My favorite type of music making is collaborative music making.

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To me there's nothing more fun than playing or singing music with others. Chamber music, art songs, barbershop quartet, singing in a choir, accompanying my kids at violin recitals, playing in an orchestra.

Maybe that's because I'm a composer and a pianist who spends a lot of time alone in the composer cave.

[And, yes, this does have something to do with the little BONUS GIFT I mentioned yesterday.]

It's not just the added fun of playing with friends, it's the synergy of expression that occurs when your hearts are in it together. That just lights me up!

I always wanted to play in a string quartet, some rockin' late Beethoven. But alas, my string playing abilities go only so far as a semi-decent faker on the double bass, passable for a community orchestra who can't really hear all my wrong notes.

One year in college we put together a Piano Quartet (piano, violin, viola and cello) to play this glorious piece by my favorite romantic composer, Johannes Brahms. It was his C minor Piano Quartet, Op. 60 (that's for you nerds....like me.... )

I was playing the piano part and it's the closest I've come to playing in a string quartet.

Hey, there were 4 of us (quartet) and most were strings. So, hey, string quartet, right??!! (almost).

A professional quartet was in residence at our school at the time and we had some coaching from their cellist. I was in heaven!!

I was so excited during our performance that in a particularly passionate moment I turned my page so forcefully that the music flew right off the piano. Luckily I had a bit of rest to recover, and the show went on.

We had a good laugh about that.

So, here's the deal with this Bonus Gift.

I've prepared a duet for all you Woodwind players. It's a FREE arrangement of "Lead Kindly Light" in 3 different couplings -- Flute/Bassoon/Piano, Oboe/Bassoon/Piano, or Clarinet/AltoSaxophone/Piano.

To get your embouchure's around this Free collaborative hymn arrangement, I need to get your help.

When you refer a woodwind playing friend or student and they join the VIP notification list for my new book of arrangements, 'Sacred Airs', I'll give both you and your friend a Free copy of this arrangement.

Share this link (below) with you buddies and then shoot me an email at doug@douglaspew.com to let me know their name so I can keep an eye out for them.

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I'll respond to you both with the Freebie attached.

Thanks for spreading the word. I look forward to hearing from you!

Doug