COMMISSIONS IN PROGRESS:

TENOR SAXOPHONE NONET title tbc

for Tenor Saxophone Collective (International group, led by Andy Scott)

3’00-4’00

Slow work focussing on the beauty of the tone of the Tenor Saxophone

For premiere at the World Saxophone Congress, Gran Canaria, December 2023

SOPRANO SAX & MARIMBA title tbc

for Andrew Hutchens and Daniel Myers (USA)

2’30-3’00

Rhythmically driven, post-minimalist, technical showcase, percussive, finisher

SAX & FLUTE DUO title tbc

for Alexis Mason, courtesy of Jeff Price (USA)

c.2’30

Part of a series celebrating nature and the Appalachian environment, yet in the context of climate change and its effects

SAXOPHONE & PIANO DUO title tbc

for Alexis Mason, courtesy of Jeff Price (USA)

c.2’30

Part of a series celebrating nature and the Appalachian environment, yet in the context of climate change and its effects

SAX, FLUTE AND PIANO TRIO title tbc

for Alexis Mason, courtesy of Jeff Price (USA)

c.3’00

Part of a series celebrating nature and the Appalachian environment, yet in the context of climate change and its effects

ALTO SAXOPHONE AND TRACK title tbc

for Emma Di Marco (Australia)

c.3’00-4’00

Upbeat finisher, reflecting upon silence / white noise within a busy life and mind

ALTO & TENOR SAXOPHONE DUO title tbc

for Jade Deatherate & Siobhan Plouffe (USA)

tbc

Complex interweaving parts

MULTI-WOODWIND SOLOIST & PIANO title tbc

for Justin Farinosi (Australia)

10-12 mins

Oboe/Clarinet/Tenor Saxophone soloist with Piano accompaniment. Musical theatre-esque movements incorporating mid-movement instrument changes, designed for doubling/tripling show musicians.

RECENT COMMISSIONS,

SOON TO PUBLISH:

SAXOPHONE ETUDE BOOK 24 ETUDES General release: Autumn 2023

for Wally Wallace and The Saxophone Academy (USA)

24 two-part etudes across varying styles and technical demands

ALTO SAXOPHONE AND TRACK ADJUSTING PARAMETERS General release: November 2023

for Erin Royer and 40-member consortium (International)

73’00

9 movement work, reflecting upon various societal changes

SAXOPHONE DUO (ALTO) MYCELIUM I General release: 31st March 2024

for Jordan Reed (USA)

2’30

Fun, interweaving minimalism inspired by intricacies of developing mycelium threads underground

SAX ENSEMBLE (DOUBLE QUARTET) 7 DAY TOTAL General release: 1st April 2024

for Christopher Creviston, David Stambler, Arizona & Pennsylvania State Universities (USA)

5’00

7 Day Total reflects on plastic waste - our consumption and our recycling of it. A mostly groove-based piece, using collected plastic in rhythmical addition to the piece.

SOPRANO SAXOPHONE & OBOE PAPER YEAR (Encore) General release: 15th May 2024

for Eugene & Lisa Ryoo (USA)

1’15

A short encore celebrating a first wedding anniversary (traditionally marked by the gift of paper). The two parts have many moments of matching and blending with each other, and overall the piece has a sense of lightness, fun, and playfulness, as a reflection on my meeting with the charming couple! 

SOLO ALTO SAXOPHONE FIREWORK: ORANGE TIME RAIN (Encore) General release: 1st June 2024

for Eugene Ryoo (USA)

1’15

A short ‘firework’ of an encore - the saxophone fizzes with contained energy, dances with cascading lines, and celebrates with joyous grooves.  

ALTO SAXOPHONE AND ELECTRIC GUITAR CLOUD COVER ON ERIE General release: 21st July 2024

for Thompson-Kasler Duo (Bobbi Thompson & Ariel Kasler) (Canada/USA)

4’00-5’00 (option to adapt/improvise)

Persistent, unrelenting cloud cover and grey skies are a backdrop for imagined daydreaming while driving alongside Lake Erie, providing a calming, partly hypnotic work. Improvisation around given material is encouraged. 

SOPRANO SAX AND PIANO ON THE WALL General release: Autumn 2024

for Christopher and Hannah Creviston (USA)

5’30

Fast, groove-based, challenging, extensive altissimo, jazz-inspired

SOLO ALTO SAXOPHONE APPALACHIAN WARNING - I: INURED General release: Autumn 2024

for Alexis Mason, courtesy of Jeff Price (USA)

3’00

Part of a series celebrating nature and the Appalachian environment, yet in the context of climate change and its effects

SSSS SAXOPHONE QUARTET KODACHROMA General release: Autumn 2024

for Kodachrome Saxophone Quartet (USA)

3’20

Post-minimalist, groove-based, challenging

SOLO ALTO SAXOPHONE DISTRACTION General release: Autumn 2024

for Jade Deatherage (USA)

1’00

Encore piece - reflecting on love for (distraction by) little items of joy

SAXOPHONE AND HARP ENNISCORTHY General release: 1st November 2024 (tbc)

for Polaris Duo (Gillian Blair & Elinor Nicholson (UK)

5’30

Fast and fun, elements of groove and folk-inspired lines

LEARNER REED QUINTET THE PULL General release: tbc (to be included in a published learner volume)

for Ben MacDonald (USA)

2’20

Grade 2.5 (USA)