Hello Old Friend - OB/PN

Hello Old Friend 
for oboe and piano
by Kevin Kopsco (b.1988)

ABOUT THE MUSIC

Hello, Old Friend was written for oboist Anne Sneller as a part of an oboe writing intensive put on by Joseph Sowa’s Wizarding School for Composers in partnership with oboist Jennet Ingle and her oboe studio.

Hello, Old Friend brings you back to a childhood time in your life where you found comfort, safety, or even a friendship in a simple pleasure. This may be a stuffed animal, a game of some kind, or an attachment to an old instrument.

Anne began playing oboe as a child through a school music program. As she aged out, she was no longer able to afford what was required to continue playing the oboe. Years later, as her daughter entered a similar program, she decided to rekindle the relationship with her old friend, the oboe and oboe repertoire.

As we experience this nostalgia, we celebrate those old relationships and feel abundance at the ability to keep that love alive in our hearts.

ABOUT THE COMPOSER

Kevin Kopsco (he/they) resides with their 2 cats and partner in the Pacific Northwest. Their alma maters include Berklee College of Music, the Boston Conservatory, and Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University. Kevin is a neurodivergent activist who is autistic with ADHD, and uses their music to promote equity, inclusion, and accessibility. Their music is a means of showing audiences raw, whimsical, poignant, and beautiful perspectives that make up existing within a neurodivergent operating system. Kevin is a vocalist, pianist, and avid poet who teaches composition, music theory, libretto/lyric/poetry writing, and music production to all ages and levels. To learn more about Kevin or their music, please visit www.KevinKopsco.com.