Motel Suite

The idea of the title Motel Suite occurred to Lemay as he traveled from Montreal (Quebec) to Sudbury (Ontario). He was to compose a piece for saxophonists Susan Fancher and Mark Engebretson. Lemay was searching for a motel to spend the evening and one of the motels he saw, but in which did not stay, was the Motel Coconut, decorated in a very cliché manner with plastic palm trees and Caribbean style music being played from the speakers. As he traveled along the highway during his trip, he compiled a list of motel names and chose three for this suite, a further play on words referring to a suite, as in a room.The music of this composition is intended to be light and humorous in nature.The composition consists of three individual movements that are in contrasting style. From A DESCRIPTIVE CATALOG OF THE SAXOPHONE COMPOSITIONS OF ROBERT LEMAYBy AARON M. DURST