Around the Bend
for Eb alto saxophone, percussion, guitar, and piano
Around the Bend was commissioned by and written for Flexible Music, an ensemble consisting of Tim Ruedeman, saxophones, Daniel Lippel, guitar, Haruka Fujii, percussion, and Eric Huebner, piano. I had been very impressed by their performances of works they commissioned from mostly young composers, and I wanted to write a piece that would showcase their liveliness, rhythmic energy, and ensemble virtuosity. The piece is a single movement, about ten minutes long, marked Capriccioso.

First performance:
Monday, Feb. 6, 2006, 7:30 PM
Shea Center for Performing Arts, William Paterson University, Flexible Music.

10:00  2006