| No Stopping, Standing, or Parking
had its inspiration in the common freeway sign. We’re
driving 65, 70, 75, or who-knows-how-many miles per hour, passing one
beautiful vista after another, and the mantra is NO STOPPING!!
That’s life: always trying to get to some destination,
never pausing to breathe life in. So if you have to do it, take
it with a lead foot... This work was written for Adam McCord and the Upland Saxophone Quartet. They premiered the piece at the 2008 North American Saxophone Alliance Biennial Conference. |