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 |
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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 |