Commissions/Premieres

The Assembly Quartet, since its founding in 2003, has championed the music of living composers through collaborative relationships and commissions. We believe it is fundamental to the future success of our genre to add new compositions to our young body of repertoire. Below is a list of works that we have commissioned and/or premiered:

Commissions +
Premieres *
Part of “Pedagogy Project” =

Andrew David Perkins Some Assembly Required for SATB Saxophone Quartet+*=
Grace Baugher Dunlap Mountain Mornings for SATB Saxophone Quartet+*=
Om Srivastava SHAKTI for SATB Saxophone Quartet+*=
Ryan Todd The Three Semi-Wise Men for AATB Saxophone Quartet +*=
Martin Bresnick Mending Time for SATB Saxophone Quartet +
Carlos Simon Catch on Fire for SATB Saxophone Quartet+
Benjamin Taylor Aurum Tetra Concerto for SATB Saxophone Quartet and Orchestra +*
Bill Ryan Original Blend for SATB Quartet, Piano, and Drumset *
Alfred Schnittke Quintett (version for SATB Saxophone Quartet and Piano, arr. Heisler) *
Misha Zupko Quantum Shift for SATB Saxophone Quartet +
Franco Donatoni Rasch II for SATB Saxophone Quartet, Piano, and Percussion *
Chris Rutkowski Changes for SATB Saxophone Quartet +
Frank Wiley Passages for SATB Saxophone Quartet +*
Marc Mellits Ex Machina for SATB Saxophone Quartet +*
Marilyn Shrude energy flows nervously… in search of stillness for SATB Saxophone Quartet +*
Kurt Isaacson Flickering Species for SATB Saxophone Quartet +*
Carter Rice Building Textures for SATB Saxophone Quartet +*
Benjamin Taylor Digital Goldfish for SATB Saxophone Quartet +*
Girard Kratz Pale Horse for SATB Saxophone Quartet +*
David Maslanka Songs for the Coming Day for SATB Saxophone Quartet +*
Simon Fink Mic Check for SATB Saxophone Quartet +*
Richard Maltz Deliverance for SATB Saxophone Quartet +*
Peter Kay Scotland for SATB Saxophone Quartet +*