Emily Mehigh

Intense and Zealous (But Not Overzealous) for solo bass clarinet by Kimberly Osberg (2020)

Moons Over the Spires of Echo-9 for bass clarinet by Chelsea Komschlies (2024)

Limerence for E flat Clarinet by Mica Redden (2025)

Fused for Clarinet + Electronics by Kevin Poelking (2024)

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-Intense and Zealous (But Not Overzealous) for solo bass clarinet by Kimberly Osberg (2020)
This work was part of Kim’s “Commissions from Quarantine” In March 2020 Osberg accepted commissions for solos and duos of up to three minutes for a small fee. The musician had to provide a word or two to describe the desired mood of the piece. These words also became the titles of these pieces. This particular work was a commission from Kathryn Vetter.
-Moons Over the Spires of Echo-9 for bass clarinet by Chelsea Komschlies (2024)
From the composer: “Standing on the fictional exoplanet Echo-9’s jagged surface, beneath its silent, hovering moons, one confronts a vista beyond human comprehension- simultaneously magnificent, desolate, and overwhelming. The piece’s sound world draws from 20th century sci-fi imaginings during the emergence of the manned spaceflight. Through extended bass clarinet techniques, the music embodies the uncanniness of these early depictions of faraway worlds, aiming to recapture how wonderful and strange they seem to us even decades later. Within this retro-futuristic exploration of unsettling awe in the face of the ultra-unknown, there lies a cautionary reminder and an invitation to channel that feeling towards the future of our own planet.”
-Limerence for E flat Clarinet by Mica Redden (2025)
The word “limerence” is defined as “the state of being obsessively infatuated with someone, usually accompanied with delusions of or a desire of an intense romantic relationship with that person.” Often this can be accompanied by dark and intrusive thoughts. The romantic part of the word starts the piece, with delusions and dark thoughts later interrupt the initial romantic theme. The romantic theme reruns once again at letter F in the piece, but ultimately ends with a complete spiral into delusion once more.
-Fused for Clarinet + Electronics by Kevin Poelking (2024)
From the composer: “Fused for Clarinet and Electronics is a fusion of multiple styles of music including EDM, contemporary classical, rock/pop and the classical music of India. This idea was inspired by my conversations with the consortium lead, Dr. Kelsey Paquin, whose dissertation and research travels focused around the life and music career of Anglo-Indian composer John Mayer. I found his story and his unique approach to music to be particularly inspiring.
Not only does the title Fused represent this “fusion” of multiple genres of music, I found that it also appropriately describes the compositional process itself (using more traditional notation along with the use of DAW to create the audio track), as well as the bringing together of the dozens of consortium members from around the country to support new music and have input into the creative process.”

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