Duck & Roll is a piano trio composed in late fall of 2024 for the Fire Breathing Rubber Duckies (which is the best ensemble name I have ever seen). This piece is highly rhythmic, loud, and fast, and it also showcases extended techniques on each instrument. The title, Duck & Roll, is quite random, inspired by the ensemble’s name and the instrument I recently studied—the duck call (which sounds just like a duck). The clarinet player also doubles on the duck call to add some duckie flavor to the piece. Therefore, you might hear some quack, quack, and more quack.

(Wenbin Lyu, November 1, 2024)

April 27, 2025 (premiere); Elemental Music Chamber Music Institute; St. Matthew's Music Guild; Pacific Palisades, CA; Fire Breathing Rubber Duckies