Commissions and World Premieres

BF promotes the creation and performance of new music.  In addition to numerous World and US Premieres, the BF Duo Project has commissioned over 40 new works in the past ten years and has given countless performances of these works across the US, Mexico, Germany and France.  Stay tuned for new commissions and performances!

TBD, double concerto for saxophone, percussion and orchestra, Nina Shekhar, anticipated Spring 2026

TBD, for saxophone and percussion, Charles Peck, anticipated 2025

TBD, for saxophone and percussion, Anna-Louise Walton, anticipated 2025

TBD, for saxophone and percussion, Mischa Salkind-Pearl, anticipated 2024

TBD, for saxophone and percussion, Pamela Madsen, anticipated 2024

TBD, for saxophone and percussion, Kyle Rivera, anticipated 2024

WATTage, for saxophone and percussion, Ken Ueno, 2024

Inflection: Two, for saxophone, percussion and improvising ensemble, Yvonne Wu, 2023

À intervalles fixes, for saxophone and percussion, Robert Lemay, 2023

Of Wells and Springs, for saxophone and percussion, Judith Shatin, 2023

Tuning In, for saxophone and percussion, George Lewis, 2022

Every Next Day, for saxophone and percussion, Alvin Singleton, 2022

hyder(0)sion, for saxophone and percussion, Emily Koh, 2022

children of loneliness, for saxophone and percussion, Nickitas Demos, 2021

Inflection: One, for saxophone and percussion, Yvonne Wu,. 2021

Composite and Parallax, for saxophone and percussion, Peter Van Zandt Lane, 2020

Mutatis Mutandis, for saxophone and percussion, Dorothy Hindman, 2020

Thirteen for Three Through Five, for saxophone and percussion, Dorothy Hindman, 2019

Auset: Sophia, for Bent Frequency, Colette Coward, 2019

What’s it Worth?, for saxophone and percussion, Dorothy Hindman, 2019

cracks, for saxophone and percussion, Adam Mirza, 2019

Say Her Name, for saxophone and percussion , Dorothy Hindman, 2018

Tenor Love, for saxophone and percussion , Erin Rogers, 2018

Hazy Moonlight, for saxophone, percussion, and electronics, Elainie Lillios, 2017

Hammer Vision, for saxophone and percussion, Zack Browning, 2017

a line broken, traced, for saxophone and percussion, John Liberatore, 2016

AMERICAN BEAUTY, for saxophone and percussion, Lowell Fuchs,  2016

Omnipresent Lion, for saxophone and percussion, Olivia Kieffer, 2016

pent-up, for saxophone and percussion, Adam Scott Neal, 2016

Pied Piper of the Ether, for saxophone, percussion and Theremin, Klimchak, 2015

The Nothing of Roselight, for saxophone, viola, guitar, bass, and percussion, David Brighton, 2015

You Don’t Need Eyes to See, for saxophone and percussion, Amelia Kaplan, 2015

Persecutory Delusions, for saxophone and percussion, Laurent Durupt, commissioned by a grant

from FACE (French American Cultural Exchange), 2015

Oceans of Brightly Colored Broken Glass, for saxophone, percussion and electronics, Mark

Engebretson, commissioned by a grant from the Barlow Foundation, 2015

Child’s Play, for saxophone and percussion, Amy Williams, 2015

Schoolbook Thermodynamics and Ascension, for saxophone and percussion, Paul Elwood, 2015

R.I.P.T., for saxophone and percussion, Dorothy Hindman, 2014

Minimal Suite, for saxophone and percussion, Stefano Pierini, 2014

Oh Popeye!, for saxophone, percussion and electronics, Chris Arrell, 2014

Metta, for saxophone, percussion and electronics, Robert Scott Thompson, 2014

Comala, “Versión Integral” scenic cantata, Ricardo Zohn-Muldoon, 2013

Paint, for saxophone and percussion, Kevin Schlei, 2013

Seven Hills, OH, for saxophone and percussion, Devin Maxwell, 2013

Behemoth, for saxophone and percussion, Roshanne Etezady, 2013

I stood on the shore and looked up at the birds, for saxophone, percussion and electronics, Jeff

Herriott, 2013

Roulettes, for saxophone and percussion, Christopher Burns, 2013

Suite für Sopransaxophon und Marimba, Vivienne Olive, 2013

Coil, Recoil, for saxophone and viola, Carolyn O’Brien, 2012

Filigree and Shadow, for saxophone and viola, Robert Scott Thompson, 2012