solos and duos – MENDEL LEE https://mendellee.com composer • performer • educator • entrepreneur Wed, 25 Feb 2026 23:37:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://mendellee.com/mendelblog/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/cropped-MCreates512-32x32.png solos and duos – MENDEL LEE https://mendellee.com 32 32 Leaf for solo flute https://mendellee.com/product/leaf-for-solo-flute/ Wed, 25 Feb 2026 23:37:06 +0000 https://mendellee.com/?post_type=product&p=5067 Read more "Leaf for solo flute"

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  • a musical journey of whimsy
  • a representational advocacy for flow, relaxation, and adaptation
  • a continuing exploration of me desire to increase performer agency within the framework of my creative voice

Leaf was commissioned by and written for Roberta Michel with support for its creation and world premiere from nienteForte Contemporary Music.

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Throughout most of my creative career, I’ve inflicted a self-imposed separation between my work as a composer, my work as a marching band and percussion arranger, and my passion for complex electronica and djent music. This separation came from a mentality that my “serious” work needed to conform to an aspirational “classical masterpiece” standard that always pushed my own boundaries and had a high compositional craft meticulousness that was at odds with marching and electronic music that I wrote more quickly and mostly for fun.

I’ve recently come to realize that this mental segregation has actively hindered an important part of my musical identity in my work, one that I’ve developed and loved for decades. I’ve since been determined to break down those barriers and trust that all of my musical influences and skills can work harmoniously to strengthen my creative output.

Polarities was written in this spirit, a quick and light-hearted etude that is a love letter to two of my strongest and oldest musical influences – minimalist composer Steve Reich and UK-based electronica duo Plaid. It also represents my continuing journey to embrace and be true to my entire creative self.

Instrumentation: two 4.33 marimbas

Included with purchase:

  • Full Score
  • Parts in Portrait Letter
  • Parts in Tabloid Landscape

]]> Remnants of the Sunken Cathedral for electric guitar and marimba https://mendellee.com/product/remnants-of-the-sunken-cathedral-for-electric-guitar-and-marimba/ Sat, 20 Apr 2019 18:57:34 +0000 https://mendellee.com/?post_type=product&p=3235 Remnants of the Sunken Cathedral, commissioned by the Liminal Space Contemporary Music Ensemble, is a tribute to one of my favorite piano solo composers who influenced my youth.

]]> Timpani Forces for solo timpani https://mendellee.com/product/timpani-forces/ Fri, 12 Apr 2019 03:04:29 +0000 https://mendellee.com/?post_type=product&p=2633 Timpani Forces is a four-movement work for solo timpani commissioned by David Constantine, percussionist of the President’s Own Marine Band, who requested that I write him solo timpani literature that placed more emphasis on melodic and lyrical content over percussive and rhythmic virtuosity.

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