University of
Washington
Saxophone
Studio
Home Page (academic year
2011-12)
For more info, see also Michael Brockman's
faculty page at http://faculty.washington.edu/brockman/
and michaelbrockman.com
Broctave Key and Frankensax
For information about the Broctave
key and the Frankensax, go to: michaelbrockman.com
Auditions into the Saxophone Studio
In
addition to auditions for Wind Ensemble, Jazz Combos, and Big Bands, you may be
interested in auditioning for 1) entrance into a degree program in the School
of Music, or 2) entrance into saxophone lessons. All these auditions are held at the regularly
scheduled entrance auditions listed at the School of Music Advising Office web
site: http://www.music.washington.edu/admissions/
Please
see the Saxophone Flyer for full information about audition requirements, and
please take note especially that available space for students seeking private
saxophone lessons are at a premium, and are frequently reserved for students
who are pursuing a music degree with saxophone as their primary instrument.
UW Saxophone Flyer
Click here to view complete information about
studying saxophone at the UW, including information about auditions and
admission.
UW Saxophones Tuning Drones
Click here
to view a list of downloadable mp3 files that you can use to train yourself to
play the saxophone in tune. Choose the
drone that fits the key of a piece you are learning. The drone can be on the
root or (as I prefer) the 5th of the key.
Listen carefully for the difference tones that are created
between the drone and any note that you play.
Frequently Asked Questions
Click here to view a list of common question and
answers about saxophone study at the UW, and gaining admission into the
saxophone program.
Your Saxophone Grandparents
As
a UW saxophone student, you are taught methods that were passed to me at key
times in my own playing career by these marvelous mentors:
Joe
Allard – New England Conservatory and Juilliard Hadley Caliman Don Lanphere
Tips on Studying Jazz Music
Click here to read some answers to common question
about learning to play jazz.
Calendar of Saxophone Events
UW Saxophone
Night is Wednesday, April 18, 2012, 7:30 pm
in Brechemin
Auditorium. It will feature solo performances by members of the UW Saxophone
Studio, including quartets, duos and solos.
Students in the 2010-11 UW Sax Studio
· Evan Smith
(Doctoral level, saxophone performance)
· Ian Mengedoht (freshman, saxophone performance)
· Cameron Vohr (sophomore, jazz studies & physics)
· Eric Mathews
(sophomore, jazz studies)
· Leif
Erik Gustafson (sophomore, classical
performance)
· Abishek Kalkura (sophomore,
classical performance)
· Bryan
Van Pelt (sophomore, jazz studies)
· Levi Gillis
(junior, jazz studies) http://www.myspace.com/levigillis
· Melissa Winstanley (senior, classical performance)
· Shane Valle
(sophomore, pre-major)
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A Few UW Sax Studio Alumni
· Ivan Arteaga (BM
2010 Jazz Studies, now enrolled at UW in M.M. composition, a founder of Tables
& Chairs label, and of IMP/improvised music project & festival)
· Mark Taylor (BM, jazz studies, MM
Manhattan School, awarded 2009 NW Best Instrumentalist by Earshot Jazz, leading
soloist playing in NUMEROUS Seattle bands including SRJO, Marc Seales Group, Matt Jorgensen+451) www.marktaylorjazz.com
· Travis Ranney
(jazz studies, now plays in NUMEROUS Seattle bands including SRJO)
· Andrew Swanson (BM 2009, jazz studies) Active performer in
Seattle, playing everywhere and making recordings in award-winning ensemble,
SPEAK (you need to check them out!)
· Neil Welch (BM 2007 jazz studies,
now active pro in Seattle groups--awarded 2009 NW Emerging Artist by earshot Jazz ). Leader of two excellent ensembles in Seattle, making
recordings, playing everywhere www.neilwelch.com
· Scott Macpherson
(BM 2010, jazz studies)
(here is Scott's favorite photo--with Kenny Garrett)
· Nicole Barnes (graduated BM
Saxophone at UW 2005, then MM New England Conservatory, now faculty at Western
Washington Univ.)
· Bryan Smith (MM 2009, saxophone perf) Active professional player in Seattle jazz groups and
in contemporary sax quartets.
