Resonance: Chamber Works Vol. I
Works by Crabtree, Frizzo,
Johnson, and Price
Catalog Number: NTR 101
1.
Prelude and Dance
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2.
A Prayer for the Forgotten
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3.
Beasts in the Window
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4.
Vexation
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5.
Wind and Window Flower
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6.
Aurorean Eclipse
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7.
Persiflage
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8.
Sans Titre II
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9-11.
Celestial Horizons:
Three Scenes from the Cosmos
I.
Capriccio
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II.
Romanza
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III.
Scherzo
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About The Piece...
A Prayer for the Forgotten (1997) for
saxophone quartet was inspired by the composer's personal search for
spirituality, A Prayer for the Forgotten uses parallel quintal
harmonies to create a tranquil, quasi-modal chorale prelude. It is
followed by highly chromatic gestures and constantly changing time
signatures which are used to represent the struggle for concentration and
an awakening of the spirit. The A section is repeated, however, in the
return the main motive/row is extended structurally and harmonically to
create a final quasi-chorale. The work was premiered in April 1998 by the
Red Stick Saxophone Quartet in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Click to hear a brief excerpt of William Price's
A Prayer for the
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About
The Composer...
William Price's music has been performed at many international events,
including the 2004 North American Saxophone Alliance Biennial, the
2003 Sonic Circuits Festival, the 2002 SEAMUS Conference, the 11th
Annual Florida Electro-acoustic Music Festival, the 2000 World
Saxophone Congress, and the LSU Festival of Contemporary Music. His
music has received awards and commissions from numerous organizations
including six consecutive ASCAP Standard awards, the 2004 Percussion
Arts Society Composition Competition, the American Composers Forum
Sonic Circuits Competition (2002), the 2001 Louisiana Music Teachers
Association Commission Award, the NACUSA Young Composers Competition
(2000, Honorable Mention), the Southeastern Composers League Phillip
Slates Composition Competition (First Prize 1999, Second Prize 1997).
His music has been performed and premiered by the Contemporary Ensemble
of the Conservatory in Athens, Greece, the Louisiana Sinfonietta,
Ensamble Rosario, the Red Stick Saxophone Quartet, Iwona Glinka,
Athanasios Zervas and has been broadcast on public radio stations
throughout the country. His music is published by Dorn Publications,
Conners Publications, and IROM Music. His works are recorded on Innova
Recordings, THP Recordings, and Magni Publications. From 2003 to 2004
he taught composition and electro-acoustic music at Louisiana State
University. Since 2001 he has served as a member of the National Board
of Directors for the National Assocation of Composers, USA (NACUSA),
the president of the Mid-South Chapter of NACUSA, and currently teaches
music at the University of Montevallo in Montevallo, AL.
(DMA, 2004, Louisiana State University)
About
The Performers...
Red Stick Saxophone Quartet
Brian Utley, soprano saxophone
Greg Vines, alto saxophone
John Perrine, tenor
saxophone
Christopher Rettie, baritone
saxophone
The Red Stick Saxophone Quartet
was formed in 1997 while its members were students at Louisiana State
University. The quartet has performed in numerous venues around the
country, including the Contemporary Arts Center in New Orleans, Murray State
University in Murray, Kentucky, St. Mary's College in South Bend, Indiana, and Stephen F. Austin State
University in Nacogdoches, Texas, and has been featured with the LSU
Symphony Orchestra and the Louisiana Sinfonietta. The ensemble has
also performed at the 43rd Annual Meeting of the College Music Society in
Toronto, World Saxophone Congresses in Montreal and Minneapolis, and North
American Saxophone Alliance conferences at Northwestern University, the
University of Georgia and the University of Alabama. In addition, the Red
Stick Saxophone Quartet received Third Prize at the 1999 Fischoff Chamber
Music Competition, National 1st Runner-up at the 1998 MTNA Collegiate
Chamber Artist Competition, and was a semifinalist in the 1999 Coleman
Chamber Music Competition.
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