Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by By Vivien Schweitzer THE saxophone, invented by the Belgian-born instrument maker Adolphe Sax around 1840, has seldom achieved prominence in the ...

The Lamont Saxophone Quartet plays in the CPR Performance Studio. The Lamont Saxophone Quartet plays a concert looking at 100 years of sax quartet music on Friday at the Newman Center. Art Bouton, who ...

Members of the Spanish sax quartet Kebyart Ensemble include, from left, Daniel Miguel (baritone sax), Víctor Serra (alto sax), Pere Méndez (soprano sax) and Robert Seara (tenor sax). [Photo provided ...

Intriguing programs of great beauty and breadth have distinguished the PRISM Quartet as one of America’s foremost chamber ensembles. Two-time winners of the Chamber Music America/ASCAP Award for ...

The saxophone is probably the one musical instrument that we most associate with this thing we call jazz, yet it is perhaps the last instrument that comes to mind when we think of classical music. The ...

Since the 1840s, when the saxophone was invented by Adolphe Sax, the wind instrument named after him has become a key component of jazz groups ranging from big bands to small combos. It was also a ...

"The saxophone's wide range of timbre can be heard to fine effect on the five discs Prism has released since 2008," Vivien Schweitzer wrote in a New York Times article published Jan. 29. "One, ...

Saxophones are known for their sultry, smooth tones, from almost whistling highs to brassy lows. One alone can play a wide variety of genres and songs, but four in an ensemble open up a world of ...

We meet an award-winning saxophone quartet from Texas. A teen flutist who is also a talented figure skater performs Faure. An impressive 16-year-old performs a piece by a guitarist/composer who ...

Ever heard a saxophone quartet play? We didn’t think so. That’s because the assembly of all four saxophone pitches – baritone, tenor, alto and soprano – as an entire group is really rather rare. So ...