Brian Sacawa | Sounds Like Now

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.

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

Reminiscing about last year’s SPARK Fesitval a couple of posts ago reminded me about the experience of meeting Alvin Lucier, who was the event’s feautred guest composer. On my third concert of the festival—actually a joint recital with violinist Maja Cerar—I performed Lucier’s Spira Mirabilis for bass sustaining instrument (a.k.a. baritone saxophone) and amplified electric […]

Marathon day approaching rapidly. Tomorrow, as it will unfold in a perfect world:
+ Rehearsal in the morning.
+ Quick, get back to Baltimore to catch Acela to NYC.
+ Arrive NYP @ 2:45pm.
+ E train to 5th Ave / 53rd St.
+ Enter Yamaha Piano Salon.
+ Take out saxophones.
+ Run through music and hope everything works.
+ Eat.
+ Play […]

Two new websites in the works:
www.hybridgrooveproject.com
www.nonzeroduo.com
It’s about bloody time, innit?

Headline sound a little strange? Well, it seems almost impossible to comprehend that the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra has never programmed a work by Philip Glass. One really wonders about that hole in the BSO’s rep list especially because of the way Baltimore (and one very esteemed institution in Baltimore) habitually boasts the fact that Mr. […]

The 21st century musician: “The model player is not just a technical whiz but also a musician who can converse with the public, meld into an ensemble, generate interesting programming ideas, schmooze with donors and teach.”
From Daniel J. Wakin’s feature on the New World Symphony in today’s Times.

Seth Williamson of The Roanoke Times had some nice things to say in his review of Monday’s concert with the Roanoke Symphony Orchestra.