· Tobi Stone (BM jazz studies) plays
in Reptet, the Tippets, and Seattle Repertory Jazz
Orchestra (http://tobistone.com/)
· Miriam Champer
(BM 2011, clarinet performance) Now medical school at U of O
· Seth Alexander (BM 2007, jazz
studies - now playing in professional Seattle bands ,
including MUCHO GUSTO, and teaching in public education, Seattle area)
· Howard Mostrom
(BM jazz studies, now the Lead Recording Engineer at Triad Recording Studios in
Redmond)
· Andrea Rahn
Peterson (BM, Music Ed & Saxophone, now teaching in Granite Falls School
district) NAMED
2007 NATIONAL TEACHER OF THE YEAR. Find out more about Andrea's award,
including her presentation in the White House Rose Garden at:
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/snohomishcountynews/2003680199_teacher25m.html
· Gwen Bayly (BM, jazz studies, plays
in the Seattle funk band Kissing Potion)
· Jon Armstrong (graduate 2006, jazz
studies, now at Caltech)
· Art Brown (graduated 2006, jazz
studies) plays everywhere and records with Pocket Change and other groups www.myspace.com/pocketchangefunk
· Jay Easton (DMA 2006, classical
performance, specialist in ALL sizes and vintages of saxophone, from soprillo to contrabass) www.jayeaston.com
· Barbara Larson (graduated 2006,
classical performance, MM 2008 from Eastman)
· Rob Davis (BM, jazz studies, now
active pro in Portland)
· Ryan Marsh (BM 2007, classical
performance, now at NEC for MM)
· Aaron Jenkins (BM 2005 jazz studies,
now active pro in Seattle, plays with Seattle jazz groups and rock/fusion bands
(including Sly Lothario www.myspace.com/slylothario)
· Dan Wickham (BM, Saxophone Perf., teaching in the Highline District, and plays
professionally with The Type A! Funk Band and with the SRJO).
· Fred Winkler (post grad studies, now
on the faculty at UPS in Tacoma)
· Mark Noguchi (BM, jazz studies, now
active professional studio writer an dplayer in LA)
· Tina Richerson
(MM, Saxophone Perf., plays in The Tippets, SWOJO, moving to NYC
2007)
· Aaron Birrell
(BM, jazz studies, now active pro in Seattle)
· Greg Sharp (BM, Saxophone Perf., now an MD and on staff at the UW Medical
Center)
· Dieter Rice (BM, Music Ed, now
teaching in Northshore School District, and entering
a Masters program at Western Oregon in 2007)
· Megumi Azekawa (BM 2008, classical
performance - now MM student at Colorado State Univ. )
· Nick Torretta (BM 2008,
jazz studies)
· Kevin Williams (BM
2010, music ed)
· Matt Wenman (BM
2009, Music Ed) Now teaching in Issaquah Schools.
· Cory Foster
(currently pre-med)
· T.J Pierce (BM , classical performance, saxophone & viola)
· Matt Watson
· many more to be added going back to
1988...
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Beginning of School Year News
· Welcome back everyone.
·
Auditions
for the UW Wind Ensemble, Jazz Ensemble, and Jazz combos will be in the first
week of classes.
·
Wind
Ensemble audition music is available (beginning in summer) on line from:
professor Tim Salzman
<salzman@u.washington.edu>
·
Modern
Big Band (which has non-standard instrumentation) audition music is sight-read
at the time of the audition, plus improvising on some contemporary pieces. For
information contact:
professor Cuong Vu cuongvu@u.washington.edu
·
Studio Jazz Ensemble (standard big band instrumentation)
audition music is sight-read at the time of the audition, plus improvising. For information contact:
professor Fred Radke.
·
Jazz
Combo auditions material is based on standard jazz repertoire announced at the
audition. For information contact:
professor Marc Seales
<mseales@u.washington.edu>
Past Photos and Movies from the UW Sax Studio
Click here to view pictures of the UW Saxophone Quartet's road trip to Vancouver, B.C.
for the Eugene Rousseau master classes June 25-27, 2004. Good times!
Click here
to view a slide show of Nicole Barnes' Junior
Recital (filmed/produced by Mark Noguchi).
More UW
Saxophone Studio images on the way!
Click Here To View Brockman's
2007 UW Wind Ensemble Japan Tour Photos