Winter Thoughts, Part 1

Year: 2018

Duration: ca. 17 ½ minutes

Instrumentation: saxophone quartet

Commissioned By: N/A

Parts: I. Frost Edged Windows

II. Fire and Ice

III. Snow Plow

IV. Desolate Cold

V. Shorter Days

Awards: Donald Sinta Quartet composition competition runner-up

Publisher: Purple Jaw Music (ASCAP)

Movements II & IV Premiere: July 3, 2018

Kerrytown Concert House; Ann Arbor, Michigan

by the Donald Sinta Quartet

Full Performance Premiere: April 27, 2019

Setnor Auditorium; Syracuse, New York

by Nieves Villaseñor III, soprano; Zhongyang Ling, alto; Leah Haines, tenor; & Shoko Nagami, baritone

Performance History:

• January 29, 2020: Vertex Saxophone Quartet, Hochstein School of Music, Rochester, New York

• July 21, 2019: Brevard Sax Quartet, UpCountry Brewing Co., Brevard, North Carolina

• July 16, 2019: Brevard Sax Quartet, Brevard Brewing Co., Brevard, North Carolina

• April 27, 2019: Nieves Villaseñor III, soprano; Zhongyang Ling, alto; Leah Haines, tenor; Shoko Nagami, baritone; Setnor Auditorium, Syracuse, New York

• July 3, 2018: the Donald Sinta Quartet, Kerrytown Concert House, Ann Arbor, Michigan