A new concerto dedicated to McAllister for alto saxophone and orchestra from James Lee III is coming for the 25/26 season! The work pays tribute to the African-American astronaut/saxophonist Ron McNair and commemorates the 40th Anniversary of the Challenger tragedy. McAllister, a Houston Bay Area native and son of NASA engineers, was a beginning saxophonist at the time of the shuttle disaster, forever inspired by McNair’s life and those of his peers the world lost that fateful day.

More details to follow! The work is fully commissioned and available for first performances and recording. Contact Martha Woods (info below).