Jeff Stern and Project Fusion perform 'Farewell to the Flesh' in Alexandria, Virginia

Saturday, February 10, 2024

Reception begins at 7:00pm
Concert begins at 7:30pm

NOVA Alexandria

5000 Dawes Ave,
Alexandria, VA 22311

EVENT DETAILS

Join us for a musical celebration of youthful vitality in our first-ever concert at Northern Virginia Community College’s exciting new recital hall. The award-winning saxophone quartet Project Fusion will combine forces with  Jeff Stern, marimbist of the iconic Icarus Quartet, in a program of dynamic works for saxophones and marimba created by classical composers all under the age of 45. Audiences get to experience a reimagined  traditional piano quintet, with works written since 2010 that are rhythmically infectious, harmonically curious, playfully melodic, and vibrantly colorful, all written since 2010. Much of this music explores the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on our artistic heritage, observing the growth, perspective, fortitude, personal reflection, and shared experience of this tumultuous period.

PROGRAMTyler Kline (b.1991) - Selections from Orchard (2018, rev. 2023)

Project Fusion Sax Quartet
Jeff Stern, marimba

Michael Frazier (b. 1991) - World Premiere of guacamayas for saxophone quartet

Project Fusion Sax Quartet

Michael Laurello (b. 1981) - I always visit the same imaginary city when I dream (2021, rev. 2023) for solo percussion and stereo playback

Jeff Stern, percussion

Michael Laurello (b. 1981) - Unity Synonym (2019, rev. 2023) for alto saxophone and marimba

Azimuth
Doug O’Connor, alto saxophone
Jeff Stern, marimba

Carlos Simon (b. 1986) - Catch On Fire (2019) for saxophone quartet

Project Fusion Sax Quartet

John Psathas (b. 1966) - “Farewell to the Flesh” from Connectome (2019) for saxophone quartet and percussion

Project Fusion Sax Quartet
Jeff Stern, vibraphone