Introducing MAUD - the Muir Albini Ukulele Duo. I am super excited to announce this new and innovative ukulele duet project with composer, ukulelist, music theorist and mathematician Giovanni Albini. We have both been commissioning and performing new works for solo ukulele in our individual efforts to help develop a contemporary solo repertoire for the ukulele. It seemed only natural to combine forces in order to explore and develop the possibilities for ukulele duets. Despite the fact I live in Somerset, UK, and Giovanni lives in Pavia in Italy we decided to beat the lockdown blues by starting with a virtual collaboration. (Hopefully we will be able to perform live at some point!) We have started commissioning ukulele duets from several composers and would love to hear from any other interested composers. Our first set of pieces are from Tom Armstrong’s Shadow Variations - a piece Tom composed for me based on my Variations on the Dowie Dens of Yarrow published by Les Productions d’Oz. Shadow Variations is for ukulele ensemble but several of the movements can be played by two ukuleles. Here is Curve 1.
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