The Rose City Gay Freedom Bands held their first Young Artist Solo Competition for 10th through 12th grade music students in the tri-county area and SW Washington. One of my students, Ally Shuell, entered the competition playing Diversion for Alto Saxophone…
Ornette Coleman once said, “The Tenor’s got that thing, that honk, that you can get to people with. Sometimes you can be playing tenor, and I’m telling you, the people want to jump across the rail.” In 2005, I purchased…
My Favorite Things recital video is now up on my YouTube channel as well as posted here on the recital page. We always have fun playing for the residents of The Courtyard at Mt Tabor and this time was no…
Music is my language. Often, I’m at a loss for words to express myself. But I can always find music that does the trick. I’ve written music since my days in University and continue to this day. I write short…
I was nine, almost ten years old when I took up learning the saxophone. A college student taught group lessons in a cramped practice room at the local music store in my metro Philly town. How we learn in group…
There’s a great variety of events coming up in the next weeks and months. Opening this weekend is an exhibit of contemporary Cremonese Violin Making and works of the old masters at Kerr Violin Shop located at 4451 SE 28th Avenue in…