Commissions & Premieres
upcoming
James Díaz, piece for baritone saxophone and fixed electronics
José Martínez, piece for saxophone and drum set
past
Nasim Khorassani, InContact@Zero, baritone saxophone, fixed electronics, and video, premiered September 26, 2023
Spotlight Series: Noa Even, Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ
Solo Commission
Adam Roberts, For Those Who Fell, alto saxophone and wind ensemble, premiered December 3, 2021
Dedicated to the 50th Anniversary of the Kent State Shootings, Kent State University Wind Ensemble, Kent, OH
Commissioned by Noa Even and the KSU Wind Ensemble
Emily Koh, /tele/path, for tenor and baritone saxophones, premiered September 28, 2021
10th Anniversary Season, University of Wisconsin - Whitewater, Whitewater, WI
Commissioned by Ogni Suono
Chris Coles, If We Could See You (2019), soprano saxophone and saxophone ensemble, premiered March 8, 2020
North American Saxophone Alliance Biennial Conference, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
Commissioned by the Kent State University Saxophone Ensemble
Bobby Selvaggio, A Bystander: 4 Musical Vignettes (2019), soprano saxophone and saxophone ensemble, premiered November 24, 2019
KSU Saxophone Day, Ludwig Recital Hall, Kent State University, Kent, OH
Commissioned by the Kent State University Saxophone Ensemble
Buck McDaniel, ALEX KATZ Impala (2019), two alto saxophones and piano, premiered November 24, 2019
KSU Saxophone Day, Ludwig Recital Hall, Kent State University, Kent, OH
Commissioned for the event
Buck McDaniel, So Love was Crowned, but Music Won the Cause (2019), soprano saxophone and organ, premiered September 29, 2019
Ars Organi Festival, St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
Commissioned for the event
Christopher Biggs, Imprints in Time (2019), alto sax, thunder tube, electronics, and video, premiered September 3, 2019
Ludwig Recital Hall, Kent State University, Kent, OH
Commissioned for atomic
Emily Koh (music) & Michiko Saiki (video), b(locked.orders) (2019), soprano sax, electronics, and video, premiered September 3, 2019
Ludwig Recital Hall, Kent State University, Kent, OH
Commissioned for atomic
L.J. White (music) & Jason Charney (programming and video), bodies immutable (2019), tenor sax, electronics, and video, premiered September 3, 2019
Ludwig Recital Hall, Kent State University, Kent, OH
Commissioned for atomic
José Martinez (music) & Michael Bruner (video), Do I Forget? (2019) for alto sax, electronics, and video, premiered September 3, 2019
Ludwig Recital Hall, Kent State University, Kent, OH
Commissioned for atomic
James Praznik, Screaming Songs (2018), chamber ensemble, premiered November 30, 2018
No Exit New Music Ensemble, Drinko Hall, Cleveland State University, OH
Tim Beyer, She Was My Only Daughter (2018), chamber ensemble, premiered November 30, 2018
No Exit New Music Ensemble, Drinko Hall, Cleveland State University, OH
Jeremey Poparad, Crisp Otter (2018), tenor saxophone and drum set, premiered November 4, 2018
Patchwork, BOP STOP at the Music Settlement, Cleveland, OH
Aaron Myers-Brooks, Four Grids (2018), tenor and baritone saxophones and drum set, premiered November 4, 2018
Patchwork, BOP STOP at the Music Settlement, Cleveland, OH
Commissioned by Patchwork
Erin Rogers, Fast Love (2018), baritone saxophone and drum set, premiered November 4, 2018
Patchwork, BOP STOP at the Music Settlement, Cleveland, OH
Consortium Commission organized by Patchwork
Mike Flynn, Smells Like Green (2018), soprano saxophone and interactive electronics, premiered June 30, 2018
SPLICE Institute, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI
Osnat Netzer, Zwang und Zweifel (2017), tenor saxophone and drum set, premiered April 27, 2018
Patchwork and No Exit New Music Ensemble, SPACES, Cleveland, OH
Commissioned by Patchwork
Dan Tramte, [cool emoji];[selfie emoji] (2017), soprano and alto saxophones, mobile phone, and video, premiered March 19, 2018
Faculty Recital, Kent State University, Kent, OH
Solo commission
Christopher Coles, Shards of Light (2017), saxophone ensemble, premiered November 17, 2017
KSU Saxophone Day, Kent State University, Kent, OH
Commissioned by Noa Even and the KSU Saxophone Studio
Dave Reminick, Walking After Midnight (2017), tenor and baritone saxophones, premiered October 21, 2017
Ogni Suono, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL
Consortium Commission organized by Ogni Suono for SaxoVoce
Chris Fisher-Lochhead, Chroma (2017), two soprano saxophones, premiered October 21, 2017
Ogni Suono, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL
Commissioned by Ogni Suono for SaxoVoce
Anthony Taddeo, Countdown (2017), soprano saxophone and drum set, premiered September 9, 2017
