New Thread Quartet
03/09/2026
ANNOUNCING - New Thread Quartet’s 2026 Call For Scores!
New Thread Quartet seeks works for saxophone quartet (SATB), to be performed in concert as part of our annual Explorations Series in New York City in late September 2026.
Up to 3 works will be selected for performance and each chosen composer will receive a $500 honorarium. Submission deadline is April 15, 2026.
Full Details and Submissions:
www.newthreadquartet.com/call-for-scores
SNEAK PEAK - This year’s Explorations program features the world premiere of our latest commissioned work: Wishing Doesn’t Make It So by Hong-Da Chin!
Wishing Doesn’t Make It So was inspired by the same phrase from Stephen King’s Heart of Atlantis. Hong-Da Chin is intrigued by these words, because they point to how our “minds can run like a child in a world full of winter,” but it’s not until we take action that our ideas become real and hold meaning. A composer takes this transfers to the action when they engrave the ideas they have in their mind. Chin takes the trill, a standard technique used for centuries, to a whole new level.
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EXPLORATIONS VOL 8: ENERGY FLOWS - concerts in Philly and NYC
INFO/TICKETS link in bio
Saturday, October 4 @ 5:00pm
Bowerbird / University Lutheran – 3637 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia
Sunday, October 5 @ 3:00pm
MISE-EN_PLACE – 45 St Nicholas Avenue, NYC
PROGRAM
Georg Friedrich Haas – Saxophonquartett (2014)
Hannah Kendall – Gilt (2024)
Hong-Da Chin – Wishing doesn’t make it so (2025) *
James Tenney – Swell Piece (1967)
Marilyn Shrude – energy flows nervously . . . in search of stillness (2015)
*world premiere, NTQ commission
04/10/2025
We had a fantastic time at North American Saxophone Alliance (NASA) Region 8. Thank you to brilliant hosts David Stambler and Baljinder Sekhon, Composer at Penn State School of Music for your hard work and impressive organization. A stellar event all around!
It was a thrill to share the stage with The Moanin' Frogs who challenged the heights of saxophone virtuosity and to hear brilliant sets by Joe Lulloff, Christopher Creviston, Hannah Hickman, and Casey Grev, (among others), masterclasses/ discussions with Gail Levinsky and Michael Frazier and all the student sax ensembles in the Northeast Region. We even got a chance to record new works by student composers at Penn State Composition & Technology. Bravo to all!
01/24/2025
'Saxifraga' is OUT TODAY from New Focus Recordings! Featuring beautifully crafted works by A.B. Kirsten, Scott Wollschleger and Victoria Cheah, the quartet's second full-length studio album spans 7 years of work and collaboration. Available on all platforms (links in comments).
Performances by Geoff Landman, Jonathan Hulting-Cohen, Kristen McKeon, Noa Even, Erin Rogers, and Zach Herchen
Artwork by Oscar H. Gresh
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