This is a challenging chamber concerto for trombone and saxophone quartet that was written for my friend, trombonist Kathryn Kell, when we were studying at Virginia Commonwealth University. Ms. Kell premiered the piece in 2009 with the Sax ASAP saxophone quartet.

A driving, menacing start opens up into a delicate and wandering slower section, followed by a return to the opening landscape with technical gymnastics for the trombone soloist. Finally, all is well with the return to the theme from the more delicate passages, but this time finding focus and driving powerfully toward the closing notes.