Our Story

David Biedenbender is planning to write new concerto for alto saxophone and wind ensemble. This project allows for you to have a direct role in the commissioning of this new work for the saxophone.

The Impact

By donating to this project you can play an integral, and more personal role in this symposium and the creation of new music. All while being on the cutting edge of commissioning music in the twenty first century.

What We Need & What You Get

Just a $50 donation will get you your own copy of the saxophone concerto and piano reduction. All donors who pledge $50 or more will receive their own copy of the concerto with performance rights, shortly after the initial performances of the work.  Donations in excess of $50 will be graciously rewarded by various combinations of David's other saxophone compositions.  

Other Ways You Can Help

If the goal is 100% raised you can still continue to donate!  There is no limit to the number of concertos available to be distributed to donors!  Aside from donating, there are many other ways you can help support this project.  Simply "liking" our project on the Indiegogo page will help us become a featured project in the site.  Additionally, you can post our project on your Facebook, tweet our campaign to your followers, embed the project video on your website or blog, share the project via email, or use your Google account to +1 out project.  There are many easy ways to help spread the word on this great project.

About the Composer

Award winning composer David Biedenbender has had the privilege of collaborating with many talented performers and ensembles, including Alarm Will Sound, the PRISM Saxophone Quartet, the Eastman Wind Ensemble, the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, bass trombonist Randall Hawes, the Juventas New Music Ensemble, the Washington Kantorei, The Boston New Music Initiative, Composer's Inc., and the University of Michigan Symphony Orchestra among others. Recent awards and grants include an ASCAP Morton Gould Young Composer's Award, regional winner of the SCI Student Composer Competition, the Third Millenium Ensemble�s Composition Prize, honorable mention for the ASCAP/CBDNA Frederick Fennell Prize and the Michigan Music Teacher�s Association Composition Competition, and a Composer Assistance Program Grant from the American Music Center. His music has been heard in diverse venues such as Symphony Space (New York City), the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church (NYC), the German Embassy (Washington, DC), the Middle East (Boston, MA), the Anton�n Dvo?�k Museum (Prague, CZ), the Old First Church (San Francisco, CA), the Settlement Music School (Philadelphia, PA), the Interlochen Center for the Arts (Interlochen, MI), Hill Auditorium (Ann Arbor, MI), the University of Michigan Museum of Art (Ann Arbor), and on WNYC�s (New York City Public Radio) Soundcheck with John Schaefer.  For more information please visit www.davidbiedenbender.com

Saxophonist Sean Murphy is the principal fundraiser for this project .  Please contact him at www.seanmurphysaxophone.com with any questions.