43rd International Saxophone Symposium - Concert Band

Join your United States Navy Band at the 43rd International Saxophone Symposium! The Concert Band will take the stage in celebration of saxophone music Jan. 13, 2023, at 8 p.m. at George Mason University Center for the Arts. The program includes works by Stacy Garrop, Philip Glass, Christopher Buchanan, and a world premiere by Ellen Taaffe Zwillich. Soloists include Robert Young, Quatuor Habanera and the Navy Band's own Chief Musician Dana Booher.

The International Saxophone Symposium is a venue to hear new performers and compositions for saxophone. To learn more about its rich history, please visit https://www.navyband.navy.mil/saxophone/history.

Program -

Motu - Chief Musician Christopher Buchanan

Concerto for Alto Saxophone and Wind Ensemble - Ellen Taaffe Zwilich
I. Conversations
II. Lamentation
III. Games
Featuring: Chief Musician Dana Booher, alto saxophone

Quicksilver - Stacy Garrop
I. Antics of a Newborn God
II. Guiding Souls to the Underworld
III. Messenger of Olympus
Featuring: Robert Young, saxophone

Concerto for Saxophone Quartet
Philip Glass, arr. David Vickerman
I. quarter note= 116
II. quarter note= 144
III. quarter note= 104
IV. quarter note= 144
Featuring: Quatuor Habanera

Armed Forces on Parade - Richard Hayman

Sir Patrick - Philippe Geiss