Taimur Sullivan, director; Thomas Giles, saxophone; Stacy Garrop, guest composer
The ensembles continue their mission of expanding the repertoire for saxophone with this concert of new compositions. Featured will be the world premiere of 10^62, a major new work by Australian composer Chris Dench, featuring New York-based saxophone soloist Thomas Giles. Also on the program are world premiere arrangements of Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Caroline Shaw’s Entr’Acte and Stacy Garrop’s Ribbons of Steel; Garrop’s work was commissioned by the Grant Park Music Festival in tribute to the Pritzker Pavilion structure. Rounding out the concert is Steven Banks’s (MMus 2017) Strength to Climb, commissioned in 2022 by the Northwestern University Saxophone Ensemble.
Cost: Tickets are $6 for the general public and $4 for students with valid ID.