Podcasts about saxophone quartet

In the 53rd episode of the ECM podcast the great saxophonist and composer Joe Lovano joins us to discuss his second recording alongside the Marcin Wasilewski trio “Homage”, which was produced by Manfred Eicher. Joe talks about the evolution of his work with the trio, about the heritage that this new album falls in line with. He also talks about ballads – how to not play something the way it looks – and much more.

Götz Nándor a Zenélő Budapest művészeti vezetője, klarinét- és szaxofonművész, zeneszerző. A beszélgetés apropója a Zenélő Budapest nagyszabású Zenepark eseménye, amely a Millenáris Szélkapu parkban került megrendezésre. Az egésznapos családi zenei kalandozáson interaktív programokkal, klasszikus és világzenei koncertekkel várták a közönséget. A napot Micheller Myrtill és Pintér Tibor voice-guitar duója és a Götz Saxophone Quartet zárta egy nagykoncerttel.A Sláger FM-en minden este 22 órakor a kultúráé a főszerep S. Miller András az egyik oldalon, a másikon pedig a térség kiemelkedő színházi kulturális, zenei szcena résztvevői Egy óra Budapest és Pest megye aktuális kult történeteivel. Sláger KULT – A természetes emberi hangok műsora.

In the 35th episode of the ECM podcast we're joined by saxophonist Oded Tzur, whose third recording for the label features an altered version of his quartet, with Nitai Hershkovits on piano, Petros Klampanis on bass and new arrival Cyrano Almeida on drums. "My Prophet" was recorded at Studios La Buissonne, in Southern France, and produced by Manfred Eicher. Oded talks about love, faith and how music can save lives.

Episode 002 • March 4, 2024 • “Culture Before Technique”   FIRST STRAIN: News ‘n' Notes • Ralph Yarl makes Missouri All-State Band a year after being mistaken for an intruder and shot: https://abcnews.go.com/US/ralph-yarl-named-missouri-state-band-months-after/story?id=106232534 • University of Arizona marching band wins 2023 Sudler Trophy: https://news.arizona.edu/story/pride-arizona-marching-band-wins-prestigious-sudler-trophy https://sousafoundation.net/sub_menu_items/1   SECOND STRAIN: Do What You Love: A Lesson About Band from a Journalism Professor Howard M. Ziff: https://rhammerton1.wordpress.com/2012/04/11/gotta-love-it/ http://www.gazettenet.com/2012/04/11/venerated-journalist-professor-ziff-dies   TRIO: interview with Zoe Stinson She's a music teacher, she's a researcher, she's a salsa band baritone saxophonist! … and if you've been in western Massachusetts in the last several years, you also may have seen her, possibly on the podium in front of some outfit called the Minuteman Marching Band, or behind the wheel of a Pioneer Valley Transit Authority bus. Renaissance person? Or just casting her net really wide?   A chat about a beginner-band teaching strategy which Ms. Stinson piloted at her East Windsor (Connecticut) teaching gig, which she calls “Culture Before Technique”.   STINSON BIO: Zoe Stinson is a music educator and instrumentalist originally from the Capitol Region of New York, and currently teaches grade 5-8 Band, Chorus, and General Music at East Windsor (CT) Middle School. Zoe grew up studying saxophone, cello, and voice, but always gravitated towards saxophone. In 2016, Zoe was selected to perform at NYSSMA Conference All-State, and to perform in the International Performance Series at Carnegie Hall. Zoe furthered her saxophone studies at Eastman, Crane, Hartt, and University of Oklahoma summer programs throughout high school and college, and has performed in masterclasses for virtuosos such as Arno Bornkamp, Chien-Kwan Lin, and Christopher Creviston. In 2017, Zoe attended the University of Massachusetts Amherst for Saxophone Performance. While she studied at UMass, Zoe was heavily involved in numerous activities as a student musician. Zoe was initiated into Tau Beta Sigma, National Honorary Sorority for Collegiate Bands, and has since become a life member. Zoe performed in the University Wind Ensemble, Symphony Band, University Choral, Chapel Jazz Ensemble, Jazz Ensemble I, Marimba Bands, and the University of Massachusetts Minuteman Marching Band, for which she served as a Drum Major for two seasons. Aside from larger ensembles, Zoe was also associated with several notable chamber ensembles including the 4/4ths Saxophone Quartet, and the Rebel Saxophone Quartet, which traveled to Virginia for the Navy Band Saxophone Symposium in 2019 with their tour program. As a soloist, Zoe has performed multiple solo recitals and been invited as a guest performer at many others. Her most recent recital, “A Showcase of the Baritone Saxophone”, was performed entirely on the baritone saxophone in effort to legitimize the instrument in the classical medium. Zoe was also a concerto competition winner at UMass in Spring 2020 performing Rhapsody by Andre Waignein on the alto saxophone. Zoe has recently begun her professional career as a music educator, and is a member of the Gordon Institute for Music Learning. Specializing in instrumental instruction, Zoe applies Music Learning Theory in her classroom with a focus on ear training. Outside of the classroom, Zoe still enjoys playing her cello to this day, and plays baritone saxophone with recreational ensembles such as the “Salsa Train” salsa band in Springfield, and “The Onlys,” her fusion rock trio in New York. On the weekends, she occasionally likes to hop into the driver seat and drive for PVTA in Amherst, MA. (text courtesy The Valley Winds website: valley-winds.org/ensemble-member/zoe-stinson/)   DOGFIGHT: Internet Rabbit Hole of the Week: Balkan Paradise Orchestra Their website: https://bpo.cat/en/biography/ Your gateway to their performances: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5b5KzDHUSY   FOLLOW US! BandWagon RSS feed: feed.podbean.com/heyband/feed.xml BandWagon website: heyband.podbean.com BandWagon on Facebook: facebook.com/profile.php?id=61555170345309 Rob ("HammertonMedia") on Facebook: facebook.com/HammertonMedia Rob on X/Twitter: twitter.com/DrRob8487   SUBSCRIBE TO BANDWAGON! https://www.podbean.com/site/podcatcher/index/blog/eg706GUVzixV   SEND US YOUR FEEDBACK! Email: heybandwagon@yahoo.com Voicemail: speakpipe.com/HeyBandWagon

