Missouri Saxophone Quartet

Program:

Full English Breakfast by Mike Mower 

Celtic Collage Arranged by Paul Harvey 

     The Factory Girl      

     My Love She’s a Venus 

     The Barnyards O’Delgaty 

Close Your Eyes and Listen by Astor Piazzolla 

Wapango by Paquito d’Rivera 

Introduction and Variations on a Popular Round by Gabriel Pierné 

Saxophone Quartet by Gavin Lendt 

     Number 1-Mingling 

     Number 2-Meddling 

     Number 3-Moving 

Selections from West Side Story by Leonard Bernstein 

     I Feel Pretty – Somewhere – Cha-Cha – Balcony Scene - 

     One Hand, One Heart – Gee, Officer Krupke

Biography:

 The Missouri Saxophone Quartet (MSQ) was formed in 2009 and is devoted to exploring and promoting new music, particularly that of Missouri composers. The group has inspired several commissions which they have presented at venues such as the World Saxophone Congress in St. Andrews, Scotland, the North American Saxophone Alliance's Biennial Conferences at the University of Georgia and the University of Illinois, the United States Navy Band's International Saxophone Symposium in Fairfax, Virginia, and the Odyssey Chamber Music Series of Columbia, Missouri. The MSQ performs a wide variety of styles from baroque transcriptions, to traditional French repertoire, to jazz and tango, and the avant-garde. The MSQ is also committed to educational outreach, having performed at numerous high schools throughout the State of Missouri.