There’s a move perfected by middle school orchestra members — mainly clarinet players, in my experience — that emerges directly after a musician makes a jarring mistake during a performance. The ...
"Every university that has a performance program has at least one if not two, three or four saxophone quartets among their student ranks," Sullivan said. "Many of them have been doing extremely well ...
Musician and composer Steven Banks returns to Aspen this week to remind audiences to reconsider their understanding of classical music: who it’s by, who it’s for, and what stories can it tell. As a ...
In the 1840s, Adolphe Saxe, a Belgian instrument maker, invented an instrument with the flexibility of the strings, the power of the brass and the variety of tone quality of the woodwinds. Quickly ...
Coulter enlisted in the U.S. Coast Guard at its Baltimore base where a hockey team was formed. In 1942, the "Cutters" entered the Eastern Amateur Hockey League and frequently played at the old Madison ...
I love composing for a cappella saxophone quartet but have often been intrigued by the possibility of including a trumpet, a trombone, and a rhythm section in my compositions. These instruments add ...
Saxophonist Justin Pierce began his musical career in the musically diverse region of the Texas-Louisiana Gulf Coast. After beginning saxophone studies at age 12, he developed a passion for music in ...
Craig Wilson, 42, stunned his bride Danielle Wilson, 47, on their big day with a saxophone solo of her favourite tune. Craig, from Newcastle, UK, had never learned an instrument before but when ...