Crossroads (2025)
for saxophone quartet
duration: 12 minutes
Program Notes
Written for the 2024 Yee Memorial Commission Competition for the h2 Quartet, Crossroads marks my fourth collaboration with the ensemble dating back to 2008. The piece was inspired by the late pianist Geri Allen. The opening is an improvisatory and pianist texture intended to evoke her rubato sensibilities, while the many grooves in the remainder of the work is again intended to be an homage to her style.
Crossroads was premiered by the h2 Quartet on March 22, 2026 at the New Music + Technology Festival in the Fife at Virginia Tech.