(Our) Time Commissioning Project

 

Mission:

  • Establish the saxophone as an essential part of the sound of classical music in the 21st-century

  • Facilitate the creation of substantial new works for saxophone that can be programmed widely and create opportunities for more performers

  • Give opportunities to top concert music composers of our time to create their most substantial musical statements

 

Concertos

Joan Tower - Love Returns (2025)

World Premiere: Summer 2025

Augusta Read Thomas - Haemosu’s Celestial Chariot Ride (2024) - 30’

Commissioned by: Sejong Soloists

World Premiere: May 2024

Billy Childs - “Diaspora” - Concerto for saxophone and orchestra (2023) - 22’

Commissioned by: Kansas City Symphony, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Detroit Symphony Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra, Aspen Music Festival, Chautauqua Institution, Sinfonia Gulf Coast, New World Symphony, Minnesota Orchestra, San Diego Symphony

World Premiere: February 2023

 

Chamber Music

Steven Banks - new work - voice, flute, saxophone, violin, viola, cello, bass, piano (2025) - 15’

Commissioned by: Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festival

World Premiere: Summer 2026

Steven Banks - Come what may - saxophone quintet (2025) - 16’

Commissioned by: Tucson Winter Chamber Music Festival

World Premiere: March 2025

Chris Theofanidis, Visions of the hereafter (2025) - 26’

World Premiere: January 2025

Steven Banks - The Current - saxophone quartet (2024) - 38’

Steven Banks - Reflections and Exaltations - saxophone quintet (2024) - 30’

Commissioned by: Stanford University, St. Lawrence String Quartet

World Premiere: May 2024

Steven Banks - Begin Again - baritone saxophone, cello, piano, and meditation guide (2022) - 45’

Commissioned by: WQXR Artist Propulsion Lab

World Premiere: October 2022

Steven Banks - Cries, Sighs, and Dreams - saxophone quintet (2022) - 14’

World Premiere: May 2022

 

Recital Works

Steven Banks - Surrender for Saxophone and piano (2024) -

Commissioned by: UMASS Amherst

World Premiere: February 2024

Saad Haddad - A Sonata for When Time Stands Still - Soprano saxophone and piano (2021) - 14’

Commissioned by: Young Concert Artists

World Premiere: March 2021

Steven Banks - Come As You Are - Tenor Saxophone and Piano (2020) - 18’

World Premiere: March 2021

Carlos Simon - hear them - Baritone Saxophone and piano (2020) - 11’

Commissioned by: Young Concert Artists

World Premiere: March 2021