Patchwork, Heights Music Hop, Heights Arts, Cleveland, OH
Commissioned by Patchwork
Hong-Da Chin, …time was not passing…it was turning in a circle… (2017), alto saxophone and drum set, premiered September 9, 2017
Patchwork, Heights Music Hop, Heights Arts, Cleveland, OH
Commissioned by Patchwork
Charlie Wilmoth, Fractured Laundry (2016), tenor saxophone and drum set, premiered March 11, 2017
Patchwork, Ethel’s Lounge, Columbus, OH
Commissioned by Patchwork
Evan Williams, Breathe (2016), alto saxophone and drum set, premiered March 11, 2017
Patchwork, Ethel’s Lounge, Columbus, OH
Commissioned by Patchwork
Huijuan Ling, Shadow Phase (2016), soprano and tenor saxophones and drum set, premiered March 11, 2017
Patchwork, Ethel’s Lounge, Columbus, OH
Commissioned by Patchwork
Carter Rice, Flat Circle (2016), alto saxophone and live electronics, premiered March 4, 2017
Kent State University, Kent, OH
Commissioned work
Ruby Fulton, Isto Ista (2016), two tenor saxophones, premiered February 5, 2017
Ogni Suono, St. John’s Episcopal Church, Cleveland, OH
Commissioned by Ogni Suono for SaxoVoce
Anthony Donofrio, After All, You Might Forget (2016), two alto saxophones and piano, premiered November 19, 2016
KSU Saxophone Day, Kent State University, Kent, OH
Commissioned for the event
Chris Dietz, My Manifesto and Me (2016), alto and tenor saxophones, premiered October 28, 2016
Ogni Suono, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
Commissioned by Ogni Suono for SaxoVoce
Erin Rogers, Clamor (2016), two soprano saxophones, premiered October 5, 2016
Ogni Suono, University of Massachusetts – Amherst, Amerst, MA
Commissioned by Ogni Suono for SaxoVoce
Zach Sheets, dare-gale, speaks and spells (2016), soprano and alto saxophones, premiered October 5, 2016
Ogni Suono, University of Massachusetts – Amherst, Amerst, MA
Commissioned by Ogni Suono for SaxoVoce
Eric Wubbels, Axamer Folio (2015), soprano saxophone and drum set, premiered April 1, 2016
Patchwork, Warner Concert Series, Kenyon College, Gambier, OH
Consortium Commission organized by Patchwork
Kate Soper, OTOTOI (2016), two tenor saxophones, premiered February 10, 2016
Ogni Suono, Outpost Concert Series, University of California-Riverside
Commissioned by Ogni Suono for SaxoVoce
Felipe Lara, Vocalise II (2016), alto and tenor saxophones, premiered February 10, 2016
Ogni Suono, Outpost Concert Series, University of California-Riverside
Commissioned by Ogni Suono for SaxoVoce
David Coll, Ask (2015), two soprano saxophones, premiered February 10, 2016
Ogni Suono, Outpost Concert Series, University of California-Riverside
Commissioned by Ogni Suono for SaxoVoce
Hong-Da Chin, Two Broken Records (2015), two soprano saxophones, premiered June 16, 2015
Ogni Suono, University of Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany
Commissioned by Ogni Suono
Ryan Carter, From this point on (2015), two soprano saxophones, premiered June 18, 2015
Ogni Suono, Universität der Künste Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Commissioned by Ogni Suono
Jason Charney, Interstitch (2014), tenor saxophone and drum set, premiered March 13, 2015
Patchwork, Miami University, Oxford, OH
Commissioned by Patchwork
Monte Weber, Echo (2014), tenor saxophone and drum set, premiered March 13, 2015
Patchwork, Miami University, Oxford, OH
Commissioned by Patchwork
Nick Didkovsky, Preach Now / Spank Not Death (2014), soprano saxophone and drum set, premiered March 13, 2015
Patchwork, Miami University, Oxford, OH
Commissioned by Patchwork
Dan Tramte, G®¡nd (2014), alto saxophone, drum set, and electronics, premiered March 13, 2015
Patchwork, Miami University, Oxford, OH
Commissioned by Patchwork
Max Grafe, Time Crunch (2013), baritone saxophone and drum set, premiered March 27, 2014
Patchwork, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH
Commissioned by Patchwork
Jon Fielder, Bellowing Thunder, Crimson Sky (2013), tenor sax, drum set, and fixed electronics, premiered March 21, 2014
Patchwork, NASA Biennial Conference, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Commissioned by Patchwork
Ruby Fulton, Little Symphony (2013), tenor saxophone and drum set, premiered March 21, 2014
Patchwork, NASA Biennial Conference, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Commissioned by Patchwork
Jonn Sokol, Vermilion (2013), alto saxophone and drum set, premiered March 1, 2014
Patchwork, New Music Series Concert, Kent State University, Kent, OH
Commissioned by Patchwork
Shai Cohen, Apsis (2013), piccolo, baritone saxophone and tuba, premiered October 17, 2013
BGSU New Music Festival Clazel Theatre, Bowling Green, OH
Commissioned
David Claman, Liberties Taken (2013), saxophone trio (has since become a saxophone quartet), premiered April 18, 2013
