UB Saxophone Ensemble

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Any questions concerning the saxophone - instruments, performance, teaching, repertoire, recordings, etc. - will be replied.
Just use the ANY QUESTIONS link at the end of this page. If we don't have an answer we can probably help find one.

Saxophone Topics, Essays, Information:

• Go to PRACTICE..? - Life is too SHORT..!
• Go to SIGHT-READING - a performer's best friend
• Go to How to select a USED saxophone
• Go to Saxophone TONE COLOR
• Go to FINGER Articulation - Creative Color Control
• Go to STYLE in Saxophone Performance
• Go to REED and MOUTHPIECE information
• Go to SAXOPHONE ALTISSIMO - Fact and Folly
• ALSO: "A USER-FRIENDLY GUIDE to the ALTISSIMO" with tutorials, fingerings and practical etudes is included in the 2nd Edition of Saxophone Germaniums (available after January 15, 1998). The volume also includes daily warm-up routines for the serious student or professional, tone & intonation studies, articulation studies, scales, arpeggios, long tones, etc. - an old-fashioned 'conservatory-style' workbook, with blank manuscript pages for individual ideas, preferences, etc.
• Go to TUNING DEVICES - Fact & Fiction
• Go to ORCHESTRAL TRANSPOSITION - clarinet, bass clarinet
• Go to QUOTATIONS on the Saxophone, Music, etc.
• Go to BIBLIOGRAPHY: Adolphe Sax, history, reeds, etc.

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  History of the UB Sax Ensemble:

  The Saxophone Ensemble at the State University of New York at Buffalo began in the early 1970s via student efforts to assemble a variety of ad hoc trios, quartets and larger ensembles as neeeded for recitals, University events, et cetera, ad libitum. In 1980 the UB Saxophone Ensemble was offered to students for academic credit. The instrumentation comprises any complement of saxophones, from bass to soprano. The ensemble is directed by Edward Yadzinski and Harry Fackelman.

  Repertoire:

  • Includes original and transcribed works in print
  • Features new scores, arrangements, adaptations and transcriptions by students and faculty, all of which are added to the permanent ensemble library at SUNYAB
  • Also features new and experimental scores for expanded instrumentation, including a growing collection of music for saxophones and percussion, saxophones and synthesizers and/or digital tape

  Repertoire Index:

  • New Music:
  • Adaptations:
  • Transcriptions:
  • Saxophones and electronics:
  • Current and past programs:
  • Go to: LIST of available new music, new transcriptions, etc.

  Saxophone Studies

  SUNY-Buffalo students may enroll for undergraduate or graduate applied saxophone study on the basis of curriculum: Music Education, Performance, Bachelor of Arts, non-major study, etc. All applied saxophone study is formal, with emphasis on proficiency in classical and studio techniques. Also, in keeeping with individual interest and need, students are encouraged to participate in new music ensembles, jazz ensembles, etc.

  Saxophone Resources

  In addition to its fine catalog of saxophone music, the Music Library of the Department of Music has in reserve a large selection of the archival recordings (pre 1960) from private collections, including all of the major recordings by Vincent Abato, Marcel Mule (solo and quartet), Sigurd Rascher, Al Gallodoro, Rudy Wiedoft and Freddy Gardner. These are in addition to the many recent recordings made by other performers since 1960.

  Original letter by Adolphe Sax

  from the collection of SUNYAB alumnus Kenneth Kowalski

  [IMAGE] Go to: French/English text

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  In Residence: The Amherst Saxophone Quartet

  • Salvatore Andolina, soprano
  • Russell Carere, alto
  • Stephen Rosenthal, tenor
  • Harry Fackelman, baritone
  segue to Amherst Saxophone Quartet Home-Page

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  Campus News: A new ensemble comprised of current students and alumni:

  The Impromptu Saxophone Quartet

  • Michael Herman, soprano
  • Kevin Kazmierczak, alto
  • Phil Yacone, tenor
  • Todd Macon, Baritone
  segue to: Impromptu Saxophone Quartet Home Page

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  SUNY-Buffalo Saxophone Studies Home Page c/o museyadz@acsu.buffalo.edu

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  segue to: Mike Herman Home Page

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  segue to: Yadz Home Page

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  send: ANY QUESTIONS to the SUNY-Buffalo Saxophone Faculty

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