Quartet for Saxophones
Instrumentation:
soprano saxophone, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone
Duration:
approximately 11' - 12'
Dates of Composition/Revision:
May - July 1999, rev. December 1999, rev. July 2001
Premier Performance:
January 9, 2002 - Coolidge Auditiorium at the Library of Congress, Washington, DC. The Saxophone Quartet of the United States Marine Band (Greg Ridlington, Jeremy Saunders, Otis Goodlett, Miles Smith)
Score:
2nd edition (2002) available immediately
Parts:
available on short notice
Recording:
Studio recording available on CD "Avoidance Tactics" (Cauchemar Records 001), released in November 2003. A short sample of this is available for download in mp3 format.
Live recording from 1/23/02 at Killian Hall, Massachussetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, available on request, featuring the Saxophone Quartet of the United States Marine Band (Greg Ridlington, Jeremy Saunders, Otis Goodlett, Miles Smith)
Notes:
Quartet for Saxophones was originally written on a request from Greg Ridlington for the Spectrum Saxophone Quartet.