The Ancia Saxophone Quartet showcases its new CD in upcoming performances. This Wednesday, February 22, the show is at 12 noon, at Landmark Center in Saint Paul, and sponsored by the Shubert Club. Next Friday, the performance is at Westminster Hall in Minneapolis at 12 noon. Joan Hutton of the Ancia Saxophone Quartet talked with Phil Nusbaum about the group, and about one of Ancia's chief concerns: Supporting living composers.

For her Artist Propulsion Lab residency, composer Shelley Washington wanted to pull back the curtain on composers' lives and work. As part of that, she composed a new work for the ~Nois saxophone quartet and recorded voice memos documenting her process. The piece, Eternal Present, is about Shelley's experiences of time-blindness, and premiered on New Sounds in September. In this podcast, Shelley takes us inside her process of composing Eternal Present.

Expressions welcomes the Empire Saxophone Quartet to the program for an entertaining and educational set of music. The group is April Lucas, Dan Miller, Crystal Fisher, Nicole Mashulla and percussionist Dan Fabricius. The set was recorded at WSKG Studios in the Summer of 2022. Audio engineered by Mike Micha. Setlist: 1-Sonata #44 (Scarlatti) 2-Premier Quatour, Op. 53 (Singelee) 3-Cafe 1930 (Piazzolla) 4-The Piggly-Wiggle (Barroll) 5-Fly Me To The Moon (Howard) 6-George M. Cohan Medley (Cohan) 7-The Americana Suite (arranged by R. Martino) 8-Black Bottom Stomp (Morton) 9-It Might As Well Be Spring (Rodgers) 10-Strange Humors (Mackey) 11-Ulla In Africa (Wiberny) 12-That's A Plenty (Pollack)

Het Engelse Delta Saxophone Quartet speelt een introvert en melancholiek werk van Paul Honey, geïnspireerd op het optimisme én de lockdowns van 2021. En verder: muziek van Brian Eno en een opname van Een Harp Onder De Riem. 23.04 CD Mozart String Quintets K. 515 & 516 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Strijkkwintet nr 3 in C, KV 515 Quatuor van Kuijk; Adrien la Marcia [altviool] 2'00” 23.10 eigen opname Annie Tangberg, Beate Loonstra: De tweede ontmoeting Annie Tangberg [cello]; Beate Loonstra [harp] 6'15” 23.19 eigen opname Paul Honey: Summer, Autumn, Winter Delta Saxophone Quartet 3'39” CD Bowie Berlin Beyond (FMR Records (2) – FMRCD473-0418) Brian Eno: Music for airports Delta Saxophone Quartet 5'38” 23.30 EBU 20220322 SM/2022/04/26/02 William Byrd (1543-1623) - Miserere mihi Domini 2'30” Jonathan Seers (1954) - Look down, O Lord 2'18” Hildegard von Bingen (1098-1179) - O Ecclesia, occuli tui, from 'Symphonia armonie celestium revelationum' 1'11” Owain Park (1993) - Phos Hilaron 2'23” Alison Willis (1971) - The Wind's Warning 4'22” The Gesualdo Six olv Owain Park 23.40 CD Quarant(ain)e (Etcetera KTC 17060 Cécile Chaminade: Ma première Lettre Chanson Triste Mots d'Amour Oihana Aristizabal Puga [cello]; Lineke Lever [piano] 8'42” 23.50 CD Ambient 2: The Plateau of Mirror Brian Eno: First Light Brian Eno 7'07” CD Ambient 2: The Plateau of Mirror Brian Eno: An Arc of Doves Brian Eno 6'29”

Tallinna Saksofonikvartett mängib 1994. aastal ilmunud albumil J. S. Bachi loomingut ning seadeid S. Barberi, F. Poulenci, H. Warreni, Ph. Woodsi ja C. Williamsi, Th. Monki teostest.

