I'll be performing with the Geelong Concert Band who are teaming up with the Grainger Wind Symphony to present a rare evening of high quality concert band repertoire. The program will include Ghosts by Stephen McNeff, March Opus 99 by Prokofiev, Fifth Suite for Band by Alfred Reed and more! Don't miss this chance to […]
Come and be a part of Australian Saxophone History with Shannon Ebeling (saxophone) and Amir Farid (piano). A fusion of classical and jazz works including the premiere of a soprano saxophone sonata written for Shannon by PhD candidate Lorenzo Alvaro. The program also features Spanish classical/jazz saxophonist Pedro Iturralde's Suite Hellenique and John Williams' Escapades from […]
I'm playing tenor saxophone with the Ballarat Wind Orchestra in their performance of Orff's Carmina Burana with the Victoria Chorale. Although Orff is most often associated with his music pedagogy method, he wrote a fascinating cantata to a selection of medieval poems and dramatic texts. The work opens and closes with O Fortuna which topped […]
A new soprano saxophone sonata written by Australian PhD candidate Lorenzo Alvaro will be premiered at Melba Hall on Tuesday 11th September. Dedicated to the people affected by the Queensland floods of 2011 it features two outer movements of lyrical beauty and a longer 2nd movement that gives both the piano and saxophone moments to […]
Before Australian Idol, X Factor and a host of other shows, there was Fame. Set in a New York high school for the performing arts it charts the progress of a group of new students from a range of backgrounds and with a variety of talents. A really fun reed book to play, I'm […]