temple university commissioned another concerto from him in late 2012; he took a chamber piece that he had written in 2004 based on brazilian themes, and expanded it into a three movement saxophone concerto, which he recorded in philadelphia in 2013 with biava, the temple orchestra, and the great saxophonist dick oatts. cunliffe's symphony #1, "hearts reaching upward", dedicated to the trumpet pedagogue mark garrabrant, was premiered in 2013 by trumpeter kye palmer, and the cal state fullerton wind ensemble, conducted by mitchell j. fennell.