Commissions and Premieres

Saxophone Solos

William Bolcom - Postcard for Japan (in progress)
Jennifer Higdon - A Fine Line (Postcard for Japan)
Shulamit Rand - Postcard for Japan
Bernard Rands - Postcard for Japan (in progress)
Augusta Read Thomas - Postcard for Japan (in progress)
Marilyn Shrude - Once Again... for alto saxophone and piano (2021)
Samuel Adler - Music of Yearning for solo alto saxophone (2020)
Marilyn Shrude - From My Mother's Land for alto saxophone and piano (2018)
Marilyn Shrude - Avanti for saxophone and piano (2012)
Marilyn Shrude - River Song for solo saxophone (2010)
Steven Stucky - Scherzino for saxophone and piano (2010)
Frederick Rzewski - The Fall of the Empire for soprano saxophone and piano (2007)
Burton Beerman - Beginnings for alto saxophone and piano (2007)
Elaine Lillios - Wedge for alto saxophone and piano (2007)
Mikel Kuehn - Resonances for soprano saxophone and piano (2007)
Marilyn Shrude - Trope for alto saxophone and piano (or multiple saxophones) (2007)
Marilyn Shrude - Lacrimosa for alto saxophone and piano (2006)
Beth Weimann - Jannson for saxophone and visuals (2004)
Marilyn Shrude - Kantada for saxophone and piano (2004)
Howard Frazin - The Jester* (2004)
John McDonald - Transcriptions* (2004)
Chen, Shih-Hui - Plum Blossoms* (2004)
Ileana Velazaquez - Sonata+ (2003)
Mei-Fang Lin - Solo for alto saxophone (2002)
Ty Emerson - Sonata for alto saxophone and piano+ (2001)
Vache Sharafian - Sonata for alto saxophone and piano (2000)
Stephen Gryc - Three Small Resonant Pieces for alto saxophone and piano*(1999)
Bernard Rands -Memo 6* for solo saxophone (1999)
Gunther Schuller - Sonata for alto saxophone and piano* (1999)
Carlos Michans - Sonata for alto saxophone and piano (1999)
Samuel Adler - Pensive Soliloquy for alto saxophone and piano (1997)
William Albright - Postcard from Kansas for alto saxophone and piano (1997)
Marilyn Shrude - Continuum-Postscript '97 for alto saxophone and piano (1997)
Marilyn Shrude - Visions in Metaphor for solo saxophone (1996)
John Harbison - Sonata* for saxophone and piano (1995)
Milton Babbitt - Accompanied Recitative for soprano saxophone and piano (1994)
Pauline Oliveros - Mirrorim for alto saxophone and piano (1994)
Chris Theofanidis - Netherland* for alto saxophone and piano (1993)
Peter Terry - Strange Attractors for alto saxophone and piano (1992)
Walter Baer - Fragments of a Dream for alto saxophone and piano (1991)
John Orfe - Three Movements for alto saxophone and piano (1991)
Edward Miller - Two Pieces for alto saxophone and piano (1990)
Marilyn Shrude - Renewing the Myth for alto saxophone and piano (1988)
Milton Babbitt - Whirled Series* for alto saxophone and piano (1988)
Elizabeth Gould - Tunes for a Madrigal for alto saxophone and piano (1987)
Burton Beerman - Passages for soprano saxophone and piano (1986)
Ulf Grahn - Ballad for solo saxophone (1985)
Sydney Hodkinson - Three Dance Preludes for alto sa4xophone and piano (1982)
William Bolcom - A Short Lecture on the Saxophone for solo saxophone (1979)
Burton Beerman -Moment 1978 for alto saxophone and piano (1978)
Marilyn Shrude - Music for Soprano Saxophone and Piano (1974)
Alan Stout - Suite for alto saxophone and organ (1971)

* denotes commissioning consortium

+ premiered by Sampen (no commission)

Saxophone and Electronics

Piotr Grella-Mozejko Sampen for saxophone and electronics - In Progress

Nathan Davis - Cipher* for baritone saxophone and electronics (2012)

James Mobberly - Once Again to the Light for saxophone and MAX/MSP (2011)

