South Sound Saxophone Ensemble takes on After the Bell

On October 18th, the South Sound Saxophone Ensemble (directed by saxophonist, instructor, and friend Erik Steighner) gave a marvelous performance of my first big piece for saxophone ensemble After the Bell (2022, rev. 2026), revised for this performance. The third and fourth movements I found to be particularly well rendered—the energetic articulated passages cohesively bouncing around the ensemble and the extended harmonies washing through Lagerquist Hall.