Saxophone and Swaras, Tenri Cultural Institute, New York, NY
Jason Mitchell, Sundog (2012), tenor and baritone saxophones, premiered November 16, 2012
Ogni Suono, Western University, London, ON
Commissioned by Ogni Suono
Halim Beere, Roya (2012), two soprano saxophones, premiered November 16, 2012
Ogni Suono, Western University, London, ON
Commissioned by Ogni Suono
Ian Dicke, Straphanger (2012), tenor and baritone saxophones, premiered November 16, 2012
Western University, London, ON
Consortium Commission organized by Ogni Suono
Pedro Garcia-Velasquez, Octuor de Saxophones (2012), saxophone ensemble, premiered July 11, 2012
Jean-Michel Goury and Friends, 16th World Saxophone Congress, St. Andrews, Scotland
Commissioned by Jean-Michel and Friends Saxophone Ensemble
Denis Levaillant, Les accords secrets du Capitaine Nemo (2012), saxophone ensemble, premiered July 11, 2012
16th World Saxophone Congress, St. Andrews, Scotland
Commissioned by Jean-Michel and Friends Saxophone Ensemble
Joshua Bryant, Ode to Eric (2012), alto saxophone, premiered June 2, 2012
OUTPOST 186, Cambridge, MA
Solo commission
Joshua Bryant, Scattering (2012), soprano saxophone, premiered June 2, 2012
OUTPOST 186, Cambridge, MA
Solo commission
Jon Fielder, Images from the Black Swamp (2012), soprano saxophone, premiered June 2, 2012
OUTPOST 186, Cambridge, MA
Solo commission
Jonn Sokol, (these…) (2011), baritone saxophone and tuba, premiered February 26, 2012
Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH
Commission
Stephen Andrew Taylor, Decohere (2011), soprano and baritone saxophones, premiered March 17, 2012
Ogni Suono, NASA Biennial Conference, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
Commissioned by Ogni Suono
Jamie Leigh Sampson, Cross’d (2011), two soprano saxophones, premiered March 17, 2012
Ogni Suono, NASA Biennial Conference, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
Commissioned by Ogni Suono
Quinn Collins, Dart: don’t be his shadow (2010), two tenor saxophones, premiered March 6, 2011
Ogni Suono, NASA Region 5 Conference, Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago, IL
Commissioned by Ogni Suono
Quinn Collins, Sugar with Thorns (2011), tenor sax and percussion, premiered April 30, 2010
University of Illinois, Urbana, IL
Commission
James Bunch, ogni suono come un essere vivente (2009), two alto saxophones, premiered March 5, 2010
Ogni Suono, NASA Biennial Conference, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
Commissioned by Ogni Suono
Claudio Gabriele, DUEL (2009), two alto saxophones, premiered March 5, 2010
Ogni Suono, NASA Biennial Conference, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
Commissioned by Ogni Suono
Stephen Andrew Taylor, World Without Words (2009), saxophone ensemble, premiered March 4, 2010
University of Illinois Saxophone Ensemble, NASA Biennial Conference, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
Commissioned by Debra Richtmeyer and the University of Illinois Saxophone Ensemble
Erik Lund, Fo·ci (2009), saxophone ensemble, premiered March 4, 2010
University of Illinois Saxophone Ensemble, NASA Biennial Conference, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
Commissioned by Debra Richtmeyer and the University of Illinois Saxophone Ensemble
Juri Seo, Kontrabass (2009), baritone saxophone and fixed electronics, premiered January 30, 2010
University of Illinois, Urbana, IL
Solo commission
James Bunch, Mackerel Sky (2009), saxophone quartet, premiered May 2009
Recorded at University of Illinois, Urbana, IL
Commissioned by the hi-def saxophone quartet
Max Stoffregen, Poison Pill (2009), soprano saxophone and fixed electronics, premiered July 11, 2009
15th World Saxophone Congress, Bangkok, Thailand
Solo commission
Joel Morris, Meditation for Charon (2008), alto saxophone and percussion, premiered May 10, 2008
San Francisco Conservatory of Music, San Francisco, CA
Commission
Max Stoffregen, Pull the Plug (2008), chamber ensemble, premiered May 10, 2008
San Francisco Conservatory of Music, San Francisco, CA
Commission
Mikel Kuehn, Objet/Ombre (2008), saxophone ensemble and electronics, premiered April 28, 2009
Jean-Michel Goury & Friends, NASA Biennial Conference, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
Commissioned by Jean-Michel Goury & Friends Saxophone Ensemble
Claudio Gabriele, Coefficient de viscosité angélique (2009), saxophone ensemble, premiered April 28, 2008
Jean-Michel Goury & Friends, NASA Biennial Conference, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
Commissioned by Jean-Michel Goury & Friends Saxophone Ensemble
Fritz Schenker, Penelope's Dance (2006), tenor saxophone and vibraphone, premiered April 21, 2006
Music Institute of Chicago, Evanston, IL
Commission