classical saxophone

Reed Music is pleased to have the following publications included on the 2010 VCE syllabus for alto and tenor saxophone. These Australian compositions are available from our online store. The official list can be seen on the VCE website.

Alto Saxophone

RM072 Curved Stick John Barrett
RM002 Black and Blue Barry Cockcroft
RM003 The Autumn Cannon Ball Lachlan Davidson
RM095 Octennial Song Stuart Greenbaum
RM059 Autumn Song Katy Abbott
RM038 When They Were Gone Greg Clarkson
RM004 One for Mum Lachlan Davidson
RM326 Strange Times Lachlan Davidson
RM025 The Lake and the Hinterland Stuart Greenbaum
RM335 Flight of Fancy Matthew Orlovich
RM214 Drive John Peterson
RM047 Black Swan Waltz and Lazy Blues from Blue Ride Collection
Tomasz Spiewak
RM046 A Little Serenade and Gavotte from Kaleidoscope Collection
Tomasz Spiewak

Barry’s Cockcroft’s piece Rock Me! is now available in our online store (look under the advanced tab). Written for American saxophonist Kenneth Tse in 2007, this advanced piece calls for great feats of saxophone dexterity! Rapid quasi-slap tonguing, distortion like an electric guitar, a drum solo performed entirely on the mouthpiece and occasionally even some standard saxophone notes. Complex for sure but a guaranteed crowd pleaser.

The 16th World Saxophone Congress will take place in St. Andrews, Scotland in 2012. Reed Music composer and saxophonist Barry Cockcroft has been elected to the International Saxophone Committee along with Claude Delangle (France), Kenneth Tse (USA), Andy Scott (UK), Shyen Lee (Thailand) and Thomas Liley (USA). Reed Music offers its congratulations to Richard Ingham (UK), director of the next congress and is looking forward to offering its support for this important event.

The university town of St Andrews is an exceptionally attractive location for an event of this sort. The university’s beautiful main concert hall seats nearly 1000 and there are convenient rehearsal facilities, a wide variety of performance venues of all sizes, and plentiful accommodation and restaurants all within easy walking distance in this charming and ancient coastal town. The congress proposal is supported by the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, other UK conservatoires such as the Royal College of Music, The Royal Northern College of Music, the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, leading soloists and composers, the National Saxophone Choir of Great Britain and the Clarinet and Saxophone Society of Great Britain. The World Saxophone Congress coincides with the University’s 600th anniversary celebrations and with the Olympic Games in London.

In recent weeks Rompduo (Barry Cockcroft & Adam Pinto) have given several concerts in Victoria, Australia. Performing several publications by Reed Music, the concerts saw the Australian premiere of several new works including the Sonata by Perry Goldstein, Naked Hum by Taran Carter, Three Places for a New Millenium by Stuart Greenbaum and two new compositions by Barry Cockcroft. Read the rest of this entry »

Reed Music is proud to support a performance of renown French saxophonist Claude Delangle in a performance at the University of Melbourne.

Soloist, researcher and pedagogue, Claude Delangle, one of the greatest contemporary saxophonists, stands out as the master of the French saxophone. Privileged interpreter for classic works, he enriches the repertoire and encourages creation by collaborating with the most renowned composers, including L. Berio, P. Boulez, Toru Takemitsu, A. Piazzolla, and promoting the youngest. Since 1986, he is invited saxophonist in the Ensemble Intercontemporain, he also appears as soloist with the most prestigious orchestras (London BBC, Radio France, Radio of Finland, WDR Köln, Berlin Philharmonic, Kioi Tokyo) and works with D. Robertson, P. Eötvös, K. Nagano, E.P. Salonen, Miung Wung Chung, G. Bernstein and many other conductors.

French saxophonist Claude Delangle

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