Join CMC Piano and Composition Faculty member Joshua Saulle and some of his favorite musician friends and colleagues for a program of brand-new compositions for saxophone, viola, percussion, and voices. This multi-instrument grab bag of recent work features a wide range of sounds, colors, moods and textures, so hopefully there will be a little something for everyone!
Fellow faculty member, Juan Carlos Entrambasaguas‘ saxophone shines in Melody, a lyrical, jazz-tinged tune, with yours truly on the keys. Then he and local percussionist Shota Otaguro premiere a specially composed suite of characterful movements for saxophone and marimba that shifts moods from dreamy to spiky, sultry to lighthearted, schmaltzy to acrobatic.
Shota returns with even more percussion to accompany local violist and teacher Aaron Rosengaus‘ rich viola sound in the full-scale Sonata for Viola and Percussion, written especially for Aaron. Over four linked movements, themes and motives develop and transform continuously in a wide-ranging journey from melancholy to impassioned drama, from ethereal lyricism to propulsive dance rhythms. It should be a wild ride!
And, because choral music is always near and dear to me, luxuriate in warm, shimmering chords and soaring exultation in Ubi Caritas for chorus, sung by a scrappy pickup group of fellow singers from some of the city’s best vocal ensembles.