Barbara Straub

Concertino is about relationships and how they change over time. My first goal in writing the piece was to create two distinct characters; in this case; the Oboe and English Horn. The Oboe begins with...

Tightrope Walker is my first piece for full orchestra. Given the large forces available to me; I wanted to write something exciting; colorful and visceral. I remembered back to when I was a kid going...