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Sunday Afternoons at 5

Treat yourself to a wonderful relaxing afternoon with some beautiful saxophone music in the exquisite acoustics of the Basilica. The program will feature the famous virtuosic unaccompanied Caprice en Forme de Valse by Bonneau alongside electro-acoustic accompanied works for soprano saxophone by Andy Scott and Australian composer Stuart Greenbaum. Admission is free and there will […]

GSO – French Flair

The Geelong Symphony Orchestra are commencing their 2026 season with an evening of French music from Chopin, Bizet, Debussy and Ravel. I will be joining the woodwinds for Bolero alongside Mark Franklin on tenor saxophone. The piece was originally commissioned for a ballet and is an impressive experiment in tone colours in the orchestra. Interestingly, […]

Selmer Saxophone Testing

I recently enjoyed a day in Melbourne with Selmer Paris representative, Angelique Planchat, to test out some equipment. Over two hours I compared mouthpieces, ligatures, reeds and instruments and came away with an updated perspective of what is currently on offer with Selmer. I first started comparing soprano saxophone mouthpieces and very much liked the […]

79th Midwest Clinic

It was a real treat attending the Midwest clinic in Chicago for the first time. I was one of over 18,000 attendees who were keen to learn and connect with the very best in music education. The clinic has a history of being a reading session where new music was performed and could be purchased […]

Austin

Over the weekend I was fortunate enough to get a lift from Lewisville saxophone expert Mark Smith to go see the Lotus Saxophone Quartet perform in San Antonio. They were awarded the Fischoff Gold Medal in the senior winds division and completing a community outreach and educational masterclass tour. The soprano player, GianCarlo Devanii Lay, […]