The Two Minute Tango

As one of four composers commissioned to write a piece for the 2025 Mid-America Guitar Ensemble Festival, I was asked to write a two-minute guitar quartet that wasn’t difficult to play. In this piece, I have endeavored to create a fun ensemble piece for students and faculty to perform that would also be enjoyable for the audience to listen to. Also, it can be used as a study for students. I used natural harmonics, rasgueado, and multiple-note (four and eight-note) slurs in this piece. In addition, I think the voicing of parts is fun but also requires performers to count carefully.