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Since 1995, I have occasionally composed chamber music which I call "music of co-existence," where each player has a separate part, and plays it without regard to the other players. There is no score, just parts. The music relies more on chance coincidences that performer choices. I compose this kind of music to avoid relationships among the players, getting a rich blend of soloists musical combinations.
-Stuart Saunders Smith
Number of Players: 3
Level of Difficulty: Grade 5
Instrumentation:
Player I: Soprano Saxophone
Player I: Snare Drum, 2 Sus. Cym, Triangle
Player I: Snare Drum, 2 Sus. Cym, Triangle
Stuart Saunders Smith is an American composer, editor, and poet. He earned a DMA in composition at the University of Illinois, he studied with Edward Miller, Edward Diemente, Slavatore Martirano, Herbert Brün and Benjamin Johnston. Smith has come to create a diverse and unusual body of musical and literary compositions. His music is impressive in both the breadth of its scope and the richness of its diverisfication. As a reflection of the multiplicity, his scores themselves stand out as exciting and orginal examples of the variety of contemporary developments in musical notation.
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