After I met my brother Dave's challenge to write a sax quartet with the Passaglia, he let me know that there was an opportunity to submit a piece for an upcoming concert featuring new sax music, but it had to be sad. I don't know if I'll be accepted, but I thought repurposing this piece might fit the criteria.

Saxophone Quartet No. 2, «Em Memória»

Saxomaphone is a dance piece influenced by a variety of clichés normally associated with the saxophone. There are melodic lines
derived from a variety of pop and jazz genres such as Ska, Reggae, and Hard Bop. I’ve taken these clichés and put them in contexts in
which they are not normally heard. One of the aspects of writing a sax quartet I found most interesting was seeing how the actual
timbre of the instrument is dependent upon the musical situation in which it is placed. A saxophonist playing Charlie Parker’s
Ornithology sounds very different from one playing the Paul Creston Saxophone Sonata. I’ve tried to use a variety of these sounds as
essential ingredients. For me, as a composer, notes are actually a small part of the compositional process. The structure, the macro
and micro-rhythms, the mood and, mainly, the overall sound of the instruments are much more important.

Saxomaphone

Mov. III- ORU A OBBATALÁ Y YEMAYÁ.  (2016) 
from the cycle: ORU DE IGBODÚ  III    
(for Saxophone Quartet)
Piece commissioned by and written for Melisma Saxophone Quartet with funds provided by the Danish Composers’ Society.
live recording in DK, performed by Melisma Saxophone Quartet 


III-ORU A OBBATALÁ Y YEMAYÁ

The Onyx

2006 Live Premiere at Bowling Green State University) [Live]

Chaconne for Saxophone Quartet and Piano

The Long Goodbye

‘Hexagonal’ was written for saxophone quartet (soprano, alto, tenor, and baritone). The piece
takes a playful approach to working with various patterns of six, inspired by some of the most
common and beautiful patterns found in nature. The beehive, and the snowflake, for example,
and of course many flowers and leaves are all based on the hexagon shape. Transposing some of these visual ideas into musical phrases, and exploring some of the colour and textural variations in musical language, this piece is very much about enjoying the simplest pleasures that the natural world has to offer.

'Hexagonal' received its premiere (as an acoustic work) with the Cobalt Saxophone Quartet, at
the DiMenna Center for Classical Music, New York, NY, USA, on November 16th, 2024.  The electroacoustic backing track was created in spring 2025.  The track takes its material from only two sound sources: a commuter train, along with some springtime birdsong— an interesting blend of the urban and natural elements of the soundscape in Vancouver, Canada.

Sheet music for this piece is available through the Canadian Music Centre:

cmccanada.org/shop/80689/

Hexagonal-Electroacoustic

Temporal Drift

Carlos Bandera - Spirare III (2023) for saxophone quartet
Score follow video available here: 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OuJE9p5CLoM 

Performance by the Cerus Quartet, Stamps Auditorium, University of Michigan, April 18, 2025.

Roberto Campa, soprano saxophone
Laura Ramsay, alto saxophone
Kyle Kato, tenor saxophone
Samuel Dishon, baritone saxophone


https://www.carlosbandera.com/

Spirare III (2023) for saxophone quartet (Cerus Quartet)

An irresistible romp for four saxophones of the same persuasion (4 altos or 4 sopranos).

Exciting cross rhythms and strong yet distinctively tonal harmonies.

Funfare! Sax Quartet

Paul has performed with many of the country’s top orchestras including RPO, RLPO and WNO and studio work includes various cast albums and exam syllabi but career wise, by successfully adding saxophones and flutes to his porBolio, Paul has become one of the most versatile woodwind players in the West End.

West End productions he has performed include Billy Elliot, Guys and Dolls, Les Misérables, The Producers, Mary Poppins, Chi<y Chi<y Bang Bang, The Full Monty, My Fair Lady, Ghost, Top Hat, Top Hat, Chicago, Young Frankenstein and many more...

Paul’s current post is playing the Reed 3 - Clarinet, E flat, Bass Clarinet and Soprano Sax) on the West End production of Wicked, a post he has held since the show opened in 2006.

As an educator, with several publicaCons to his name from CliPon Edition and Forton Music, Paul has established himself as one of the UK’s leading figuresin woodwind multi-instrumental studies. He has been the multi-instrumental consultant at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire for around a decade and is pleased to offer woodwind doubling consultant days to any interested music departments of universities and Conservatoires. 

From woodwind teaching posts to the current demands expected from professional woodwind doublers in the West End, Paul remains keen to be a part of training the next generation and give them the best chance possible of gaining employment.

Charity work includes being a Mental Health First Aider and an award winning professional mentor for Birmingham University.

Finally, Paul is an experienced Orchestral Manager and continues to offer these services. 

Previous clients include the London Musical Theatre Orchestra, Refugee Orchestra Project and The Central School of Speech and Drama.

Please click the link should you wish to book a (non-binding) e-meet.

https://calendly.com/saundersp/contact?month=2025-07


www.paulsaundersclarinet.co.uk

Noah D. Taylor is a composer, orchestrator, and arranger of music for the concert hall and for media. 

