Woodwinds: Tenor saxophone

Recital videos, August 2023

Sep 4, 2023

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in Announcements and news

for Bass clarinet, Bassoon, Clarinet, Duduk, E-flat clarinet, Flute, Native American flute, Oboe, Piccolo, Saxophone, Soprano saxophone, Tenor saxophone, Woodwind doubling, Woodwinds with electronics, World woodwinds

I’m pleased to share videos from my recent Delta State University faculty recital.
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Recital videos, August 2022

Sep 9, 2022

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in Announcements and news

for Bassoon, Clarinet, English horn, Flute, Tenor saxophone

I’m pleased to share videos from my recent Delta State University faculty recital, featuring the compositions of Yusef Lateef. A few are my own adaptations for altered instrumentation.
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Review: D’Addario Select Jazz tenor saxophone mouthpieces

Mar 9, 2017

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in Product reviews

for Tenor saxophone

I’ve already done thorough reviews of the D’Addario clarinet mouthpieces (twice) and alto saxophone jazz mouthpieces, both of which immediately replaced the competing Vandoren products I was previously using. So, naturally I’ve been very anxious for the release of the hard rubber tenor saxophone jazz mouthpiece, and I got my hands on some samples earlier …
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Favorite blog posts, December 2013

Dec 31, 2013

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in Favorite blog posts

for Bassoon, Contrabassoon, Flute, Oboe, Recorder, Saxophone, Tenor saxophone, Woodwind doubling

Here are the woodwind-related blog posts that made my “nice” list for December. (One from late November seems to have slipped in here, too.) On his new blog, Timothy Owen explains how he tunes his saxophone like an M-16 assault rifle. Bassoonist Betsy Sturdevant (of the Columbus Symphony) reveals her basic reedmaking method. Cooper Wright doesn’t just play …
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Paul Hindemith and the Trio Op. 47: Steps toward a mature style

Apr 1, 2003

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in Musicianship

for Heckelphone, Tenor saxophone

Paul Hindemith was born in Hanau, Germany, in 1895. Unlike most of his composer contemporaries, who came from the privileged classes, his origins were humble ones. Hindemith’s father, Robert, was a manual laborer and amateur zither player, who, despite a necessarily tight budget, saw that Paul and his siblings received musical training. Robert Hindemith raised …
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Anton von Webern’s Quartet for violin, clarinet, tenor saxophone, and piano, op. 22

Apr 1, 2001

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in Musicianship

for Clarinet, Tenor saxophone

The composer Anton von Webern was born in Vienna, Austria, in 1883. (The predicate von identified those of aristocratic heritage until a 1918 revolution outlawed its use; the composer’s works were published under the name Anton Webern.) His father’s career in mining engineering caused the von Webern family to move several times during Anton’s youth; …
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Woodwinds: Tenor saxophone

Recital videos, August 2023

Recital videos, August 2022

Review: D’Addario Select Jazz tenor saxophone mouthpieces

Favorite blog posts, December 2013

Paul Hindemith and the Trio Op. 47: Steps toward a mature style

Anton von Webern’s Quartet for violin, clarinet, tenor saxophone, and piano, op. 22