Russel Pinkston - Inside/Outside for saxophone and MAX/MSP (2009)

Mark Bunce - Schrödinger's Cat for saxophone and MAX/MSP (2008)

Pablo Furman - Music for Alto Saxophone and Tape (1995)

Mark Bunce - Waterwings for saxophone and MAX/MSP (1993)

Greg Fish - Hammer and the Arrow for WX7/computer (1990)

John Melby - Alto Rhapsody for alto saxophone and tape (premiere) (1987)

Peter Terry - Spider Kiss for alto saxophone and tape (1984)

David Mariasy - Private Eyes for alto saxophone and tape (1982)

Vladimir Ussachevsky - Mimicry for alto saxophone and tape (1982)

* denotes commissioning consortium

+ premiered by Sampen (no commission)

Concertos

William Bolcom - Concerto* for Soprano Saxophone and Band (2015)
Daniel Godfrey - Four Dawns Over Bard's Isle for soprano and chamber orchestra (2012)
Marilyn Shrude - Essay for alto saxophone and junior high band (2011)
N. Prangcharoen - Mantras* for soprano saxophone and wind ensemble (2009)
Claude Baker - Lamentations for saxophones and orchestra +(USA) (2007)
Lewis Spratlin - Concerto* for saxophone and orchestra (2006)
John Fitz Rogers - Concerto* for saxophone and wind ensemble (2006)
Marilyn Shrude - Memories of a Place for alto saxophone and orchestra (2002)
Michael Colgrass - Dream Dancer* for alto saxophone and wind ensemble (2002)
Vache Sharafian - Concerto for saxophone, piano, and orchestra (2000)
Samuel Adler - Serenata Concertante* for wind quintet and wind ensemble (1997)
W. Kleinsasser - Concerto for saxophone, chamber orchestra, and computer (1996)
Marilyn Shrude - Flight from concerto for alto saxophone and wind ensemble (1995)
Carleton Macy - Faust* for alto saxophone and orchestra (1993)
Eugene O'Brien - Concerto for alto saxophone and orchestra (1992)
Drake Mabry - 12-15-89 for alto saxophone and chamber orchestra (1989)
Donald Martino - Concerto* for alto saxophone and orchestra (1988)
Morton Subotnick - In Two Worlds* for alto saxophone, computer, and orchestra (1988)
Luca Francesconi - Trama for alto/soprano saxophone and orchestra (1987)
Peter Terry - Into Light for soprano saxophone and chamber orchestra (1986)
Lou Coyner - Solo Saxophone with Ensemble for alto and orchestra (1985)
Elliot Schwartz - Chamber Concerto IV for alto and chamber orchestra (1981)
Burton Beerman - Concerto I for alto saxophone and tape (1980)
Marilyn Shrude - Evolution V for alto saxophone and SATB quartet (1976)
Walter Mays - Concerto for alto saxophone and chamber orchestra (1974)

* denotes commissioning consortium

+ premiered by Sampen (no commission)

Special Arrangements

Ao Xiang - Quing for double SATB quartets (2014)

Drew Baker - First Light for soprano saxophone and bassoon (2015)

Aaron Kernis - BGSU Consortium Commission for saxophone and percussion (in progress)

György Kurtág - Hommage to Elliott Carter for solo saxophone (1998/2015)

John Luther Adams - Strange Birds Passing for saxophone ensemble (2013)

György Kurtág - In Nominee – All Ongherese for solo saxophone (2013)

György Kurtág - Ein Sappho Fragment for solo saxophone (2013)

Martin Wesley-Smith - Weapons of Mass Distortion for soprano saxophone/visuals (2003)

Karel Husa - Postcard From Home for alto saxophone and piano (1997)

John Adams/Marilyn Shrude - Postmark for soprano saxophone and piano (1988/97)

Philip Glass/Marilyn Shrude - Facades for soprano saxophone and piano (1982/97)

Joan Tower - Wings for solo alto saxophone (1981/91)

Marilyn Shrude - Drifting Over a Red Place for wind controller (1989)

Witold Lutoslawski - Dance Preludes for soprano saxophone and piano (1972/87)

Karlheinz Stockhausen - In Friendship for solo saxophone (1982)