As the staff arranger for the West Point Band, Noah's compositions and arrangements have been featured on CBS, NBC, and Fox News. Noah was the lead composer and music producer for the 2017 and 2018 Macy's July 4th Fireworks soundtracks, aired on NBC.

https://louisaguirre.cargo.site/
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Louis Aguirre (f. 1968) Cubansk komponist bosiddende i Danmark. Aguirre er uddannet som komponist i Cuba, Amsterdam, men fortsatte studierne efter han flyttede til Danmark i 2004, og afsluttede solistklassen i komposition ved Det jyske Musikkonservatorium i 2007. Aguirre er en stærk og original stemme i dansk musikliv. Hans værkliste, med mere end 200 værker, inkluderer: opera, orkester- og kammermusik, soloværker, vokalmusik, koral-, elektronisk- og didaktisk musik. Han er en aktiv del af musiklivet i Danmark og Nordjylland, bl.a. ved sit arbejde som medlem af komponistgruppen Snow Mask og som kunstnerisk leder af Snow Mask Ensemblet. En række af hans værker er inspirerede af den cubanske Santeria religion og de religiøse tekster fra området.

jeremydibbmusic.com    The right pdf music for you - right away.  Brand new music perfect for brass, windband, choral and voice by a specialist in music education.

Ken Walicki is an American composer who is widely recognized and acknowledged for his dramatic, and engaging music, which reflects the times in which we live. Because of his unusual and interesting background, his sound world has evolved into a unique combination of Art, Pop, Jazz, and World music. Walicki‘s influences include Gyorgy Ligeti, the Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Public Enemy, and much more. He was one of the first composers to use turntables in his music and the first composer to have turntables and a D.J. as regular members in a standing ensemble. His music has been performed throughout the world by, among others, the Kronos Quartet, ETHEL, the New Century Saxophone Quartet, the Soldier String Quartet, the Divan Consort, and members of the New York Philharmonic, The Los Angeles Symphony, The Los Angeles Chamber Symphony, The Detroit Symphony, The Pacific Symphony, the Istanbul Borusan Orchestra, and the SWR Kaiserslautern Orchestra. He is the composer-in-residence for the new music ensemble The Divan Consort. Walicki has received grants and commissions from a variety of organizations and performing ensembles including the American Composers Forum, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Jerome Foundation, the Kronos Quartet, the Mary Flagler Cary Trust, and Meet the Composer.
Growing up playing guitar in local Detroit garage bands, Walicki decided, at early age, he wanted to dedicate his life to music. His education included a two-year period in Germany as a Fulbright scholar where he studied with Karlheinz Stockhausen, Helmut Lachenmann, and Rolf Hempel. He was also an active participant in master classes with Aaron Copland, Samuel Barber, and William Schumann. After returning from Germany, he studied with Jere Hutcheson at Michigan State University where he received his Ph.D. Walicki enjoys traveling and finds it to be a fantastic source of inspiration. After
spending a large amount of time in the Middle East and the Indian Subcontinent, he has found these cultures to be particularly close to his heart. Together these experiences have made him a composer of diverse, accessible, physically, and spiritually moving, yet intellectually rigorous music. In addition to his music being presented in traditional concert music venues such as Lincoln Center in New York and the Liszt Academy in Budapest, his music has also been performed in new music clubs such as CBGB’s, the Knitting Factory, and countless cafes and storefronts throughout the world. Without compromising his values, he has made a point of writing music that relates to people and their situations. Walicki has collaborated with a variety of artists in the classical, pop, theater, film, and dance worlds, including Lydia Lunch, Dora Ohrenstein, the Doug Elkins Dance Company, Emmy winning producer/director Mark Obenhaus, American Opera Projects, Bermuda Triangle, Bang on a Can All-Stars, the Kronos Quartet, Divan Consort, and Ensemble Green. He was the founder and composer of the Ken Valitsky Ensemble, which included Regina Carter and Thomas Chapin as members. Previously, besides being on the faculty at New York University, Walicki has taught composition in Istanbul, Turkey at the Center for Advanced Music Techniques(MIAM), a department of Istanbul Technical University. Currently, he lives in Southern California with his son, and the family dogs. His music is available on Knitting Factory Works, C.R.I., CRS Artists, Channel Records, Albany Records and Ravello Records.

Elizabeth Knudson is an internationally award-winning composer of orchestral, chamber, vocal & electroacoustic music, and an Associate Composer of the Canadian Music Centre.  

For a more detailed bio: http://www.elizabethknudson.ca/bio/
To request purchase/rental/loan of sheet music, please visit the Canadian Music Centre website: https://cmccanada.org/composer/elizabeth-knudson/

Therealphilgold hasn’t performed live since 1987, but hasn’t stopped playing and writing music for over 60 years. His musical tastes range widely, from The Chieftains to The Clash, from Dick Dale to Dvorak.  Primarily a guitarist and bass player, his earlier instrumental, guitar driven songs cover a spectrum from mellow lullabies to atmospheric rock. As his abilities and inclinations evolved, Phil has been increasingly tempted with “Classical” and orchestral music. Now a denizen of Portugal, he has been collaborating with David “The White Haired Man” Hassler to both write and record new songs and add lyrics to some older works. 

Phil also has the dubious distinction of having the most-downloaded tune for 4 days among pre-teens in Malaysia …. It’s a long story ……

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