FLUTE CONCERTO + PIANO
TAYLOR-SADBERRY CONSORTIUM
Tyler Taylor – Composer | Adam W. Sadberry – Lead Commissioner
JOINING PERIOD: MAY 21, 2025 - JUNE 21, 2025
Help support the creation of a new concerto for flute and piano by joining this consortium led by Adam W. Sadberry. Buying-in earns you a score and parts of the concerto for flute and piano, exclusive performing rights for 6 months, and your name included in all printed materials. Take an active role in shaping the future of flute repertoire and join today!
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Duration: 15-17 minutes
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Buy-in amount for students: $50
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Buy-in amount for professionals: $75
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Buy-in amount for flute studios: $100
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Get the full orchestral score for an additional $20
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Piano Score and Solo Flute Part delivered by 8/1/25​.
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To join, simply fill out this form.
ABOUT US
Composer
Tyler Taylor is a composer, performer, and teaching artist based out of Louisville, Kentucky. He was recently appointed as the next Daniel R. Lewis Composer Fellow of the Cleveland Orchestra and commissioned by the San Francisco Symphony as winner of the 2024 Michael Morgan Prize.
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His work has been recognized by awards including the New Music USA Creator Grant and residencies including Copland House, I-Park, and the Louisville Orchestra Creator Corps.
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Taylor looks forward to exploring the expressive, dynamic, and technical capabilities of the flute in this exciting collaboration with Adam W. Sadberry.
ABOUT THE PIECE
We have been dreaming up this flute concerto since the summer of 2022. In its full form, the concerto is for flute and orchestra, is cast in three movements, and will be 15-20 minutes long. We present this consortium to you not only as an effort to support the full orchestral version of the concerto, but also to share the concerto in a convenient form with as many performers as possible.
The inspiration of the concerto is to memorialize Sadberry's Grandfather L. Alex Wilson – a journalist and unsung hero of the Civil Rights Movement. It will be a testament to the action of confronting what seems like the impossible, the range of experiences that come with standing up for what is right, and a celebration of strength, perseverance, and justice. In 2025 especially, it seems critically important to embrace and be inspired by Wilson's own words – "never run".
Lead Commissioner
Named to The Washington Post’s 23 for ‘23, flutist Adam W. Sadberry is using his bright sense of life, justice, and interconnectivity to cultivate an impactful life. By honoring his ancestry and respecting the dignity of all life, he is using his artistry as a medium to build bridges between people and communities.​
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Adam is extremely inspired by his late grandfather L. Alex Wilson, a heroic journalist of the Civil Rights Movement who covered the lynching of Emmett Till, Little Rock 9, and the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Concert Artists Guild and the BMI Foundation co-commissioned composer Dameun Strange to write a piece for flute and electronics in honor of L. Alex Wilson entitled _NOT RUNNING. (The Life of L. Alex Wilson), and Adam premiered it at Merkin Hall in 2023. New Music America has awarded Adam and composer Tyler Taylor a grant to present a flute concerto that honors L. Alex Wilson, projected to be completed in 2025. Adam has appeared in two documentaries to share L. Alex Wilson’s story through interviews and performances, facilitated by the Lowell Milken Foundation and Fallen Journalists Memorial.
WORK SAMPLES
Tyler Taylor – "Recollections" for Saxophone and Piano (2024)
commissioned through a consortium led by Davis Hale
Adam W. Sadberry – "Wish" by Valerie Coleman