Category: saxophone
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The Most Legendary Saxophone Ever Made | Pitchfork
The horn is imbued with a significant mythology; a theory that Mark VIs were made from recasted artillery shells and church bells in France in the aftermath of the war continues to circulate widely, despite the company’s assertions that it’s not true. “Sometimes the musicians don’t want to know the truth,” Milhaud says. “They just…
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PSA: Get your horn fixed, NOW!
A few days ago, I picked up my alto sax and my flute from repair by Steve Schoene at Schmitt Music. The alto repair, a Keilwerth SX-90R black nickel, was a full repad. The flute was just in for a checkup and since he did a full repad on the flute about 2 years ago, there…
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Junior Recital
April 18th, 2004 Introduction and Samba by Maurice Whitney I. Vals Venezolano by Paquito D’ Rivera II. Contradanze by Paquito D’ Rivera Concerto in E-Flat by Alexander Glazunov St. Thomas by Sonny Rollins Unicorn Blue by Troy Fannin Crying for Susan by Troy Fannin David Erato – alto saxophone, clarinetTroy Fannin – tenor saxophone, flute…
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Senior Recital
May 10th, 2005 Sonata for Eb Alto Saxophone and Piano by Paul CrestonI. With Vigor II. With Tranquility III. With Gaiety Violoncello Suite I by Johann Sebastian Bachtrans. Ramon RickerMenuet Gigue Concertino da Camera by Jacques IbertI. Allegro con moto II. Larghetto – Animato molto La Fiesta by Chick Corea I Can’t Get Started by Ira…
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Joe Aaron – Musician Joe Aaron loved performing and finding students’ style
Joe Aaron is best described as my musical grandfather, which makes him the musical great-grandfather to all of my students. Specifically he taught Curt Hanrahan, who in turn was my teacher. I am positive nearly every saxophonist/clarinetist in the greater Milwaukee area for the last 70 years has some pedagogic connection to Joe.
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Report: Saxophone Still An Okay Vehicle For Self-Expression
a report released by the National Endowment for the Arts Thursday concluded that the saxophone nevertheless remains a fairly decent vehicle for expressing one’s unique personality and subjective emotional experience.
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New Keilwerth MKX horns!
courtesy JCBigler There’s not much out there yet, but here’s what we know so far. Official word from the JK rep on Sax on the Web –
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What’s in my shed
woodshed [v.] – To lock oneself away with a musical instrument and practice, either a particular piece or in general, until the player has improved greatly or can perfectly play the piece he has been practicing. I’ve had my hands full on a couple of very difficult parts on some great arrangements of some holiday classics.…
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Review: Vandoren M|O Ligature
The short review: I like it. Being a newer product, I haven’t seen many local stores keep these in stock. And why should they? Yet another ligature product from Vandoren, which comes in various colors and sizes, to take up shelf space. The thing is, it is a good product, at a good price, and…