Live Performance History

December 5th 2021 - The fun of it all, the week before the end (From ethos of saxes) - UMKC Saxophone Studio Recital - Kyle Jones - Kansas City, MO - University of Missouri Kansas City - 3pm CST
November 28th 2021 - no one is important, but everyone is special (from Ethos of Saxes) - Andrew Hosler - Cleveland Uncommon Sound Project Final Fall Fundraiser Concert - Online Event
November 9th 2021 - The fun of it all, the week before the end (From ethos of saxes) - Premieres II - Kyle Jones - East Lansing, MI - Michigan State University - 8:00pm EST
October 19th 2021 - Drifting (from Ethos of Saxes) - Premieres I - Kate von Bernthal - East Lansing, MI - Michigan State University - 8:00pm EST - Recording
October 4th 2021 - the mask I wear (From Ethos of Saxes) (World Premiere) - Don-Paul Kahl - Susquehanna University - Selinsgrove, PA - Guest Artist Recital - 7:30 EST
September 17th 2021 - Down the Rabbit Hole (From Ethos of Saxes) (World Premiere) - Drew Whiting - Faculty Recital - UW Oshkosh - 7:30 CST - Recording
August 1st 2021 - no one is important, but everyone is special (from Ethos of Saxes) - Andrew Hosler - Eyelid Hosted by the Gilgamesh Arts and Culture Foundation - Online Event - 8pm - Recording
March 19th 2021 - The week before the end - Andy Hall - Latitude 49 - The Bagatelles Project - Online Event - 8:30 PM EST
March 5th 2021 - The week before the end - Andy Hall - Latitude 49 - The Bagatelles Project - Online Event - 8:30 PM EST
February 16th 2021 - Song for Kindness - Grace Gelpi - - Premieres of New Music - Michigan State University - Online Event - 8pm EST

The Ethos of Saxes

Year: 2021 | Duration: 20’+ | Instrumentation: Solo Saxophone (SATB) | Difficulty: Medium - Hard

Description

The Ethos of Saxes was composed for 16 individuals who are spread around the world. As a composer, my Ethos is one of people and collaboration. While composing this project, I came up with this short description: “calm down, you aren’t important, and neither am I, so let’s be friends and eat cookies.” This project reflects the joy and friendship that arises from this type of collaboration, with four new short pieces (between 45” – 3’) written for each of the SATB saxophones that explore a myriad of techniques and styles. These pieces reflect the individual commissioner’s aesthetic voices to share that voice with the wider contemporary saxophone community. In this book, you can expect groovy, noisy, ambient, melodic, beautiful, campy, gay, high, low, soft, loud, nostalgic, and new with a mix of fully notated, graphic scores, text- scores, and somewhere in between. This book has was designed to celebrate our aesthetic individuality and show that while we aren’t all important, we all still matter.

Note: Some of these pieces are appropriate for high school students and above, and some are intended for professionals. There is something in this book for everyone. If you have any concern about that, listen to the recordings, and if there is one you are particularly interested in and not sure, just send me a note!

Want your own Ethos Represented?

I would be very interested in writing a second book either for saxophones or for any instrument family (A flute one for Picc, Flute, Alto, and Bass would be super fun!) Other ones I have also thought of is Solo Piano, Clarinet, and Trumpet. If you are interested in this idea, please reach out to me, and I would love to discuss it. As my personal connections are widest reaching for saxophone and flute, I would definitely be able to help you recruit folks for book 2 of Ethos of Saxes or book 1 of Ethos of Flutists. Other concepts I have considered for book 2 of saxes would be slightly longer solos or even solos with piano. Regardless of what the idea is, reach out and I would love to chat about it!