Abele Saxophone Quartet performs music by AAHVS professor
The Music Graduate Student Association, in conjunction with Duke Music and Erich Barganier, presented an evening of world premieres written for the Abele Saxophone Quartet on November 22, 2025. This collaboration included selections from Terry Riley's saxophone quartet, Chanting the Light of Foresight (1987), in addition to three new pieces written for the quartet:
Bill Seaman - The Quiet Momentum of Sadness and Silence
Chris Williams - Saxophone Quartet No. 2
Erich Barganier - Wound Round The Light
The Abele Saxophone Quartet was formed in 2023 by four friends (music professors at Duke University, UNC Chapel Hill, and UNC Greensboro) for a performance in the Chapel at Duke University. The quartet is named after the architect of Duke's beautiful campus, Julian Abele. Abele Quartet performs an eclectic mix of music from transcriptions of older music to original new music and jazz standards arranged for saxophone quartet. Abele is Susan Fancher, soprano saxophone; Rahsaan Barber, alto saxophone; Heidi Radtke, tenor saxophone; and Mark Engebretson, baritone saxophone.
Special thanks to Trinity Avenue Presbyterian for hosting this event.
