project.
