Her outstanding 15-minute work, Six Portraits for Clarinet Choir, was written for her colleague Peter Cokkinias’s clarinet choir at Berklee in 2009 and deserves to be widely known and performed. Trester is a master of how to score for clarinets; the writing is completely idiomatic and refreshing to play. The musical language of the six movements is lyrical, filled with beautiful counterpoint…sweet but sophisticated tonal harmonies that sound great for clarinets…would add warmth and charm to any program. A hands-down winner for full clarinet choir…melodic interest in all parts… this is also music that audiences will love to hear.