ESP - Marc Mellits

Eastman Saxophone Project Fall Concert
November 16, 2014
Kilbourn Hall, Eastman School of Music
Marc Mellits
from Platter of Discontent:
Roasting Petunia
The Seduction of Brie (2:27)
Standing at the Gates of Orange Wheat (4:20)
from String Quartet No. 2:
Groove Machine (8:00)
arr. Jonathan Wintringham
Personnel:
Jon Wintringham, soprano
Matthew Amedio, soprano
Kevin Zhao, soprano
Lauritz Eller, soprano
Myles Boothroyd, alto
Katherine Weintraub, alto
Ainsley Kilgo, alto
Annie Sawamura, alto
Aiwen Zhang, alto
Chaithu Natarajan, alto
Tim Harris, tenor
Matthew Evans, tenor
Stephanie Venturino, tenor
Drew Viavattine, tenor
Anne Kunkle, tenor
Sumner Truax, baritone
Khanh Nguyen, baritone
Arthur Liang, baritone
Dan Stenziano, baritone
Tyler Wiessner, bass
Chien-Kwan Lin, director
Jon Wintringham, assistant director

[@juannavarro2813]

Just became a fan of Marc Mellits. And such a great group of saxophonists! That was amazing!

[@NamHamful]

Groove machine is literally the bane of my quartets existence. it's so hard

[@fredfloyd68]

Excellent jam and the acoustics of that room is incredible...

[@ethanchambers02]

Marc Mellits loves his saxophones !

[@joelw781]

ESP... wow! This is by far my favorite. Incredible.

[@Daniel_Bettega_52]

from Platter of Discontent 2. Roasting Petunia 1. The Seduction of Brie 2:27 3. Standing at the Gates of Orange Wheat 4:20 --- from String Quartet No. 2 Groove Machine (arr. Jonathan Wintringham) 8:00

[@yokattarecords]

Fantastic piece from Marc Mellits, great performance!

[@michaelroach4219]

Excellent!Time to go practice.

[@tylersharkey4727]

I didn't know sax could sound like a string section until I listened to this piece

[@s4xph]

thanks for introducing me to Marc Mellits. Stunning playing you guys. a huge amount of work to get this memorized! and love the Irish green shirts :) bravo :)

[@carpenterhillstudios8327]

So glad to have caught this. Brilliant writing and performing. Much more going on than meets the ear!

[@digimikek]

Yes! Wow! Beautiful piece and performance!

[@extremeflext]

dang, that middle section is freaking good.

[@riverman4798]

EXCELLENT SOUNDWORK.. PLAYED LOUD THROUGH MY SURROUND SOUND...WOW

[@principe.borodin]

Magnific.

[@teacherontap]

Stunning - players and composer.

[@BryanDoesCinema]

OK 10:38 to 10:41 did this scream orchestra hit thingy that just blew my mind; excellent writting and playing.

[@joanmartinuzzi9858]

a beautiful blend of sounds. exciting music.

[@themodernsaxophonist6053]

Nice work everyone! ESP Rockin'

[@Drew8va]

This is such an awesome piece!

[@DrKobSaxManMusicandCycling]

Excellent

[@dsaxspb4431]

Super!!!!!!!!

[@MargaretThornhill]

WOW!

[@dsaxspb4431]

Super!!!!))))

[@isscodeine]

Sheet music available directly from the composer here: www.marcmellits.com/extrasensoryperception

[@goatphilososphy]

The jumping Jack flash

[@greenlemon6042]

whenever they slap tongue it kinda sounds like boomwhackers

[@tylersharkey4727]

😂

[@s_kyg1759]

I feel like that one dislike is from someone that just wanted to be that one guy...

[@rloomis3]

I think you left the bass player out of the credits...?

[@mateomaringutierrez2786]

Hello, I would like to know if you could facilitate the work for my saxophones ensemble, thank you very much.

[@jakgff5885]

Notes @ 3:29 I will suck your toes