“deserves recognition as among America’s finest symphonists”

Times Union

“A chronicler of the African American experience whose work is rooted in traditional forms but is always prescient and often profound…tremendously powerful music”

Star Tribune

“‘America’s Requiem: A Knee on the Neck’ composed in memory of George Floyd and other victims of police brutality…a bracing, captivating and essential new work”

The Washington Post

Adolphus Hailstork

Saxophone Concerto (2024) for alto saxophone and string orchestra

Dedicated to Timothy McAllister and commissioned by Gail Straith and the Michigan Orchestra Repertoire for Equity (MORE) Fund, this new concerto by acclaimed composer Adolphus Hailstork receives its World Premiere in Ann Arbor on February 2, 2025 with the University Symphony Orchestra under Kenneth Kiesler and its co-premiere and recording for NAXOS under JoAnn Falletta and the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra on May 30, 2025.

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