    In April of 2020 I posted "Of Reed and Breath" which is an ambient sax mix. You can find that mix here: http://lowlightmixes.blogspot.com/2020/04/of-reed-and-breath.html https://www.mixcloud.com/lowlight/of-reed-and-breath/   When I created that one I wasn't sure how it would work. Turns out, ambient sax is a great theme to build a mix on. I've been planning on a follow up for a long time and it's finally here.   Since that first mix two years ago I have totally bought into wind instruments in ambient and modern composition music. That's why my fav album from last year was "Departures" by mastroKristo(who makes an appearance in this mix). From Clariloops to Sam Gendel to Dirk Serries to Andrew Heath, sax and other woodwinds have become a big part of my ambient listening habit. All the tracks in this mix are excellent but I especially love the cut from Matt Borghi & Michael Teager and the cut from Dirk Serries. Perfect combo of sax and ambient. I also have to mention the final track Max Richter's On the Nature of Daylight by Signum Saxophone Quartet. That track is one of my favorites of all time so when I found a sax quartet cover of it I nearly lost my mind. Perfect way to end the mix. Cheers!   T R A C K L I S T : 00:00    Ethan Braun + Sam Gendel - 1/2 SCULPTURE [Rio Nilo 66 2021] 04:14    mastroKristo - The Breath [Depatures 2021] 07:05    Phillip Schroeder - On Occasion [Passage Through a Dream 2015] 10:25    Jefre Cantu-Ledesma - For Mothers [A Little Night Music Aural Apparitions from the Geographic North 2020] 14:15    Matt Borghi and Michael Teager - Stationary Voyage [Subterranean Bearings 2020] 19:25    Dirk Serries & Trösta - Oceanus [Island On The Moon 2021] 26:22    Night Gestalt - Between Two Breaths [Thousand Year Waves 2021] 31:34    Fuubutsushi - Cicada Season [Fuubutsushi 2020] 34:00    Carmen Villain - Agua Azul [Sketch for Winter IX: Perlita 2021] 38:25    M. Sage - Spinnaker on a Southerly [The Wind of Things 2021] 41:14    Klaus Gesing, Björn Meyer, Samuel Rohrer - What We Leave [Amiira 2016] 45:52    Pino Palladino, Blake Mills - Notes with Attachments [Notes with Attachments 2021] 47:37    Sam Gendel & Shin Sasakubo - Reeds [Sam Gendel & Shin Sasakubo 2021] 49:54    Okomotive, Joel Schoch - Sail, my Friend! [FAR: Lone Sails Soundtrack 2018] 53:00    Signum Saxophone Quartet - On the Nature of Daylight for Saxophone Quartet and Cello [Echoes 2021] 59:13    end

New Yorkse componisten zetten de ('minimal') toon in deze uitzending: Philip Glass (deze maand 85), Michael Gordon en David Lang. 23.04 CD Michael Gordon 8 (Cantaloupe CA21159) Michael Gordon: 8 Cello Octet Amsterdam 6'36” 23.12 EBU SM/2021/01/27/01 Phiip Glass: Concerto for Saxophone Quartet and Orchestra - I - IV Signum Saxophone Quartet; WDR Radio Orkest olv Boian Videnoff 11'57” 23.25 CD Philip Glass: String Quartet no. 9 “King Lear” (Musicube z.nr.) Philip Glass: Strijkkwartet nr 9 - I Tana Quartet 6'43” https://music.apple.com/nl/album/philip-glass-string-quartet-no-9-king-lear-string-quartet/1602408423 23.32 https://peax.bandcamp.com/track/fa-ades-for-saxophone-and-vibraphone Philip Glass: Façades (arr. Ties Mellema en Barry Jurjus) Peax 6'33” 23.40 CD Origins (Sjaella Vertriebsgesellschaft GbR) David Lang: evening morning day Sjaella 8'13” https://music.apple.com/nl/album/origins/1582187546 23.53 CD Michael Gordon 8 (Cantaloupe CA21159) Michael Gordon: 8 Cello Octet Amsterdam 3'12”

Eyes closed, no planning, total improvisation, no editing. I used this impro for my composition for Saxophone Quartet "When will this change"

In een studentenwoning van het Conservatorium van Amsterdam werd in 2008 door vier bevlogen saxofonisten Lars Niederstrasser, Peter Vigh, Juani Palop Tecles en Eva van Grinsven het Berlage Saxophone Quartet opgericht. Met hun nieuwe CD brengt het kwartet hun vertolking uit van het geliefde meesterwerk Goldberg-Variationen van Johann Sebastian Bach. Presentatie: Frénk van der Linden

Professor Eli Fieldsteel introduces student composers Ethan Prado and Brian Hinkley.Legerdemain for Solo Snare Drum by Ethan PradoEthan Prado on YoutubeBrian J. Hinkley homepageVigor for Saxophone Quartet

MUSIQA performs contemporary music at the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston

Composer Amy Williams joins us to discuss her youth surrounded by amazing composers and performers in her living room and her early professional years embarking on crazy projects like transcribing Conlon Nancarrow's music for piano four-hands with her duo partner Helena Bugallo. She speaks with us about collaborating closely with and tailoring commissions to specific performers and ensembles. We also chat about her role as Artistic Director of New Music on the Point, where she connects superstar performers and composers with young emerging artists, fostering collaborations lasting many years. The compositions of Amy Williams have been presented at renowned contemporary music venues in the United States, Australia, Asia and Europe, including Thailand International Composition Festival, Ars Musica (Belgium), Gaudeamus Music Week (Netherlands), Dresden New Music Days (Germany), Musikhøst (Denmark), Festival Aspekte (Austria), Festival Musica Nova (Brazil), Roulette and Bargemusic (New York), LA County Museum of Art, Piano Spheres (Los Angeles) and Tanglewood Festival of Contemporary Music. Her works have been performed by leading contemporary music soloists and ensembles, including the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, JACK Quartet, Ensemble Aleph, Dal Niente, Wet Ink, Talujon, Empyrean Ensemble, Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble, California E.A.R. Unit, Dinosaur Annex, International Contemporary Ensemble, h2 Saxophone Quartet, Bent Frequency, pianists Ursula Oppens, Corey Hamm and Amy Briggs, and bassist Robert Black. Her pieces appear on the Albany, Parma, VDM (Italy), Blue Griffin, Centaur and New Ariel labels. As a member of the Bugallo-Williams Piano Duo, Ms. Williams has performed at important new music festivals and series throughout Europe and the Americas. The Duo has recorded four critically-acclaimed CDs for Wergo (works of Nancarrow, Stravinsky, Varèse/Feldman and Kurtág), as well as appearing on the Neos and Albany labels. Ms. Williams was the recipient of a Howard Foundation Fellowship for 2008-2009, a Fromm Music Foundation Commission in 2009 and a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2015-2016. Ms. Williams has taught at Bennington College and Northwestern University and is currently Associate Professor of Composition at the University of Pittsburgh. She is the Artistic Director of the New Music on the Point Festival in Vermont. Resources discussed in today's episode: George Lewis, A Power Stronger than Itself The musical excerpts heard in today's episode were composed by Conlon Nancarrow and Amy Williams and performed by the Bugallo-Williams Duo and the JACK Quartet. The transcript for today's episode can be found here. For more information about Amy Williams, please visit her at her website.

