Rumination and Manifestation

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Rumination and Manifestation for Tenor Saxophone and Piano was commissioned for Allison Dromgold Adams with love from her husband. I began work on the piece in the last few days of 2012 and completed the work in mid-February of 2013. The work is in two distinct parts that are played without a break between them. The first, “Rumination,” is a gradual, lyrical, and introverted unfolding that explores smooth, soft, scalar melodies. This section continually builds leading directly to the second part, “Manifestation,” which is an aggressive and outwardly-looking romp which explores loud, aggressive melodies full of large leaps. The entire piece explores many of the possibilities of the tenor saxophone, and requires substantial virtuosity on the part of the saxophonist.

Premiered March 21, 2014 by Allison Dromgold Adams-tenor saxophone, and Kevin Class-piano, at the North American Saxophone Alliance Biennial Conference, University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, Il.