A Recording, Performance Guide, and Composer Interviews: Six New Original Works for Trios Involving Saxophone, Commissioned for the Rogue Trio and Lotus

• Other Authors: Rollefson, Justin David (Author)
• Format: Doctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Music; Justin; Lotus; Rogue; Rollefson; saxophone; trios
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.49268

abstract: This project includes a recording, composer biographies, performance guides, and composer questionnaires for seven original works commissioned for either the Rogue Trio or Lotus. The members of the Rogue Trio are violinist Kathleen Strahm, saxophonist Justin Rollefson, and pianist Mary Cota. Lotus’s members include Samuel Detweiler, Justin Rollefson, and Kristen Zelenak on saxophone. Both ensembles are based in Tempe, Arizona. All seven original compositions were recorded at Tempest Recording in February of 2018. The first piece, Four Impersonations (2016), was commissioned by the Rogue Trio and written by Theo Chandler (b.1992) for violin, soprano saxophone and piano. The second piece was written by Spencer Arias (b. 1990) titled He Said There Was No Sound (2015) for violin, alto saxophone, and piano. The final work is titled Cabinet Meeting (2017), composed by Zachary Green (b. 1993) for violin, alto and tenor saxophone, and piano. The first piece commissioned by Lotus and composed by Spencer Arias is titled As I escape, the water calms (2017) for soprano saxophone, alto saxophone, and tenor saxophone. The second piece was composed by Graham Cohen (b. 1999), titled Introduction and Toccata (2017), written for soprano, alto, and baritone saxophones. The third piece, titled Everything that rises, was written by David “Clay” Mettens (b. 1990) in 2014 for three soprano saxophones. Samuel Detweiler, Justin Rollefson and Tyler Flowers originally commissioned this piece. The final piece commissioned by Lotus was written by Matthew Kennedy (b. 1987) titled Triceratops: tasty grooves for saxophone trio (2017) for alto, tenor, and baritone saxophones. === Dissertation/Thesis === Four Impersonations, Movement I: An outwardly-confident adolescent demanding recognition - Theo Chandler === Four Impersonations, Movement II: A grumpy hermit ignoring the attention of a suitor - Theo Chandler === Four Impersonations, Movement III: A skinny, shy boy standing in the rain - Theo Chandler === Four Impersonations, Movement IV: Subordinates mocking an authority figure - Theo Chandler === He Said There Was No Sound - Spencer Arias === Cabinet Meeting, Movement I: Introduction - Zachary Green === Cabinet Meeting, Movement II: Jared Kushner, mysterious robot - Zachary Green === Cabinet Meeting, Movement III: Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, lonesome cowboy - Zachary Green === Cabinet Meeting, Movement IV: Anthony "The Mooch" Scaramucci, in candid conversation with the New Yorker - Zachary Green === Cabinet Meeting, Movement V: Betsy DeVos Secretary of Education - Zachary Green === Cabinet Meeting, Movement VI: Ben Carson Secretary of Housing and Urban Development - Zachary Green === Cabinet Meeting, Movement VII: Attorney General Jeff Sessions, responding to questions from the Senate Intelligence Committee - Zachary Green === As I escape, the water calms - Spencer Arias === Introduction and Toccata - Graham Cohen === Everything that rises - David “Clay” Mettens === Triceratops - Matthew Kennedy === Doctoral Dissertation Music 2018