Video Posted of Performance of Sum of Its Parts on Network for New Music Virtual Concert

I was presented by Philadelphia’s eminent Network for New Music in a virtual performance of Emma O’Halloran‘s Sum of Its Parts — the title track of my new solo EP on XAS — on Saturday, November 14th. NNM’s artistic director, Thomas Schuttenhelm, interviewed Emma during the program, which also included music by Gregory T.S. Walker performed by […]

Four XAS Recording In Running For Grammy Nominations

Hi everyone – the PRISM Quartet’s XAS label has four recordings in the running for 2021 Grammy nominations: The Anchoress by David Serkin Ludwig; Vamp by Anna Weesner; Prized Possessions by Viet Cuong; and Notturno, a solo album from PRISM’s soprano saxophonist Timothy McAllister. As always, thanks to my friends and NARAS members for your consideration. […]

Sum of Its Parts Released October 9th on XAS

Sum of Its Parts, my premiere recording of music for tenor sax and electronics by Emma O’Halloran (title track) and Jacob Walls (Frayed), will be released on Friday, October 9th on the PRISM Quartet’s XAS label. Join us for a pre-release Facebook Live broadcast on Monday, October 5th at 6:00 pm in which acclaimed music […]

David Serkin Ludwig and Katie Ford’s The Anchoress, released on August 28

The Anchoress is a project that has been a labor of love for the past 3 years. It has involved a collaboration between the PRISM Quartet, Piffaro, and the wonderful soprano Hyunah Yu to bring to life a stunningly beautiful work, The Anchoress, by David Serkin Ludwig and poet Katie Ford. The brilliant flutist Mimi […]

World Premiere of “can’t find the words” by Erin Busch

I’m looking forward to premiering can’t find the words (solo sax and electronics) by Erin Busch on December 6, 2019 at 8 PM. The concert is at Rose Recital Hall, Fisher-Bennett Hall Rm 419 at University of Pennsylvania located at 3340 Walnut Street in Philadelphia. Come listen in you’re in the area. Info is HERE.  

New Arrangement of Stephen Sondheim’s “Send in the Clowns” Performed by PRISM Quartet on Colombian Tour

Back in the day, when I was a member of the Central High School (“Dear high, dear Central High, Thy mem’ries never die”) Jazz Band, we played an arrangement of Stephen Sondheim’s “Send in the Clowns.” That’s when I first fell in love with Mr. Sondheim’s music. All these years later, I came across the sheet […]

June 2 and 3 – PRISM Quartet, Premieres by Nina Young, Emily Cooley, Francesca Hellerman, Chris Biggs, Jacob TV

The PRISM Quartet presents a program of world premieres, featuring new works by Nina C. Young, Emily Cooley, Francesca Hellerman, and Jacob TV. The program also includes the East Coast premiere of Christopher Biggs‘s Surfaces and Essences, the title track of an upcoming PRISM album on XAS Records. Join us June 2, 8:00 PM at Settlement Music School, Mary Louise Curtis Branch, located […]

Oct. 17 and 18: David Ludwig and Katie Ford’s “The Anchoress” premieres in Philly and NYC

The Anchoress, a new monodrama by David Ludwig, “a composer with something urgent to say” (Philadelphia Inquirer), has its world premiere on Wednesday, October 17, 2018 at 7:30 PM at the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts in Philadelphia under the auspices of the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society. The next evening, Thursday, October 18 at […]

October 12-13: PRISM and Bright Sheng in Beijing

I’m looking forward to returning to Beijing with the PRISM Quartet, where we’ll join Bright Sheng and his hand-selected Chinese musicians in a concert featuring his epic work, The Singing Gobi Desert, commissioned by PRISM in 2014. Click HERE to read all about it.

7/11: “Forbidden Drive” performed by Branford Marsalis and the PRISM Quartet at World Saxophone Congress in Croatia

PRISM is joined by Branford Marsalis in a performance of my 2017 composition, “Forbidden Drive,” as part of the Selmer Showcase at the World Saxophone Congress in Zagreb, Croatia on July 11, 2018. PRISM will also perform William Bolcom’s “Schumann Bouquet,” a set of adaptations of piano pieces from Schumann’s “Album for the Young” by […]