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This Saturday on Introductions, a trio of quartets. The Gemini String Quartet from the Music Institute of Chicago Academy, the Precipice Saxophone Quartet from Merit School of Music, and the Infini Quartet from the MIC Academy. We also interview one member from each group: Isabel Chen (violin/viola), Cole Moorhead (soprano saxophone), and Kelly Kim (violin/viola). Gemini String Quartet The Gemini ... The post Gemini String Quartet, Precipice Saxophone Quartet, and Infini Quartet appeared first on WFMT.

Das Raschèr Saxophone Quartet gibt am 10. Juli um 20 Uhr ein Online-Konzert in der Freiburger Meckelhalle. Auf dem Programm stehen Werke von Lera Auerbach, Bernhard Gander, Philip Glass und Arvo Pärt. Das Konzert ist im Livestream auf der SWR2-Website und auf dem Kanal #inFreiburgzuhause abrufbar.

An interview with renowned French saxophone Quartet, Quatuor Ellipsos with members Julien BRECHET, Nicolas HERROUET, Sylvain JARRY and Paul-Fathi LACOMBE.

This episode features my interview with Dr. Shelley Jagow from Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio. In addition to her career as an educator and conductor, Shelley is well known for her work as an author of several publications including “Teaching Instrumental Music: Developing The Complete Band Program” and “Tuning For Wind Instruments: A Roadmap To Successful Intonation.”    Topics include: (02:46) Shelley talks about her professional background and work at Wright State University (11:38) Repertoire evaluation and selection (25:00) Teaching Intonation (39:35) Shelley discusses her book “Teaching Instrumental Music: Developing The Complete Band Program”  (44:00) Student motivation (51:57) Favorite rehearsal tactics (54:45) Why do we teach music?  (57:40) Shelley discusses leaders that have made an impact on her life  (1:00:07) Advice for music educators   Links: Shelley’s website: http://www.shelleyjagow.com/ Shelley’s WSU site: https://people.wright.edu/shelley.jagow Teaching Instrumental Music: Developing The Complete Band Program: https://www.halleonard.com/product/317167/teaching-instrumental-music   Bio:  Dr. Shelley Jagow is Professor of Music at Wright State University School of Music (Dayton, OH) where she serves as director of the Symphonic Band and Saxophone Quartet. She earned top honors in Music Education degrees from the University of Saskatchewan (Canada) and the University of Missouri (Columbia) where respective mentors include Marvin Eckroth, Dale Lonis, Martin Bergee and Wendy Sims. She earned her Ph. D. in Music Education at the Union Institute & University (Cincinnati) where Colonel Timothy Foley, Frank Battisti, and Edward Wingard served as her mentors. In addition to studies in education, saxophone and conducting, Shelley also earned the Certificate in Piano Performance IX from the Royal Conservatory of Music, and in 2009 was nominated for both the "Robert J. Kegerreis Distinguished Professor of Teaching" Award and the "Brage Golding Distinguished Professor of Research" Award.   As an artist clinician with Conn-Selmer, Hal Leonard, Meredith Music, and Vandoren, “Dr. J” enjoys working with school bands and presents clinics, performances, adjudications, and serves as honor band conductor at various state, national and international conferences and events. Venues include locations in various states/provinces/countries: Alberta, British Columbia, California, Connecticut, Florida, Kansas, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Italy, Manitoba, Massachusetts, Nebraska, New Hampshire, Ohio, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Quebec, Rhode Island, Saskatchewan, Scotland, South Carolina, Texas, Utah, Virginia and Washington D.C.; including conferences such as State Music Educators Conferences, the Midwest International Band and Orchestra Clinic, the North American Saxophone Alliance (NASA), the International Society for Music Education (ISME), the College Music Symposium (CMS), the World Saxophone Congress, and the United States Navy Band International Saxophone Symposium.    Shelley also directs the WSU student Avion Saxophone Quartet, which can be heard on CDbaby.com. All members of the quartet are chosen annually on a highly selective audition process, and include music education and/or performance majors at Wright State University. The Avion Saxophone Quartet is a recipient of the Edgar Hardy Scholarship, the Dayton Chamber Music Society Scholarship, the Chamber Music Institute Fellowship, and the Wright State University Presidential Commendation for Excellence. The quartet has commissioned and premiered works from national composers all across the world. The group performs a diverse musical repertory and is often invited to perform at school, community, and professional events including the Ohio Music Educators Association (OMEA) State Conference, the Music Educators National Conference (MENC), the North American Saxophone Alliance (NASA) conferences, the International Society for Music Education (ISME), the United States Navy Band International Saxophone Symposium, and most recently the World Saxophone Congress in St. Andrews, Scotland. The Quartet has performed throughout the United States in Connecticut, Indiana, Nebraska, Ohio, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Utah, Virginia, and Washington D.C. International performance tours include Japan, Italy and Scotland. Shelley herself can be heard performing on the Emeritus Recording label, on National Public Radio Performance Today, and America’s Millennium Tribute to ADOLPHE SAX, Volume XI by Arizona University Recordings.   