PRISM Quartet

Since joining the PRISM Quartet in 2007 as the ensemble’s alto saxophonist, PRISM has released over a dozen recordings and held residencies at top music institutions worldwide. For more information, visit—

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“Arguably the preeminent saxophone ensemble of its kind currently active in the United States...PRISM has presided over what future music history textbooks might just look back on as a golden era for the sax quartet medium. ”

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Heritage/Evolution Volume 2

PRISM Quartet
Ravi Coltrane
Joe Lovano
Chris Potter

Forbidden Drive by Matthew Levy
PRISM Quartet with Joe Lovano

Improvisations by Chris Potter
PRISM Quartet with Chris Potter and Ravi Coltrane

Super Sonix by Joe Lovano
PRISM Quartet with Joe Lovano

Tones for M by Ravi Coltrane
PRISM Quartet with Ravi Coltrane and Chris Potter

Solace: A Lyric Concerto (2018) by Joel Love

Zachary Shemon, alto saxophone

Conservatory Wind Symphony, conducted by Steven D. Davis

University of Missouri—Kansas City Conservatory

I. Joy
II. Besieged
III. Gratitude
IV. Hiding
V. Work

Surfaces and Essences

Prized Possessions (2014) by Viet Cuong (b. 1990)

I. Mother’s Monster

II. Beggar’s Lace

Surfaces and Essences (2017) by Christopher Biggs (b. 1979)

Motion Lines (2016) by Joseph Sowa (b. 1984)

heteronym/ (2016) by Emily Koh (b. 1986)

Tell: Quartet (2016) by Victoria Cheah (b. 1988)

Forbidden Drive by Matthew Levy

PRISM Quartet and Joe Lovano

The Anchoress (2018)

Music by David Serkin Ludwig (b. 1974), Poetry by Katie Ford (b. 1975)

Hyunah Yu (soprano); PRISM Quartet; Piffaro, The Renaissance Band

I. What Is My Life?
II. Once a Woman Went Down the Hill
III. What Are We to Make of Visions Lit?IV. This Is the Four Burns of the Soul
V. One Night in Particular
VI. A Woman of the Village
VII. Be Not Assured
VIII. When I Woke Up Sighing

Three Anchoress Songs (2018) by David Serkin Ludwig

Mimi Stillman (flute, piccolo); Matthew Levy (tenor saxophone)

I. Virelai
II. Ballade
III. Rondeau

Animal, Vegetable, Mineral

Night Music (2014) by Emma O’Halloran (b. 1985)

Red Pine (2014) by Kristin Kuster (b. 1973)

Animal, Vegetable, Mineral (2004) by Steven Mackey (b. 1956)

I. Jackass

II. Bagpipe

III. Machine

Vamp (2016) by Anna Weesner (b. 1965)

Cha (2015) by Julia Wolfe (b. 1958)