Special guest: New Hudson Saxophone Quartet

This outstanding band made up of woodwind, brass, and percussion instruments exclusively performs wind band classics, new works and favorites to welcome the spring season.

Lecture: Importance of the Saxophone in the Wind Band

Program:

Symphony in B flat- Paul Hindemith

 Saxophonia - Erland Von Koch

 (featuring the New Hudson Saxophone Quartet)

 Outdoor Overture - Aaron Copland

 Elegy for a Young American - Ronald Lo Presti

 Rituals - Robert Baska 

 (featuring the Hanover Wind Symphony saxophones) 

Where lark or Eagle Flew - James Curnow

Background:
The Hanover Wind Symphony is a unique extension of the great American tradition of adult music performance. One of a handful of outstanding community-based wind bands in New Jersey, the Hanover Wind Symphony is a large band made up of woodwind, brass, and percussion instruments exclusively.

The Hanover Wind Symphony is a 501(c)(3) non-profit volunteer organization; our mission is to bring "Music to People, and People to Music".

The New Hudson Saxophone Quartet possesses a rare combination: a dedication to playing accessible new American music, combined with a beautiful, blending saxophone sound.  Their repertoire can range from newly commissioned works by Robert Kyr, David Noon, Elias Tanenbaum, Dexter Morrill, Steve Rosenhaus and Ron Mazurek, to original repertoire by 19th-century American composer Caryl Florio and Russian Romantic Alexander Glazounov, to classic Hollywood Sax Quartet versions of popular song standards.  Deeply involved with education, the four members are on the faculty of Manhattan School of Music, Oberlin Conservatory, New York University, Rutgers, William Paterson University and Montclair State University, and regularly are asked to present residencies and master classes as part of their annual touring schedule.

The members of the Quartet all are veteran chamber musicians and accomplished soloists, with credits that include the Cleveland Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, The Absolute Ensemble, and the Kirov and Juilliard Orchestras, as well as jazz musicians Clark Terry, James Moody, Muhal Richard Abrams and Milt Hinton.  They bring their widely varied experiences toward a dedication to beautiful ensemble, a pure sound, and the ability to turn on a stylistic dime.

More Information:
http://www.hanoverwinds.org/