Shelley is a regular contributing author to both The Music Director’s Cookbook (Meredith Music), and the Teaching Music Through Performance in Band series (GIA Music). She is also the author of the book and DVD Teaching Instrumental Music: Developing the Complete Band Program (Meredith Music)—a resource rapidly becoming the adopted textbook for music education degree study across the United States and Canada. Her most recent publications include Tuning for Wind Instruments: A Roadmap to Successful Intonation (Meredith Music), Intermediate Studies for Developing Artists on the Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Saxophone and Bassoon (Meredith), and The Londeix Lectures a 13+ hours DVD set archiving the historical music lectures of Professor Jean-Marie Londeix (and translated by William Street, University of Alberta).   Dr. Shelley Jagow is Professor of Music at Wright State University School of Music (Dayton, OH) where she serves as director of the Symphonic Band and Saxophone Quartet. She earned top honors in Music Education degrees from the University of Saskatchewan (Canada) and the University of Missouri (Columbia) where respective mentors include Marvin Eckroth, Dale Lonis, Martin Bergee and Wendy Sims. She earned her Ph. D. in Music Education at the Union Institute & University (Cincinnati) where Colonel Timothy Foley, Frank Battisti, and Edward Wingard served as her mentors. In addition to studies in education, saxophone and conducting, Shelley also earned the Certificate in Piano Performance IX from the Royal Conservatory of Music, and in 2009 was nominated for both the "Robert J. Kegerreis Distinguished Professor of Teaching" Award and the "Brage Golding Distinguished Professor of Research" Award.   As an artist clinician with Conn-Selmer, Hal Leonard, Meredith Music, and Vandoren, “Dr. J” enjoys working with school bands and presents clinics, performances, adjudications, and serves as honor band conductor at various state, national and international conferences and events. Venues include locations in various states/provinces/countries: Alberta, British Columbia, California, Connecticut, Florida, Kansas, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Italy, Manitoba, Massachusetts, Nebraska, New Hampshire, Ohio, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Quebec, Rhode Island, Saskatchewan, Scotland, South Carolina, Texas, Utah, Virginia and Washington D.C.; including conferences such as State Music Educators Conferences, the Midwest International Band and Orchestra Clinic, the North American Saxophone Alliance (NASA), the International Society for Music Education (ISME), the College Music Symposium (CMS), the World Saxophone Congress, and the United States Navy Band International Saxophone Symposium.    Shelley also directs the WSU student Avion Saxophone Quartet, which can be heard on CDbaby.com. All members of the quartet are chosen annually on a highly selective audition process, and include music education and/or performance majors at Wright State University. The Avion Saxophone Quartet is a recipient of the Edgar Hardy Scholarship, the Dayton Chamber Music Society Scholarship, the Chamber Music Institute Fellowship, and the Wright State University Presidential Commendation for Excellence. The quartet has commissioned and premiered works from national composers all across the world. The group performs a diverse musical repertory and is often invited to perform at school, community, and professional events including the Ohio Music Educators Association (OMEA) State Conference, the Music Educators National Conference (MENC), the North American Saxophone Alliance (NASA) conferences, the International Society for Music Education (ISME), the United States Navy Band International Saxophone Symposium, and most recently the World Saxophone Congress in St. Andrews, Scotland. The Quartet has performed throughout the United States in Connecticut, Indiana, Nebraska, Ohio, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Utah, Virginia, and Washington D.C. International performance tours include Japan, Italy and Scotland. Shelley herself can be heard performing on the Emeritus Recording label, on National Public Radio Performance Today, and America’s Millennium Tribute to ADOLPHE SAX, Volume XI by Arizona University Recordings.   Shelley is a regular contributing author to both The Music Director’s Cookbook (Meredith Music), and the Teaching Music Through Performance in Band series (GIA Music). She is also the author of the book and DVD Teaching Instrumental Music: Developing the Complete Band Program (Meredith Music)—a resource rapidly becoming the adopted textbook for music education degree study across the United States and Canada. Her most recent publications include Tuning for Wind Instruments: A Roadmap to Successful Intonation (Meredith Music), Intermediate Studies for Developing Artists on the Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Saxophone and Bassoon (Meredith), and The Londeix Lectures a 13+ hours DVD set archiving the historical music lectures of Professor Jean-Marie Londeix (and translated by William Street, University of Alberta).    

The Tiptons Saxophone Quartet and Drums was formed in Seattle in 1988. Now with only Amy Denio still based in the Puget Sound area, the Tiptons roll on. A new album is due in March, and with their performance in the KNKX studios, the Tiptons showed they're at the top of their game.

