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 as part of Electric Sax V2, an annual series.
Program Note:
Fledge (2024) for saxophone quartet + fixed, four-channel media follows a hatchling from birth to flight; from nestling to fledgling. Drawn from similar source material, Fledge is an electroacoustic companion piece to Foliage (2023) for saxophone quartet.
—Erin Rogers (2024)