Bull in a China Shop (2020) for alto saxophone and piano
Duration: 12’00”To listen on YouTube, click here.
Bull in a China Shop was commissioned by Brian Utley, senior lecturer in saxophone at Vanderbilt University. The piece, completed in pre-pandemic 2020, was inspired by our divided times. In the not-so-long-ago past, it was said that our political differences of opinion were explained largely by what news source we got our information from. That news shaped everyone’s ‘facts’ …etc. The nice thing about President Trump and his Twitter feed is that the words themselves cannot be disputed. Everyone who can read can decide for themselves how to feel about them—nobody needs a news personality to tell them how they are supposed to feel. Some are horrified and offended; some find the unfiltered, non-“politically-correct” messages to be refreshing.
Contact the composer directly to inquire about score/parts: mikedambrosio@gmail.com
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