Pillars was commissioned by Geoffrey Landman for the 2014 North American Saxophone Alliance Biennial National Conference. It was composed in Cambridge, Massachusetts and completed in January of 2014.
Artwork by James St. John provided under Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license.
Pillars
(2014)
Chamber
6:30
instrumentation
asx, pf
Premiere Performance:
Smith Recital Hall
University of Illinois
Urbana-Champaign, Illinois
23 March 2014
Geoffrey Landman, alto saxophone
Osnat Netzer, piano
European Premiere:
Stančić Hall
Academy of Music
Zagreb, Croatia
12 July 2018
Doug O’Connor, alto saxophone
Osnat Netzer, piano
Additional Performances:
Barness Recital Hall
University of South Florida
Tampa, Florida
7 April 2018
Doug O’Connor, alto saxophone
Corey Merenda, piano
Millennium Stage
Kennedy Center
Washington, DC
7 August 2018
Doug O’Connor, alto saxophone
Osnat Netzer, piano
Watson Recital Hall
University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, Ohio
16 September 2018
Geoffrey Landman, alto saxophone
Osnat Netzer, piano
Long Hall
Troy University
Troy, Alabama
27 March 2019
Legacy Hall
Columbus State University
Columbus, Georgia
28 March 2019
Gloria Shott Hall
University of North Georgia
Dahlonega, Georgia
29 March 2019
Michelsen Hall
University of Wisconsin Stevens Point
Stevens Point, Wisconsin
6 October 2019
Music Hall
University of Wisconsin Oshkosh
Oshkosh, Wisconsin
8 October 2019
Music Recital Hall
University of Wisconsin Milwaukee
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
9 October 2019
Allen Recital Hall
DePaul University
Chicago, Illinois
2 November 2019
LeBaron Recital Hall
University of Montevallo
Montevallo, Alabama
10 November 2019
Neva Langley Fickling Hall
Mercer University
Macon, Georgia
11 November 2019
Phil Pierick, alto saxophone
Kurt Galván, piano
Shockingly Modern Saxophone Festival
Augustana College
Rock Island, Illinois
22 February 2020
Phil Pierick, alto saxophone
Casey Dierlam Tse, piano
NUNC!
Northwestern University
Evanston, Illinois
24 April 2021
Phil Pierick, alto saxophone
Kurt Galván, piano