ACME

for saxophone and live electronics
completed June 2025
duration: ~7’00”
written for Dan Galow for SPLICE Institute

Program Note

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Performance History

• June 28, 2025, SPLICE Institute Participant Concert 3, Kalamazoo, MI, performed by Daniel Galow, alto saxophone.