Unfortunately, when I go to a symphony concert, I rarely see a sax
on stage, let alone three. I realize this is a commentary upon the
literature our local symphony (Sacramento, CA) proffers.
Dean
On Jan 29, 2010, at 7:31 PM, John Howell wrote:
At 4:28 PM -0500 1/29/10, Andrew Stiller wrote:
In the orchestra, I would go so far as to say that a complete sax
section (3 players) has become standard for most composers these
days--John Adams comes immediately to mind, but he is far from alone.
That sounds like an important step forward, Andrew, suggesting that
orchestral saxophone may be beginning to come out of the jazz
closet. But there's a significant difference between living
composers including saxes in their orchestral scores--which is
certainly their privilege--and orchestras having regular, permanent
chairs for professional sax specialists, and I suspect that THAT is
where things are going to lag behind. Being on an orchestra
manager's depth chart for occasional hiring is not at all the same
as having a regular contract and a regular chair.
John
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Virginia Tech Department of Music
College of Liberal Arts & Human Sciences
Blacksburg, Virginia, U.S.A. 24061-0240
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