This expansive (twenty-five minute) composition for solo clarinet by Libby Larsen contains musical profundity and stylistic contrast beyond what is routinely encountered in solo instrument works . . . Dancing Solo is an important newly- published work by a prominent twentieth-century American composer and should become a mainstay of the unaccompanied clarinet repertoire.
Libby Larsen (b. 24 December 1950, Wilmington, Delaware) is one of America's most prolific and most performed living composers. Her catalogue of over 200 works spans virtually every genre from intimate vocal and chamber music to massive orchestral and choral scores. Her music has been praised for its dynamic, deeply inspired, and vigorous contemporary American spirit. Constantly sought after for commissions and premieres by major artists and orchestras around the world, Libby Larsen has established a permanent place for her works in the concert repertory.
