I am excited to be a part of the XIX World Saxophone Congress in Las Palmas de Grand Canaria, which begins in just over a week – from 6 – 10 December 2023!
There are four performances of my music during this festival including the World Premiere of The Tragedy of Silence for alto saxophone, electric guitar, and fixed media enhanced with live electronics performed by the brilliant Thompson – Kasler Duo.
The Tragedy of Silence takes its title from the powerful speech by Dr. Joachim Prinz during the events at The March on Washington on 28 August 1963, when he stated:
“The most urgent, the most disgraceful, the most shameful and the most tragic problem is silence.”
The Tragedy of Silence was commissioned in 2023 by the Thompson-Kasler Duo (Bobbi Thompson, saxophone, and Ariel Kasler, electric guitar) with generous assistance from The University of Western Ontario.
Read more about this work here.
Below is a complete list of my performances at the XIX World Saxophone Congress:
Klonos Trio (Preston Duncan and Davide Nari, saxophones, Federico Gerini, piano) perform Capriccio at the Foundation Mapfre Canaries, Calle Juan de Quesada, nº 10, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria on Wednesday, December 6, 2023 at 11:00 AM (GMT).
The Thompson – Kasler Duo (Bobbi Thompson, saxophone, and Ariel Kasler, electric guitar) perform the World Premiere of The Tragedy of Silence at Foundation CICCA, C. Alameda de Colón, n.1 , Las Palmas de Gran Canaria on Thursday, December 7, 2023 at 1:30 PM (GMT)
Matthew Younglove, saxophone, and Hannah Creviston, piano, perform Night Set at House Museum Colon, C. Colón, n.1, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria on Thursday, December 7, 2023 at 5:30 PM (GMT)
The Chen/Walsh Duo (Yiqun Chen, saxophone, and Michael Walsh, clarinet) perform Duo Sonata at the Foundation Mapfre Canaries, C. Juan de Quesada, 10, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria on Saturday, December 9, 2023 at 10:00 AM (GMT).
