COMMISSIONS IN PROGRESS:

TENOR SAXOPHONE AND TRACK

title tbc

for Alexia McLean (USA)

c.5’00

Theme: A personal story to raise awareness of the need to self-advocate for medical care, the challenges of being heard, and navigating a disability acquired in adulthood. Telling a personal story/journey, for people to relate to, and to open conversations/shed light on issues etc.

SAXOPHONE DUO

title tbc

for Event Horizon Duo (USA) Aislinn Walters & Garrett Evans

c.8’00

Theme: Appreciation of nature. Peace. Mountains, nature beginning to stir.

CADENZA TO IBERT’S ‘CONCERTINO DA CAMERA’ (ALTO SAXOPHONE)

for Dylan Royal (USA)

c.2’00

SAXOPHONE QUARTET

title tbc

for Akiko Saxophone Quartet (UK)

c.5’00

SAXOPHONE ENSEMBLE

title tbc

c.3’00-4’00

for YSI (Young Saxophonist’s Institute) Summer Camps (through Zachary Woolhouse).

Level: Medium to medium-advanced difficulty level for advancing high school students

SAXOPHONE AND TRUMPET

title tbc

for Composite Brass (USA) Johnny Salinas & Joe Cooper

c.4’00

RECENT COMMISSIONS,

SOON TO PUBLISH:

SOPRANO SAX AND PIANO

ON THE WALL

General release: Summer/Autumn 2024

for Christopher and Hannah Creviston (USA)

5’30

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

SAXOPHONE DUO (ALTO)

MYCELIUM: I

General release: Autumn 2024/Spring 2025, tbc

for Jordan Reed (USA)

2’30

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

SSSS SAXOPHONE QUARTET

KODACHROMA

General release: Autumn 2024

for Kodachrome Saxophone Quartet (USA)

3’20

Post-minimalist, groove-based, challenging

SOLO ALTO SAXOPHONE

FLITTING

General release: Oct 2024 tbc

for Jade Deatherage (USA)

1’00

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

SOPRANO SAXOPHONE AND HARP

ENNISCORTHY

General release: 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)

ALTO SAX & MARIMBA

SKYGLOW

General release: Spring 2025

for Andrew Hutchens and Daniel Myers (USA)

4’00

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

ALTO & TENOR SAXOPHONE DUO

TACT

General release: Spring 2025

for Jade Deatherage & Siobhan Plouffe (USA)

tbc

Complex interweaving parts

MULTI-WOODWIND SOLOIST & PIANO

SHORT STORIES FROM CHEKHOV

General release: Spring 2025

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.

SOLO ALTO SAXOPHONE

APPALACHIAN VIEWS: I - INURED

General release: tbc

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

ALTO SAXOPHONE & FLUTE DUO

APPALACHIAN VIEWS: II - BLACKWATER FALLS

General release: 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

ALTO SAXOPHONE & PIANO DUO

APPALACHIAN VIEWS: III - SUNSET OVER STONEWALL

General release: 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

ALTO SAXOPHONE, FLUTE AND PIANO TRIO

APPALACHIAN VIEWS: IV - SENECA ROCKS

General release: 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

MULTI-WOODWIND QUARTET

MYCELIUM: II

General release: August 2025

for Chameleon Quartet (UK) Cara Houghton, Sarah Austen, Jessica Tomlinson & Eleanor Mills

c.4’00

A minimalist-inspired work that explores shifting colours and textures through the use of changing instruments (inc. Flute, Alto Flute, Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Soprano Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, Bassoon)

SAXOPHONE ENSEMBLE, INCLUDING CONN-O-SAX

DEDICATION 100: ELISE HALL

General release: August 2025

for Woody Witt & consortium (USA)

N.B. For a November 2024 Elise Hall centenary celebration event

SOLO SAXOPHONE

ELIZABETH’S FOOTSTEPS

for Woody Witt & University of Houston, Moores School of Music (USA)

N.B. For a November 2024 Elise Hall centenary celebration event

ALTO SAXOPHONE AND TRACK

PROCESS HABITS

General release: Autumn 2025

for Emma Di Marco (Australia)

c.3’00-4’00

Theme: Reflecting upon silence / white noise within a busy life and mind, and the role of background noise in productivity.

N.B. A version of this work was premiered at the World Saxophone Congress in Gran Canaria, December 2023 - a revised version with added layers is underway, and will be recorded on a forthcoming album