Composed by Steve Antosca

July 8, 2017 (Released 2018)

American University Art Museum

This piece was commissioned for the 75th Anniversary of the Rotunda in the National Gallery of Art. The premiere performance was called “wonderfully provocative” by the Washington Post. This video is the first in a series by filmmaker Caleb Lopez entitled “The Musicians.”

Composed by Stephen Hartke

October 28, 2016

Premiere, Oberlin Conservatory

This solo work was written for me by Grammy Award-winning composer Stephen Hartke and premiered with the Oberlin Contemporary Ensemble under the direction of Tim Weiss. A second performance was held at the Cleveland Museum of Art and a recording of the piece serves as the soundtrack for a film of photographs depicting the World War II bomber factory Willow Run. The film was exhibited at the University of Michigan Museum in 2017.

Composed by Ricardo Zohn-Muldoon

May 17, 2018

Performed at Teatro Degollado, Guadalajara, Mexico

This performance with the Zohn Collective in Guadalajara, Mexico, was part of the Festival Cultural de Mayo in collaboration with the puppet company La Coperacha. This movement, Subir y Bajar, prominently features the saxophone. This excerpt is 9:27 until 10:35.

Composed by Chick Corea

February 17, 2019

American University Recording Studio

Conceived as a “written improvisation,” Corea allows substantial interpretative freedom to the performers to alter this work. After hearing my new version, Chick Corea said, “Please tell Noah that I really enjoyed his and his pianist’s rendition. He gets such a beautiful sound on his instrument. The composer is pleased!”

Composed by Antônio Carlos Jobim

April 28, 2018

Recorded on the DC Salon Concert Series

This video excerpt is from a performance with my jazz trio of Antônio Carlos Jobim’s “Corcovado (Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars),” a bossa nova jazz standard made famous by tenor saxophonist Stan Getz. This performance was part of a series of jazz salon concerts I presented in homes throughout Washington, DC, which received grant funding from the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities.

March 5, 2016

Atlas Performing Arts Center’s Intersections Festival

Conflux is a trio that explores the intersection between jazz and Indian classical music. This excerpt demonstrates me improvising in 5/4 time using a scale that is common in both musical styles. This trio explores the intersection between the improvisational traditions of jazz and Indian classical music through jazz standards, ragas, and original compositions.

Composed by Fernando Benadon

Cotxes, or cars in Catalan, is a film about the experience of driving in Barcelona on a spring day. Fernando Benadon’s score features the saxophone along with harp, piano, and percussion. Through the use of “microtimings,” the composer references the flexibility of improvisation in a composed score.