Commissions and Premieres
John Sampen, Morton Subotnick, and Maestro Yuval Zaliouk (1988) Sampen & Shrude with György and Marta Kurtág
* denotes consortium commission
+ denotes premiere (no commission)
Saxophone Solos
Marilyn Shrude | Avanti for saxophone and piano | 2012 |
Marilyn Shrude | River Song for solo saxophone | 2010 |
Steven Stucky | Scherzino for saxophone and piano | 2010 |
Frederick Rzewski | The Fall of the Empire for soprano saxophone and piano | 2007 |
Burton Beerman | Beginnings for alto saxophone and piano | 2007 |
Elaine Lillios | Wedge for alto saxophone and piano | 2007 |
Mikel Kuehn | Resonances for soprano saxophone and piano | 2007 |
Marilyn Shrude | Trope for alto saxophone and piano (or multiple saxophones) | 2007 |
Marilyn Shrude | Lacrimosa for alto saxophone and piano | 2006 |
Beth Weimann | Jannson for saxophone and visuals | 2004 |
Marilyn Shrude | Kantada for saxophone and piano | 2004 |
Howard Frazin | The Jester* | 2004 |
John McDonald | Transcriptions* | 2004 |
Chen, Shih-Hui | Plum Blossoms* | 2004 |
Ileana Velazaquez | Sonata+ | 2003 |
Mei-Fang Lin | Solo for alto saxophone | 2002 |
Ty Emerson | Sonata for alto saxophone and piano+ | 2001 |
Vache Sharafian | Sonata for alto saxophone and piano | 2000 |
Stephen Gryc | Three Small Resonant Pieces for alto saxophone and piano* | 1999 |
Bernard Rands | Memo 6* for solo saxophone | 1999 |
Gunther Schuller | Sonata for alto saxophone and piano* | 1999 |
Carlos Michans | Sonata for alto saxophone and piano | 1999 |
Samuel Adler | Pensive Soliloquy for alto saxophone and piano | 1997 |
William Albright | Postcard from Kansas for alto saxophone and piano | 1997 |
Marilyn Shrude | Continuum-Postscript '97 for alto saxophone and piano | 1997 |
Marilyn Shrude | Visions in Metaphor for solo saxophone | 1996 |
John Harbison | Sonata* for saxophone and piano | 1995 |
Milton Babbitt | Accompanied Recitative for soprano saxophone and piano | 1994 |
Pauline Oliveros | Mirrorim for alto saxophone and piano | 1994 |
Chris Theofanidis | Netherland* for alto saxophone and piano | 1993 |
Peter Terry | Strange Attractors for alto saxophone and piano | 1992 |
Walter Baer | Fragments of a Dream for alto saxophone and piano | 1991 |
John Orfe | Three Movements for alto saxophone and piano | 1991 |
Edward Miller | Two Pieces for alto saxophone and piano | 1990 |
Marilyn Shrude | Renewing the Myth for alto saxophone and piano | 1988 |
Milton Babbitt | Whirled Series* for alto saxophone and piano | 1988 |
Elizabeth Gould | Tunes for a Madrigal for alto saxophone and piano | 1987 |
Burton Beerman | Passages for soprano saxophone and piano | 1986 |
Ulf Grahn | Ballad for solo saxophone | 1985 |
Sydney Hodkinson | Three Dance Preludes for alto sa4xophone and piano | 1982 |
William Bolcom | A Short Lecture on the Saxophone for solo saxophone | 1979 |
Burton Beerman | Moment 1978 for alto saxophone and piano | 1978 |
Marilyn Shrude | Music for Soprano Saxophone and Piano | 1974 |
Alan Stout | Suite for alto saxophone and organ | 1971 |
John Sampen & Marilyn Shrude
Saxophone and Electronics
Piotr Grella-Mozejko | Sampen for saxophone and electronics | In Progress |
Nathan Davis | Cipher* for baritone saxophone and electronics | 2012 |
James Mobberly | Once Again to the Light for saxophone and MAX/MSP | 2011 |
Russel Pinkston | Inside/Outside for saxophone and MAX/MSP | 2009 |
