Isosceles

*Contemporary composition* that was inspired by the members of the ensemble which this piece was commissioned for. Two of the members were twins and this provided the idea of the proportions of an isosceles of a triangle. Many of the compositional techniques, structure , texture and rhythmic content reflective this idea. 

Alan Davis was born in Birmingham in 1945. He studied at the Royal College of Music, Keble College Oxford, and undertook postgraduate research on the music of Hotteterre at Birmingham University.

He trained as a clarinettist, but a growing interest in pre-classical music and historical performance practice led him to concentrate on the recorder as his principal instrument. 

He held recorder teaching appointments at Birmingham Conservatoire, Birmingham Music Service, the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, Chetham's School of Music and the Junior Department of the Royal Northern College of Music. In 1979 he founded Birmingham Schools Recorder Sinfonia which he directed until 2010.

Alan passed away in October 2021.

Isosceles (in 3 parts)

I

II

III

Score 20 pages only.