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A blog by saxophonist Brian Sacawa

Archive for March, 2007

MATA notes

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The 2007 MATA Festival has come and gone and SLN has been delinquent in posting about the event. I performed Alexandra Gardner’s Tourmaline on the Tuesday night’s “Solitary Confinement V” concert at the Brooklyn Lyceum, which featured works for solo performers w/ or w/o electronics. I had quite a journey that day, flying in from Dallas extremely early that morning, heading straight to the venue, sound checking, and then playing the show. Rather than making me tired, the day’s journey had more of a romanticizing effect and the performance went wonderfully. A comment was made to me to the effect of, “It’s been a while since I’ve been to a new music concert where all the pieces were great.” Indeed. It was a splendidly enchanting evening, made a just little sweeter by the review in the Times.

In the pipeline

coming soon.

American Voices is currently in production. Official announcements to follow. Stay tuned.

Spring in BK

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Frequency

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SLN is on the road. Expect posting to slow as we concentrate on larger projects and using our time wisely to practice for a few upcoming events—one of which is eponymous. Updates as inspiration strikes.

Nothing fancy

I’m sometimes asked what equipment I use so here’s a list for the curious:

SOPRANO
Selmer Series III
M/P: Selmer S-80, C*
Reeds: Vandoren 4
Ligature: Bay (gold-plated)

ALTO
Selmer Series II
M/P: Selmer S-80, C** (custom work by Bob Scott)
Reeds: Vandoren 3
Ligature: Bay (gold-plated)

TENOR
Selmer Series III
M/P: Selmer S-80, C*
Reeds: Vandoren 3.5
Ligature: Winslow

BARITONE
Selmer Series II
M/P: Selmer S-90, 190
Reeds: Vandoren 3.5
Ligature: Brancher Leggerio

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