Spaghetti Junction (2016)

for saxophone quartet

 

Spaghetti Junction is a musical representation of various types of common 21st-century transportation methods: primarily trains, airplanes, and

cars. The title was inspired by the complex and entangled groups of on and off-ramps between several major highways that are sometimes referred to as "Spaghetti Junctions." Rowlett found inspiration for the piece after many 10-12 hour drives from his home in Winchester, VA to Sidney, ME and Indianapolis, IN during the summer of 2016 in an unreliable '95 Toyota Corolla with a 5-speed manual transmission with a bad clutch.

 

Premiered by the GSU Centennial Saxophone Quartet at the 40th International Saxophone Symposium at GMU, 13 January 2018.

 

Megan Bauman -Soprano
Douglas Tiller - Alto
Ciara Hill - Tenor
Hassan High - Baritone

 

 

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