trios and quartets – MENDEL LEE https://mendellee.com composer • performer • educator • entrepreneur Wed, 25 Feb 2026 23:32:51 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://mendellee.com/mendelblog/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/cropped-MCreates512-32x32.png trios and quartets – MENDEL LEE https://mendellee.com 32 32 The Great Boil Escape for saxophone quartet https://mendellee.com/product/the-great-boil-escape-for-saxophone-quartet/ Wed, 25 Feb 2026 23:32:51 +0000 https://mendellee.com/?post_type=product&p=5061 The Great Boil Escape is:

  • a loose abstract narrative about a craw sh who attempts to change its fate of being eaten as a part of a New Orleans backyard boil.
  • a continuation of my journey to compose works that give performers agency to showcase their artistry and personality within a clear framework of my creative voice.

The Great Boil Escape was commissioned by and written for Quartetto Obrigado for the inaugural Batture Contemporary new music festival. Its creation was in part thanks to a residency at the Sitka Center for Ecology and Arts faciliated by Licity Collins and the SynchroLicity Collective.

Included with Purchase:

  • Full Score
  • Parts (soprano sax, alto sax, tenor sax, baritone sax)

]]> The Spaces Between for percussion quartet https://mendellee.com/product/the-spaces-between-for-percussion-quartet/ Thu, 12 May 2022 19:35:08 +0000 https://mendellee.com/?post_type=product&p=4580

I wrote The Spaces Between as an exploration of textural combinations in a serene space. The primary intent of the piece is to encourage the audience to treat the various individual percussive instruments not as their own distinct lines but instead as a versatile solo instrument that is performing a (mostly) singular idea.

The piece is heavily influenced by the concept that in the hustle of our every day lives that rapidly moves from one moment to the next, we forget to take a step back and enjoy the spaces between those moments, that the journey itself is as important if not more important than the journey’s beginning and end.

The Spaces Between was commissioned by the Portland Percussion Group for nienteForte Contemporary Music’s 10th Season.

Instrumentation:

Two 5-octave marimbas

Two vibraphones

Glockenspiel

Crotales

 

The piece requires six bass bows.

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