A Conductor’s and Performer’s Guide to Steven Bryant’s Concerto for Alto Saxophone - Chester Jenkins

3 academic research). Dr. Matthew McCutchen completed an analysis of Bryant’s Radiant Joy and Suite Dreams in his work detailing the winners of the National Band Association’s Composition Contest. Seth Wollam wrote a master’s thesis on an analysis and comparison of three of Bryant’s works, Impercynations , Suite Dreams , Dusk , and the first movement from the Concerto for Wind Ensemble . This paper was most notable for its analysis of relationships between Bryant’s works. Dr. Guy Holliday wrote on Bryant’s Concerto for Wind Ensemble , and filled in some other appropriate background information on Bryant’s history and his musical influences on the Concerto for Wind Ensemble . Dr. Justin Davis wrote on Bryant’s work, Solace . This has some bearing on this work, since Bryant uses a chord progression from Solace in the Concerto for Alto Saxophone . Dr. Frank Perez wrote on “Grade 2-3 Electroacoustic Music for Wind Bands,” which features two of Bryant’s works, The Machine Awakes and Coil. His research deals primarily on technology and rehearsal issues encountered with this type of music, and thus does not relate to this project. Dr. William Staub III wrote on “Postmodernism and Borrowed Material in the Music of Steven Bryant.” While his research focuses on Bryant’s Parody Suite, Radiant Joy , and Concerto for Wind Ensemble , the discussion on Bryant’s use of borrowed material with newly composed material is relevant. Dr. Trae Blanco wrote on “BCM International and its Role in Contemporary Wind Band”. His work contains additional biographical information about Bryant, particularly around the creation and his involvement with BCM International (the publishing group created by Eric Whitacre, Jonathan Newman, James Bonney and Steven Bryant), but does not provide any additional analysis or discussion of Bryant’s music.