SIGNUM saxophone quartet (https://signum-saxophone.com/) vibrantly produced the perfect crossover between Bach, Steve Reich and David Maslanka on 24 January 2019. Their saxophone music literally rocked the Grand Salon in the Archaeology Museum in Valletta. The audience had difficulties not to jump up and dance! #vbf19 #earlymusic

1 Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd, BWV 208: IX. Schafe können sicher weiden (Arr. for Piano) By Johann Sebastian Bach - Khatia Buniatishvili 4:46 2 Due tramonti By Ludovico Einaudi - Lavinia Meijer 4:17 3 Carmina Burana: No. 21, In trutina By Carl Orff - Simona Saturova, Ferhan & Ferzan Önder & Martin Grubinger 2:28 4 Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Aria By Johann Sebastian Bach - Igor Levit 4:20 5 Le carnaval des animaux, R. 125: No. 13, Le Cygne By Camille Saint-Saëns - Ross Pople & London Festival Orchestra 3:10 6 Kinderszenen, Op. 15: VII. Träumerei By Robert Schumann - Martin Stadtfeld 1:59 7 Somewhere over the Rainbow Martin Ermen 3:22 8 Well, well Cornelius By Howard Skempton - John Tilbury 3:00 9 Adagio in E-Flat Major, K. 15kk By Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Martin Stadtfeld 4:13 10 Liebestraum in A-Flat Major, S. 541/1 "Hohe Liebe" By Franz Liszt - Lang Lang 5:11 11 River Flows in You Yiruma 3:34 12 La Fille aux cheveux de lin, L. 117 By Claude Debussy - Lavinia Meijer 2:38 13 Suite Bergamasque, L. 75: III. Clair de lune By Claude Debussy - Khatia Buniatishvili 5:31 14 The Earth Prelude By Ludovico Einaudi - Fabio Angelini 4:49 15 Le quattro stagioni, RV 315: Violin Concerto in F Minor, RV 297, "L'inverno": II. Largo (Arr. for Saxophone Quartet and Piano) By Antonio Vivaldi - Alliage Quintett 3:42 16 Wiegenlied, Op. 49, No. 4 (Arr. for Cello and Piano) By Johannes Brahms - Yo-Yo Ma & Kathryn Stott 1:44 17 Kiss the Rain Yiruma 5:01

Tom Klaassen verkent iedere zaterdag en zondag tussen 23.00 en 24.00 uur de grenzen van de klassieke muziek. Met nieuwe releases, concerttips, reportages, actuele ontwikkelingen in de muziekwereld, een vaste plek voor jong talent, en natuurlijk: adembenemende muziek! Gemaakt in nauwe samenwerking met het televisieprogramma Vrije Geluiden. Met vandaag: Debussy en Leos Janacek door Ebonit Saxophone Quartet, Baul Meets Saz, John Woolrich, Palestrina door het Huelgas Ensemble, Archibald James Potter en het Danish String Quartet.

A few years ago, composer Carter Pann heard the saxophonists in the Capitol Quartet in concert. The music blew him away. He convinced the group to collaborate with him, and the resulting piece -- called "The Mechanics" -- made Carter a Pulitzer Prize finalist. Hear a CPR Performance Studio recording of the piece by the up-and-coming Black Diamond Saxophone Quartet -- and the story of what inspired Carter's piece -- in this episode of Centennial Sounds from CPR Classical and Colorado Public Radio.

Graeme Blevins (Sopransaxofon) | Peter Whyman (Altsaxofon) | Tim Holmes (Tenorsaxofon) | Chris Caldwell (Baritonsaxofon) | Gwilym Simcock (Klavier und Arrangement)

French poet Victor Hugo has said, “Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and that which cannot remain silent”. In this ChaiTime show, we will take you to the magical journey where the words will melt into music and music will fill the silence. We will be talking to, the renowned master Jazz saxophonist and Hindustani Classical Musician Phil Scarff and he is going to take us into the enchanting land of sur, taal,and raaga. Phil is a master jazz saxophonist who is pioneering the performance of North Indian classical music on soprano saxophone, exquisitely capturing the subtlety and depth of this music on this Western instrument. He also leads the acclaimed world-jazz ensemble, Natraj. Phil received extensive training in Hindustani music in Pune, India, from vocalist Pt. Shreeram Devasthali, leading sundari artist Pt. Suryakant Khaladkar, and shehnai master Pt. Shyamrao Lonkar, and in Boston, USA, from sitar master Peter Row, and vocalists Kalpana Mazumdar and Warren Senders. Phil has performed with icons of Indian classical music including Kadri Gopalnath, Ronu Majumdar, Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman, Trichy Sankaran, Chitravina Ravikiran, and Shailesh Bhagwat; as well as African master drummers Godwin Agbeli, Abubakari Lunna, Nani Agbeli, and Lamine Toure. He has performed at many well known venues and festivals which include: Nehru Center and Bombay Gymkhana Club - Mumbai; Indian Council for Cultural Relations Theater - Delhi; Maharashtra Cultural Centre - Pune; Jazz Yatra – The Indian Jazz Festival, Prayojana International Music Festival; and Ghana’s PANAFEST. Phil is featured on 30 acclaimed CDs/DVDs, which include ‘Ragas from Dusk,’ and releases by Natraj, Aardvark Jazz Orchestra, Jazz Composers Alliance Orchestra and Saxophone Quartet, Sandy Prager and National Film Preservation Foundation. For more information on Phil Scarff, his music and upcoming performances please visit: http://www.philscarff.com http://www.natrajmusic.com To purchase recordings: http://www.cdbaby.com/philscarff http://www.cdbaby.com/natraj

