Minstrel is a set of variations for performance by peripatic recorder player (or other treble instrument), in which the audience is requested to help determine what the soloist will play by choosing four of the eight variations on display. As the composer says "all musicians are minstrels. Audiences determined what a minstrel plays through their remuneration of which repertoire the minstrel has to offer; therefore it is it is important that a minstrel carefully chooses a repertoire."