I'll jump in on this late, too. I haven't seen any discussion in this
thread of the wind band repertoire. There are many "legit" sax players
making a very good living playing in military bands in the US. There
are also some non-military professional ensembles both in the US and
elsewhere.
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Sorry for jumping in on this subject so late. I've been very busy
trying to finish a project and I'm over a week late on my emails.
Just wanted to point any interested parties to a wiki site I've set up
to list material written for the saxophone. This particular link will
get you to the sym
On Jan 31, 2010, at 7:39 AM, dhbailey wrote:
I've attended the Boston Symphony Orchestra many times over the years
and have never seen a sax on their stage.
Then you've never heard them do the Lt. Kije Suite, Pictures at an
Exhibition, or Bolero--to name but three. I cannot emphasize too m
These are great comments! It's sad the horn has been so
maligned ... all the bad jokes, and all. Even my daughter, who is a
fine musician, at the age of about 22 or so, had no clue that a sax
is capable of sophisticated artistry ... until I played her a CD of
Branford Marsalis (sp?) doin
At 7:39 AM -0500 1/31/10, dhbailey wrote:
I'll bet even your local orchestra in Sacramento has a call-list
where they know which saxophonists to call should there ever be a
need.
Not disagreeing with David here--which I seldom do--just expanding a
bit. Our local string/chamber orchestra, f
Dean M. Estabrook wrote:
Unfortunately, when I go to a symphony concert, I rarely see a sax on
stage, let alone three. I realize this is a commentary upon the
literature our local symphony (Sacramento, CA) proffers.
That's the situation in most orchestras. While much new
music for orches
Unfortunately, when I go to a symphony concert, I rarely see a sax
on stage, let alone three. I realize this is a commentary upon the
literature our local symphony (Sacramento, CA) proffers.
Dean
On Jan 29, 2010, at 7:31 PM, John Howell wrote:
At 4:28 PM -0500 1/29/10, Andrew Stiller wro
At 4:28 PM -0500 1/29/10, Andrew Stiller wrote:
In the orchestra, I would go so far as to say that a complete sax
section (3 players) has become standard for most composers these
days--John Adams comes immediately to mind, but he is far from alone.
That sounds like an important step forward,
On Jan 29, 2010, at 3:00 PM, David Froom wrote:
I want all of you to know that the saxophone repertoire is not as thin
as you would imagine, and, indeed, a LOT of very fine composers have
already written pieces for saxophone and piano, saxophone quartet,
saxophone in chamber contexts, and c
Chuck Israels wrote:
These responses have missed whatever point I probably shouldn't have
bothered trying to make here, and that was that there is so little
significant repertoire for "classical" saxophone, despite the
existence of a number of fine players in that style, that favoring
that style
At 11:58 AM -0500 1/28/10, Chuck Israels wrote:
>I have always thought the classical music of the saxophone is what
>Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young and Charlie Parker played, and that
>music departments that don't recognize that are failing to see the
>world as it is - to almost everyone's detriment
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