Scriabin so linked color to his music that he created a “light organ” to display colors that corresponded to different notes in his pieces. How does color and visual art affect composers and their music today? Michael Torke: Bright Blue Music for Orchestra Baltimore Symphony Orchestra/Zinman Morton Feldman: Rothko Chapel California EAR Unit Jennifer Higdon: Short Stories for Saxophone Quartet, I & V Ancia Saxophone Quartet Dan Welcher: Light Coming on the Plains & Starlight Night from Prairie Light: 3 Texas Watercolors of Georgia O'Keefe Honolulu Symphony Orchestra/Johanos Gunther Schuller: The Twittering Machine fr. Seven Studies on Themes of Paul Klee Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra/Antal Dorati Cindy McTee: Twittering Machine North Texas Wind Symphony/Eugene Migliaro Corporon Stephen Hartke: King of the Sun, I & IV Dunsmuir Piano Quartet

Saxophones play together here

Performed by students of Lars Mlekusch and Karlheinz Essl on March 9th, 2013 at the MUK Vienna. Auf einer USA-Reise im Jahr 2005 war der Colorado River für einige Tage unser Wegbegleiter. Sein unbeirrtes Weiterströmen, seine chamäleonartige Farbigkeit und sein ungeheure Kraft (von dem das Grand Canyon ein berührendes Zeugnis ablegt)erschienen mir als naturgewordene Metapher für eine Komposition, die zu jener Zeit in meinem Kopf herankeimte: ein Werk für Saxophonquartett und Live-Elektronik, dem ich den Namen "colorado" gab. Bei der Aufführung des Werkes sitzen die vier Musiker des Quartetts in der Mitte des Saales; vier Lautsprechern umgeben das Publikum. Die Instrumente (Sopran-, Alt-, Tenor- und Baritonsaxophon) werden von Mikrophonen abgenommen, in Echtzeit von einem interaktiv gesteuerten Computerprogramm verarbeitet und über die Lautsprecher ins Auditorium abgestrahlt, das wiederum als Resonanzkörper und Hallraum fungiert. Die Live-Elektronik basiert auf einer Art „Teilchenbeschleuniger“, der die live eingespielten Klangpartikel der Saxophonisten durch vielfältige Manipulationen im Zeit- und Spektralbereich komplex miteinander überlagert und über ein quadrophones Klangverteilungssystem im Raum verwirbelt. Die Parameter dieses „Teilchenbeschleunigers“ werden von einem fünften Musiker - im Idealfall dem Komponisten selbst - während der Aufführung kontrolliert. (Karlheinz Essl) Info: http://www.essl.at/works/colorado.html

Artvark Saxophone Quartet en sopraan Claron McFadden maakten samen de cd “Sly Meets Callas”; Margriet Sjoerdsma brengt met haar band een tribute aan Eva Cassidy; Pianiste Helena Basilova speelt Leoš Janáček Zes jaar geleden was ze bij ons met een excellent gespeelde Zwarte Mis, de Sonate nr 9 van Skrjabin… Toen [...]

In this first-of-its-kind collaboration, soprano, alto, tenor, and baritone saxophones join with traditional Chinese instruments to perform new works written for them by Grammy Award-winners Zhou Long and Chen Yi, among others. The New York Times praised the PRISM Quartet for its "sensitivity, technical assurance, and mellow sweet sound," while the Kansas City Star raved that "Music From China is music from heaven." This performance was recorded in concert in the Freer's Meyer Auditorium on March 1, 2009. http://www.asia.si.edu/podcasts/related/prism/progNotes.asp

Dedicated to the promotion of new music through engaging and unique performances, the AM/PM quartet presents premieres and pieces by young composers alongside established works in contemporary music. The group has itself commissioned and premiered five pieces for saxophone quartet, including two chamber operas, since 2008.  Recorded On: Saturday, February 4, 2012

A whirling piece for saxophone quartet!