Mark Bunce | Schrödinger's Cat for saxophone and MAX/MSP | 2008 |
Pablo Furman | Music for Alto Saxophone and Tape | 1995 |
Mark Bunce | Waterwings for saxophone and MAX/MSP | 1993 |
Greg Fish | Hammer and the Arrow for WX7/computer | 1990 |
John Melby | Alto Rhapsody for alto saxophone and tape (premiere) | 1987 |
Peter Terry | Spider Kiss for alto saxophone and tape | 1984 |
David Mariasy | Private Eyes for alto saxophone and tape | 1982 |
Vladimir Ussachevsky | Mimicry for alto saxophone and tape | 1982 |
John Sampen & Marilyn Shrude with composers Jeffrey Stolet, Philip Glass, and Peter Terry (1988)
Concertos
William Bolcom | Concerto* for Soprano Saxophone and Band | 2015 |
Daniel Godfrey | Four Dawns Over Bard's Isle for soprano and chamber orchestra | 2012 |
Marilyn Shrude | Essay for alto saxophone and junior high band | 2011 |
N. Prangcharoen | Mantras* for soprano saxophone and wind ensemble | 2009 |
Claude Baker | Lamentations for saxophones and orchestra +(USA) | 2007 |
Lewis Spratlin | Concerto* for saxophone and orchestra | 2006 |
John Fitz Rogers | Concerto* for saxophone and wind ensemble | 2006 |
Marilyn Shrude | Memories of a Place for alto saxophone and orchestra | 2002 |
Michael Colgrass | Dream Dancer* for alto saxophone and wind ensemble | 2002 |
Vache Sharafian | Concerto for saxophone, piano, and orchestra | 2000 |
Samuel Adler | Serenata Concertante* for wind quintet and wind ensemble | 1997 |
W. Kleinsasser | Concerto for saxophone, chamber orchestra, and computer | 1996 |
Marilyn Shrude | Flight from concerto for alto saxophone and wind ensemble | 1995 |
Carleton Macy | Faust* for alto saxophone and orchestra | 1993 |
Eugene O'Brien | Concerto for alto saxophone and orchestra | 1992 |
Drake Mabry | 12-15-89 for alto saxophone and chamber orchestra | 1989 |
Donald Martino |
Concerto* for alto saxophone and orchestra | 1988 |
Morton Subotnick | In Two Worlds* for alto saxophone, computer, and orchestra | 1988 |
Luca Francesconi | Trama for alto/soprano saxophone and orchestra | 1987 |
Peter Terry | Into Light for soprano saxophone and chamber orchestra | 1986 |
Lou Coyner | Solo Saxophone with Ensemble for alto and orchestra | 1985 |
Elliot Schwartz | Chamber Concerto IV for alto and chamber orchestra | 1981 |
Burton Beerman | Concerto I for alto saxophone and tape | 1980 |
Marilyn Shrude | Evolution V for alto saxophone and SATB quartet | 1976 |
Walter Mays | Concerto for alto saxophone and chamber orchestra | 1974 |
Special Arrangements
György Kurtág | Hommage to Elliott Carter for solo saxophone 1998/2015 | 2015 |
John Luther Adams | Strange Birds Passing for saxophone ensemble | 2013 |
György Kurtág | In Nominee – All Ongherese for solo saxophone | 2013 |
György Kurtág | Ein Sappho Fragment for solo saxophone | 2013 |
Martin Wesley-Smith | Weapons of Mass Distortion for soprano saxophone/visuals | 2003 |
Karel Husa | Postcard From Home for alto saxophone and piano | 1997 |
John Adams/Marilyn Shrude | Postmark for soprano saxophone and piano 1988/97 | 1997 |
Philip Glass/Marilyn Shrude | Facades for soprano saxophone and piano 1982/97 | 1997 |
Joan Tower | Wings for solo alto saxophone 1981/91 | 1991 |
Marilyn Shrude | Drifting Over a Red Place for wind controller | 1989 |
Witold Lutoslawski | Dance Preludes for soprano saxophone and piano 1972/87 | 1987 |
Karlheinz Stockhausen | In Friendship for solo saxophone | 1982 |