Posted February 24 by Melvin Llord (Admin)

Internationally acclaimed saxophonist Amy Dickson will be the guest soloist at this year's Symphony Under the Stars.Originally from Sydney, she's now based in London and has just released a new CD "Catch Me If You Can" on the ABC Classics label.Amy will perform with the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra...

Posted February 21 by Melvin Llord (Admin)

UIowa Saxophone Quartet to perform March 4 The UIowa Saxophone Quartet will give a free performance at 7:30 p.m. Monday, March 4, in Riverside Recital Hall on the University of Iowa campus.The UIowa Saxophone Quartet, a newly formed ensemble led by UI School of Music professor Kenneth Tse, sometime...

Posted February 21 by Melvin Llord (Admin)

Capitol Quartet brings saxophone harmony to Behrend on MondayDespite the popular notion that American society is hopelessly divided, there seems to be one thing we can agree about: We're tired of the discord in the Capitol.   But a more collaborative, cooperative and harmonious model exists, ...

Posted February 20 by Melvin Llord (Admin)

Renaissance saxman Duane Parham juggles projects, shows Detroit saxophonist Duane Parham was 15 years old when he did his first professional performance at an east side club. He played a saxophone that cost his grandmother $100, and he's been playing ever since.   "I always wanted to sing," ...

Posted February 19 by Melvin Llord (Admin)

Saxophones take center stage Tuesday, February 19, 2013 Saxophone and brass performers from the Alta-Aurelia Community High School Jazz Band are featured in a selection performed at the Northwest Iowa Jazz Bandmasters Association District Jazz Festival in Le Mars Monday. Gehlen Catholic qualif...

Posted February 19 by Melvin Llord (Admin)

Sax players featured in free concert Central Wyoming College's big band, Time's-A-Wastin', performs in concert Friday, Feb. 22, with several saxophonists demonstrating improvisational skills. Headlining the concert is J. Scott Turpen, a University of Wyoming music professor who has performed both ...

Posted February 18 by Melvin Llord (Admin)

WVU School of Music Hosts Saxophone Festival  MORGANTOWN - West Virginia University's School of Music held its inaugural Saxophone Festival February 16 and 17. The event included master classes, lectures and performances. John Sampen was a guest who did a unique performance with the hel...

Posted February 17 by Melvin Llord (Admin)

Tribe of Joe: Saxophonist Joe Lovano and His Us Five BandWere Joe Lovano to play only tenor saxophone and perform solely in bands led by other musicians, he’d be an indispensable and original voice on jazz’s landscape. But on his 23 recordings for the Blue Note label, and for several yea...

Posted February 15 by Melvin Llord (Admin)

Italian Saxophone Quartet Concert Sunday! You won’t want to miss the Friends of Chamber Music concert this coming Sunday, February 17 at 2.30 p.m. in Faye Spanos Concert Hall.  Our guests, the Italian Saxophone Quartet, have been playing together internationally for almost 30 years, and ...

Posted February 15 by Melvin Llord (Admin)

Oliver Lake Talks About the Black Artists' Group, His Upcoming TRIO 3 Concert Presented by Nameless Sound   Before saxophonist Oliver Lakeco-founded the overlooked-until-lately Black Artists' Group (BAG), before he appeared on records with Anthony Braxton and Michael Gregory Jackson and hel...