Abayomi Osisanya: Una Noche Con Agua for double bass quartet

About the Composition

This piece, originally written for B♭ Clarinet and Electric Bass, is about an imaginative relationship between animals in the Amazon rainforest. When the original piece was commissioned, the performers asked me to write something with a latin feel, which is accomplished through the percussive and harmonic elements of the accompaniment line, as well as the rhythmic ideas that encompass the melody.

You receive a score and individual parts

About the Composer

Abayomi Osisanya is a music composition major at the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA), and he studies double bass under Dr. Jack Unzicker and Professor Tyler Shepherd. Within the variety of works he writes, he composes mainly for orchestra and solo double bass, as those are the two areas he's most passionate about. He has played with the UTA Symphony Orchestra since 2019, including their 2023 performance at the Texas Music Educators Association Annual Convention.

His compositions have been performed at the University of North Texas Bradetich Summer Bass camp in 2019, UTA's 24*24 Recitals, and at masterclasses with Bill Clay, Eddie Gomez, Brian Perry, and many other bass players. Recent projects include a symphony and a religiously informed suite of solo double bass pieces. When he is not composing or playing double bass, he enjoys cooking and spending time with his church friends and family.