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Saxtravaganza | Saxtravaganza 2011
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Saxtravaganza 2011 Kathleen Maxwell Golden Valley High School July 17, 2011
PLAYLIST • Radetzky March (J. Strauss/K. Abeling) • Fiddle Tunes Medley (Traditional) • Capriol Suite (P. Warlock/A. Cook) • Marche Militaire (F. Schubert/G.E. Holmes) • Opening Oriental (Brown Brothers) • Fantasia on the Dargason (G. Holst/A. Cook) • Get Out of Town Fast (C.J. Tasner) • Tile Trot (R. Penso/J. Hoover) • Maple Leaf Rag (Joplin) • Portrait of a Flirt (Farnon/White) Music Director Guest Conductor Soprano Sax Alto Sax Tenor Sax Baritone Sax Bass Sax
ABOUT SAXTRAVAGANZA Saxtravaganza was started in 1999 by Kathleen Maxwell as an outgrowth of her research in historical saxophone performance. Since then, the group has grown into an important mentoring group for this area’s saxophonists. Private teachers, band directors who play saxophone, and seasoned professionals are all encouraged to join. A certain level of proficiency is required of all who plan to participate, and auditions are held during the month of June. Music arrangers are also encouraged to submit materials for reading. This provides the group with some of its most enjoyable music. The saxophone ensemble has a truly unique sound and dynamic range. There is plenty of evidence that very large ensembles with as many as 100 players were formed during the early part of the twentieth century. Their popularity may have been driven by their use in ragtime and vaudeville. Ms. Maxwell attributes the traveling organizations of John Phillip Sousa and others with being an even bigger factor in the first saxophone craze. Since that time there has only been a few scattered revivals of this music. (c)2011 Kathleen Maxwell
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