Drift - Saxophone Quartet (SATB)

for SATB Saxophone Quartet - Includes score and parts

Drift is concerned with the perceptual dilemma that no matter how hard one tries, it is not possible to fully focus on a piece of music from beginning to end without having other thoughts or ideas drift in, or rather, it is not possible not to drift in thought while listening to a piece.  There are a number of devices in Drift that attempt to force the listener to constantly return their attention to the piece, including hooks, repetition, and timbral effects.  There are also internal relationships between instruments and between formal sections that play off the idea of drift, such as one instrument going off on a different tangent than the others in the quartet, or imitative ideas where one instrument follows another canonically, or formal variations that continuously develop an idea.

Drift was written for the Lithium Saxophone Quartet in 2002 at their request and premiered by them February 21st, 2003.

Described as “highly recommended for rockers wishing to get their feet wet in post-20th century classical music,” (ICON), Dorothy Hindman’s unique blend of spectralism with punk/grunge has received over 400 global performances in venues including Carnegie Hall, the United Nations, and the Muziekgebouw. Collaborators include trailblazers Bent Frequency, Splinter Reeds, [Switch~ Ensemble], Fresh Squeezed Opera, Robert Black, Craig Hultgren, and others. Recognition includes the Mellon Foundation, ISCM/New Music Miami, NACUSA, and more. Her music is on innova, Albany, Capstone, EMM and Living Artist labels, and published by Subito, NoteNova, and dorn/Needham. Hindman teaches at the Frost School of Music.