New Thread Quartet
New Thread Quartet was formed with the mission to develop and perform impactful new music for the saxophone, and to provide high level ensemble playing to feature today’s compositional voices. In 5 seasons, the quartet has commissioned and premiered over 20 new works by composers such as Richard Carrick, Ben Hjertmann, Taylor Brook, Scott Wollschleger, Kathryn Salfelder and Max Grafe. Based in New
SNEAK PEAK - Gilt by Hannah Kendall - Gilt, takes its title from Hew Locke’s facade commission for The Metropolitan Museum of Art; four super-sized, gold, trophy-like sculptures. Locke describes them as “a facade on the facade,” as whilst they look like gloriously opulent, reimagined articles, they are in fact propped up by poles from behind.
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EXPLORATIONS VOL 8: ENERGY FLOWS - concerts in Philly and NYC
INFO/TICKETS link in bio
Saturday, October 4 @ 5:00pm
Bowerbird / University Lutheran – 3637 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia
Sunday, October 5 @ 3:00pm
MISE-EN_PLACE – 45 St Nicholas Avenue, NYC
PROGRAM
Georg Friedrich Haas – Saxophonquartett (2014)
Hannah Kendall – Gilt (2024)
Hong-Da Chin – Wishing doesn’t make it so (2025) *
James Tenney – Swell Piece (1967)
Marilyn Shrude – energy flows nervously . . . in search of stillness (2015)
*world premiere, NTQ commission
Electric Sax Vol 3: radial monochrome is next weekend: Sat May 24 at 5:00pm! Grab your tickets today.
SPOTLIGHT ON ANNA MEADORS
Circulatory Signal is a piece for saxophone quartet and feedback mixer, performed by Meadors. Also known as a no-input mixer, it uses internal feedback loops created by routing its outputs back into its inputs. The piece becomes a conversation between breath, electricity, and sound, where human and electrical circuits intertwine.
ELECTRIC SAX VOL 3: radial monochrome
Saturday, May 24 at 5:00pm
The Cell – 338 West 23rd Street, NYC
Tickets – suggested $15 – available online and at the door
Reception to follow
PROGRAM
Anna Meadors – Circulatory Signal, for saxophone quartet and no input mixer (2025)
James Díaz – radial monochrome, for amplified saxophone quartet (2025)
Cecilia Lopez – Le Diplomat, for saxophone quartet and electronics (2022)
NTQ’s Electric Sax series returns on May 24th with Electric Sax Vol 3: radial monochrome. This year’s program will feature the premiere of commissioned works by James Díaz and Anna Meadors, alongside a revised work by Cecilia Lopez. Info in our bio link.
SPOTLIGHT ON JAMES DIAZ
radial monochrome for amplified saxophone quartet explores shifting textures and timbral gradients within a tightly woven ensemble fabric. As its title suggests, radial monochrome draws from a singular sonic palette, expanding and contracting like concentric waves—revealing subtle variations in tone, color, and density.
ELECTRIC SAX VOL 3: radial monochrome
Saturday, May 24 at 5:00pm
The Cell – 338 West 23rd Street, NYC
Tickets – suggested $15 – available online and at the door
Reception to follow
PROGRAM
Anna Meadors – Circulatory Signal, for saxophone quartet and no input mixer (2025)
James Díaz – radial monochrome, for amplified saxophone quartet (2025)
Cecilia Lopez – Le Diplomat, for saxophone quartet and electronics (2022)
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