Fantasia for Alto Saxophone by Claude Thomas. Smith (1932~1987) Sx. Murata Junichi (Instrument : H.SEMER sa-80 SARIE ⅡPG Alto Saxophone) Pf. Nanbu Mari (Instrument : STEINWAY&SONS Grand Piano) June 23 , 2010 Artist salon Dolce （Tokyo Shinjuku) （Publications ：Wingert-jones Publications）
Released: New York City NY October 24, 2006 Personnel: Phil Sobel - Soprano Saxophone Leo Potts - Alto Saxophone Mark Costner - Tenor Saxophone Christopher Bleth - Baritone Saxophone *Images - Greg Vail www.flickr.com
Download score and parts: calebhugo.com Prelude Page: calebhugo.com iTunes: itunes.apple.com CD Baby: www.cdbaby.com MySpace: www.myspace.com Facebook: www.facebook.com Twitter: twitter.com Main site: calebhugo.com Blog blog.calebhugo.com _____ Duration 20:20 This work features an extremely difficult saxophone part utilizing the saxophone's countless timbres, agility, and altissimo register. The performer must have an acute sense of rhythmic precision, a very strong upper range, and like any other concerto in history the soloist must be an extremely accomplished musician. There are also special effects that are particular to the woodwind family including multi-phonics and quarter tone trills. This being my second large ensemble work it carries a few a problems that I will be fixing soon. The main problem that I am aware of is that the density of the orchestration can sometimes cause the sound to be unclear particularly in darker halls. When combined with the soloist, this can be problematic depending on timbres that the performer uses. If the performer generally has a dark sound, the soloist will be overpowered, particularly in the second movement. This can compensated for by the performer using a brighter timbre during these densely scored sections, performing in a brighter hall, telling the band to switch to one on a part, or by artificial amplification. Be sure to consult a sound engineer on how to amplify the soloist if you choose this solution. The title of this work ...
Hey everybody hope you enjoy this one because I might not be posting for a while 
My producer is in brazil and I'm busy in the sumer so yeah. Anyways, this is a saxophone cover of Move Along. I'm playing from a book called alto sax: chart hits of 06-07!! These songs are really fun so I had a lot of fun filming this.
Concerto for Alto Saxophone and Orchestra by Henri Tomasi Recorded May 14, 2010 at the Iowa Bandmasters Association convention in Des Moines. This performance was part of the audition for the Major Landers scholarship. Madeline Young - alto saxophone Melissa Karr - piano
