Cruzin'

2008 alto saxophone and string orchestra (CO) 13'30" Score Get the Music
A concerto for alto saxophone and strings.

Movements

Ostinato (Synthesized recording)
4'20"
Aria (Synthesized recording)
4'15"
Ritornello (Synthesized recording)
4'15"

Cruzin’ – so named for the Santa Cruz Chamber Orchestra, for which it was composed – combines jazz-like gestures in the saxophone within a traditional Baroque concerto structure, as exemplified by the Italianate nature of each of its three movements: Ostinato, Aria, and Ritornello.