Ex Machina by Marc Mellits

Live performance and premiere of "Ex Machina" by Marc Mellits for Saxophone Quartet. Movements I, II, VI and VII
About the Quartet:
"Ex Machina" was commissioned by a consortium of seven saxophone quartets and is dedicated to the entire consortium. The different movements are each inspired by a different quartet.
Consortium groups:
Assembly Quartet, Barkada Quartet, Donald Sinta Quartet, Kenari Quartet, Mirasol Quartet, Project Fusion and Zzyzx Quartet
Zzyzx Quartet
Stacy Wilson, soprano saxophone
Stephen Page, alto saxophone
Matt Evans, tenor saxophone
Dana Booher, baritone saxophone

[@aloysiusdevadanderabercrombie8]

I am in awe of y'all's tones, they're so full and robust!

[@brianodonnell842]

Heard Zzyzx live last week. Brilliant and exhilarating performance. Catch them if you can!

[@alexzioek9680]

Amazing!!! I love your peformance, beautiful colours are sprouting from your horns! I very much like the tenor adopting the role of the baritone sax in the last part with it` s percussive low notes becoming the foundation of the ensemble while the baritone actually plays a higher part than it usually would and gets covered by the opacity of the tenor` s lower range. The baritone- tenor bass exchange is also very obvious in the first movemet not to mention the beautiful sort of tartitini tone vibrating beetwen the bells of the two lower horns. What is unique about these pieces how the sequences are added and fitted toghether, there is an amazing rythmical dialogue in there and some lyrical speach aswell.

[@rloomis3]

How great is it that there are so many active, virtuosic young quartets out there that a project like this is possible?

[@Shhhadowwyy]

Whoever disliked this, shame shame shame on you