Fledge
Duration: 10:30
Instrumentation: saxophone quartet (SATB) + electronics
Premiere: May 24, 2024 // The Cell Theatre, NYC
Premiere Performer: New Thread Quartet
Publisher: A-Town Publications (ASCAP) © 2024
Fledge was written for, and premiered by, the New Thread Quartet in celebration of their NYC “Electric Sax” annual series.
Program Note:
Fledge (2024), for saxophone quartet and fixed four-channel media by Erin Rogers, follows a hatchling from birth to flight. Generate. Develop feathers and wings. Diffuse space. Change speeds. Transition from nestling to fledgling. Move vigorously. Build texture. Resist air. Defy gravity. Cycle. Written in 2024 to commemorate New Thread’s “NYC Electric Sax” Concert Series, Fledge (2024) is an electroacoustic, quadraphonic companion piece to Foliage (2023) for saxophone quartet.
—Erin Rogers
Fledge is available for purchase. Please contact the composer: erogers23(at)gmail.com