Sam Kauffman
Composer
News
Winner of the 2024 UConn Saxophone Quartet Composition Competition
My “Saxophone Quartet No. 2” was chosen as one of the winners of this competition and will have its premiere at UConn in spring 2025!
Now Available: “I’ll Fly Away” for sax quartet or voices
“The best arrangement of ‘I’ll Fly Away’ I’ve ever heard” —Jared Stutzman, choir director
Available in versions for saxophone quartet, vocal SATB, or vocal TTBB, this is the beloved gospel song as you’ve never heard it before, from 7/8 to funk to a contemplative depiction of rising to Heaven. Check it out!
New video: Trombone Quartet No. 1
Performed by Mr. Jefferson’s Bones in February 2024
Featured works
Eagles’ Wings
Choir/Vocal Ensemble SATB TBThis is a setting of Isaiah 40’s beautiful message of encouragement and strength, rich with text painting, mixed-mode harmonies, and…
Inspiration
BandThis dynamic, driving piece will keep the audience (and the players) on the edges of their seats. Because of the…
Psalm 13
Choir/Vocal Ensemble SATBThis is my largest and greatest choral composition, a setting of Psalm 13 in three movements for choir and soloists….
Songs of Sorrow
Instrumental Solo OrchestraIn this suite for soprano saxophone and string orchestra, I have striven to make full use the saxophone’s raw expressive…
Stille Nacht / Silent Night
Choir/Vocal Ensemble Christmas TB“A work of utter genius” —Trina Trotter Nussbaum In the summer of 1914, the powers of Europe went to war,…