George Zacharias "Nel cor pi√π non mi sento, Op. 38, MS 44" (mp3) from "Unaccompanied" (Divine Art) Buy at iTunes Music Store Buy at Rhapsody More On This AlbumArtist: George ZachariasIt takes a particular and extreme level of skill and dedication to perform virtuoso works for unaccompanied solo violin; suffice it to say these are qualities held by George Zacharias without doubt. This is a tour-de-force of musicianship and technique - and wonderful music too. Bartok's Sonata is presented in its original version and of the two awesome Paganini works, the 'God Save the King' Variations are very rarely heard. Dejan Laziƒ?, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Kirill Petrenko "Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18" (mp3) from "Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18 - Moments Musicaux, Op. 16" (Channel Classics Records) Buy at iTunes Music Store Buy at Rhapsody Buy at Napster More On This AlbumArtist: Dejan Lazic Pianist Dejan Lazic was born in Zagreb, Croatia, and grew up in Salzburg where he studied at the Mozarteum. He is quickly establishing a reputation worldwide as ìa brilliant pianist and a gifted musician full of ideas and able to project them persuasivelyî (Gramophone). The New York Times hailed his performance as ìfull of poetic, shapely phrasing and vivid dynamic effects that made this music sound fresh, spontaneous and impassionedî. As recitalist and soloist with orchestra, he has appeared at major venues in Berlin, Paris, London, Vienna, New York, Chicago, Tokyo, Buenos Aires and Sydney, and at the Edinburgh, Schleswig-Holstein, Verbier, Huntington and Menuhin/Gstaad Festivals. In the 2006/2007 season he gave his debut at the New York Lincoln Center and the Amsterdam Concertgebouw to great critical acclaim. Orchestral engagements included the Philharmonia Orchestra London with Vladimir Ashkenazy, Rotterdam and Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestras, Australian and Netherlands Chamber Orchestras, Danish Radio Sinfonietta and Bamberg Symphony Orchestra. Upcoming engagements are with London Philharmonic Orchestra and Kirill Petrenko, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Atlanta and Indianapolis Symphony Orchestras and Basel Chamber Orchestra. He will be in season 2008/09 ìartist in residenceî at the Netherlands Chamber Orchestra. He has a growing following in the Far East where he returns in spring 2008 for engagements with the Sapporo Symphony and for recitals in Tokyo and Beijing as well as for an engagement with Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra. In 2009 a national Australian tour is planned with the Australian Chamber Orchestra. In the next season he will appear in recitals at the BBC Belfast, in Istanbul and Salzburg, Queen Elisabeth Hall London and at Vienna Musikverein to mention just a few. Alongside his solo career, Dejan Lazic is also a passionate chamber musician. He collaborates with artists such as Benjamin Schmid, Thomas Zehetmair, Gordan Nikolic and Richard Tognetti. Dejan records exclusively for Channel Classics. In autumn 2007 the first publication of the double portrait series with a Scarlatti/Bartok program is planned. The second CD will be released in 2008 with a Schumann/Brahms program as well as a recording of the Khachaturian Concerto and the Rachmaninov Paganini Rhapsody with the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra and a CD with the London Philharmonic Orchestra and the Rachmaninov Concerto No. 2. His last recording of Schubertís sonata D960 and his earlier one with Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 2 have earned rave reviews. His compositions include various chamber music and orchestral works. In 2007/08 he will premiere his ìKinderszenenî op. 15 for piano solo. Album Notes: You're going to compose your concerto. You will work with great ease. The concerto will be of excellent qualitySo spoke Dr. Nikolai Dahl, of one of the pioneers of psychiatry in Russia, and in this way he successfully restored Sergey Rachmaninov's concentration during a period of creative despair after the failure of his first Symphony. Later, Rachmaninov himself was to write: ìEven though it seems unbelievable, this therapy truly helped me. I was already starting to compose by summer!îAlthough they were separated by the crisis which interrupted his work, both the second Piano Concerto and the ìMoments Musicauxî date from the composer's early period, during which he was active primarily as a composer rather than a pianist. This explains the character of the second Piano Concerto, which partakes of both chamber music and symphony, despite the dazzling virtuosity of the solo piano part. Unlike many of Rachmaninov's other works, the concerto, dedicated in thanks to his doctor, was never revised after the first performance-another indication of the ease and freshness with which Rachmaninov went to work.The formal simplicity (e.g., in the first movement: main theme in the minor, second theme in the relative major, the development section laid out as a large-scale accelerando with gradually increasing dynamics, recapitulation with both themes, although given out with different instrumentation) is just as classically conceived as the choice of tonalities for the three movements (opening and closing movements in C minor, the slow central movement in E major, just as in Beethoven's 3rd Piano Concerto, except for the introductory modulations), and the balanced alternation between the freely improvisatory, martially strict, and dancelike, as well as between polyphonic and homophonic writing. However, all three movements are in 2/2 time, making the frequent shifts between 2/2 and 3/2 in the third movement all the more refreshing....http://www.channelclassics.com/ New Century Saxophone Quartet "The Art of Fugue" (mp3) from "Bach: The Art of Fugue" (Channel Classics Records) Buy at Rhapsody Buy at Napster More On This AlbumArtist: New Century Saxophone QuartetThe New Century Saxophone Quartet is a pioneering and versatile group winning new-found enthusiasm for its diverse repertory of innovative contemporary works and imaginative adaptations comprising an extraordinary range of musical styles. The only ensemble of its kind to win First Prize of the Concert Artists Guild Competition, the quartet is the recipient of grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, Chamber Music America, and the Aaron Copland Fund for Music, and in its home state from the North Carolina Arts Council. New Century has been heard in major concert venues and on radio and television throughout the Americas and Europe; in recordings for the Channel Classics label; and in unusual performance settings including two Command Performances for President Clinton at the White House, an appearance with the United States Navy Band, and a Chinese New Year broadcast seen by a television audience of over 300 million worldwide. Peter Schickeleís Concerto for Saxophone Quartet and Orchestra is among the ensembleís numerous and widely-performed commissions and premieres, which also include works from Saturday Night Live bandleader Lenny Pickett, Bob Mintzer, Ben Johnston, David Ott, and Sherwood Shaffer. Album Notes:This project then is the culmination of over eight years studying, rehearsing, and performing Bach, and even in its "final" form on this disc represents a work in progress. As the quartet has discovered, one is never through learning Bach. Faced with the infinite possibilities of interpretation, one never plays it the same way twice. (Even in "extreme" interpretations, the music almost never suffers.) Also, one cannot spend this much time in the presence of the master without being fundamentally changed as a musician. The quartet has become keenly aware through this process that playing "The Art of Fugue" has changed everything ?ó the way they listen to each other, hear and experience an individual musical line and its relation to the surrounding parts, balance a chord or section of counterpoint, and even tune. The New Century Saxophone Quartet simply sounds different now, and they approach every piece, new and old, with a fresh perspective. It is their sincere desire to present the music of Bach in a way that is true to his intentions and the stylistic practices of the period, and yet with a vitality and freshness that can come from over 250 years of perspective. It is hoped you are as moved and inspired by the mastery of "The Art of Fugue" as they are.http://www.channelclassics.com/