Celebrating Earle Brown’s 100th birthday with his Four Systems (1954), December 1952 from Folio I (1952), and One Through Five from Folio II (1970).
Alexandra Gardner’s saxophone concerto, Time Unfolding, with the Rowan University Wind Ensemble at the New Jersey Music Educator Association conference in Atlantic City, NJ.
Alexandra Gardner’s saxophone concerto, Time Unfolding, with the Rowan University Wind Ensemble in Pfleeger Concert Hall (Glassboro, NJ).
Performance date and time TBD. At The Ohio State University, Timashev Family Music Building.
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Works for tenor saxophone: Betsy Jolas’ Épisode Quatrième and Noa Even’s Herzl
Audra performs music by Meredith Monk, Cecilia McDowall, Karin Rehnqvist, Griffin Candey, Thomas Kessler, Philippe Leroux, and Gelsey Bell.
Audra presents a set of music for voice and saxophone, exact program TBD. Triple bill with Waco Mammoth and Ami Dang.
Joining members of The Philadelphia Orchestra at the Mütter Museum for Kalevi Aho’s Quintet for alto saxophone, bassoon, viola, cello, and bass. The full program, entitled Nordic Colors, includes works by Garfield and Sibelius. The concert is presented by the College of Physicians of Philadelphia in Mitchell Hall.
New Thread Quartet’s is 2025-2026 Ensemble in Residence at UPenn. The residency culminates in a performance of doctoral fellow works. Program TBD.
New Thread Quartet presents Electric Sax, Vol. 4, featuring works by Bill Dougherty, Alex Christie, Erin Rogers, and Elliott Lupp. At Mise-en_Place.
New Thread Quartet is guest ensemble at the Frederick L. Hemke Saxophone Institute at Snow Pond Music Festival in Sidney, ME this June.
Noa Even & Buck McDaniel (organ), long-time collaborators, perform music by McDaniel, Augusta Read Thomas, Joanne Metcalf, Nico Muhly, and Girolomo Frescobaldi.
Audra presents Cecilia McDowall's White Fox Woman, a mini-opera based on Japanese folklore that tells the tale of a shapeshifting, man-eating seductress.
Audra is a genre-defying saxophone and voice duo exploring the dynamic interplay between soprano voice and saxophone. The vocalist, Anika Kildegaard, is in LIGAMENT and Grammy-award winning choice, The Crossing. Our program features works by Thomas Kessler, Karin Rehnqvist, Cecilia McDowall, Meredith Monk, and Griffin Candey. We will also be performing solo works by Luciano Berio and Marilyn Shrude.
FREE CONCERT
Saxophone Day at Rowan University — Free event for saxophonists 8th grade and older. A full day of performances, master classes, clinics, and more! Featuring guest artist Kyle Hutchins, faculty at Virginia Tech University. Registration is OPEN and will remain so until the event begins.
New Thread Quartet presents Explorations, Vol. 8: Energy Flows, featuring music by Marilyn Shrude, Georg Friedrich Haas, Hannah Kendall, James Tenney, and a world premiere by Hong-Da Chin. The quartet’s annual Explorations Series, now in its 8th iteration, is dedicated to programming important works of our time. The unifying element that brings these works together is the undulation of sonorities.
New Thread Quartet presents Explorations, Vol. 8: Energy Flows, featuring music by Marilyn Shrude, Georg Friedrich Haas, Hannah Kendall, James Tenney, and a world premiere by Hong-Da Chin. The quartet’s annual Explorations Series, now in its 8th iteration, is dedicated to programming important works of our time. The unifying element that brings these works together is the undulation of sonorities.
Noa Even teams up with NYC-based composer, conductor, and keyboardist, Buck McDaniel, for a concert of (mostly) original music for saxophone and organ. They have collaborated on numerous projects since 2019 and this will be their first season performing a full program of music together. The concert features two substantial pieces by McDaniel, and works by Augusta Read Thomas, Nico Muhly, Marilyn Shrude, Frank Wiley, and Hildegard Von Bingen. There are many personal and thematic threads that tie the program together, including commemoration, celebration, and mentorship.
Noa Even teams up with NYC-based composer, conductor, and keyboardist, Buck McDaniel, for a concert of (mostly) original music for saxophone and organ. They have collaborated on numerous projects since 2019 and this will be their first season performing a full program of music together. The concert features two substantial pieces by McDaniel, and works by Augusta Read Thomas, Nico Muhly, Marilyn Shrude, and Hildegard Von Bingen. There are many personal and thematic threads that tie the program together, including commemoration, celebration, and mentorship.
World premieres by Anna Meadors and James Díaz, and music by Cecilia Lopez.
New Thread Quartet is a featured ensemble at the North American Saxophone Alliance Region 8 Conference at Penn State University. Performing works by Erin Rogers, Helena Tulve, and Tori Cheah.
No Exit presents Audra & Patchwork
Fuse Factory presents Audra, Patchwork, and Gault
Featuring Patchwork and Audra.
Joining Arcana New Music Ensemble for The Well and The Gentle by Pauline Oliveros.
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New Thread Quartet’s Sunday brunch album release in NYC at Scholes Street Studio features selections from the quartet’s “A Little Night Music,” and Victoria Cheah’s Walk for a Shell from the quartet’s new album, Saxifraga.
New Thread Quartet’s album release show features music from the quartet’s “A Little Night Music” program and Tori Cheah’s Walk for a Shell from their new album, Saxifraga.
