Duck & Roll is a piano trio composed in late fall of 2024 for the Fire Breathing Rubber Duckies (which is the coolest ensemble name I have ever seen). This piece is highly rhythmic, loud, and fast, and it also showcases a few extended techniques on each instrument. The title, Duck & Roll, is quite random, inspired by the ensemble’s name and the instrument I recently researched—the duck call (which sounds just like a duck). The clarinetist will double on the duck call in this piece to add a duck-like flavor. Therefore, you might hear some "quack?", "quack...", and "quack!"

(Wenbin Lyu, November 1, 2024)

March 26, 2026; Heidelberg New Music Festival; Heidelberg University; Tiffin, OH

March 1, 2026; Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum; Yorba Linda, CA; Almost Quintet Trio

February 1, 2025; California State University, Northridge; Northridge, CA; TEMPO Ensemble

December 7, 2025; Christ the King Lutheran Church; Butler County, OH; DuoMente, Guangcong Chen

September 19, 2025; Wheaton College; Wheaton, IL; Eighth Blackbird

July 29, 2025; Bowdoin International Music Festival; Bowdoin College; Brunswick, ME; Ashley Yoon, Katia Waxman, & Malcolm Liu

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