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Kenneth Tse and Rock Me!

Barry — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 16:42:15 +0000

Many thanks to American saxophonist Kenneth Tse for performing my solo saxophone piece ‘Rock Me‘ on his recent masterclass and recital tour.

April 24-27, 2010
Concert and master class tour:
April 25th Andrea’s Music Salon, Philadelphia
April 26th George Mason University, Fairfax, VA
April 27th University of Delaware, Newark, DE

Kenneth is planning to play the piece a few more times this year:

June 28-July 3, 2010
14th International Saxophone Meeting, Nova Gorica, Slovenia

July 30-August 1, 2010
Hong Kong International Saxophone Workshop and Recital, Hong Kong

August 6-8, 2010
Melbourne University and Monash University Masterclasses and recitals, Melbourne, Australia

August 10-13, 2010
Master class at Sydney Conservatorium of Music, Sydney, Australia

Rock Me!

Barry — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 06:34:15 +0000

I have just finished the score for my composition Rock Me! It is now available for sale through Reed Music (look under advanced tab). I wrote this piece at the end of 2007 when I was undertaking a residency at the Banff Centre for the Arts. As with many of my pieces I started out with an improvisation and gradually shaped it into a permanent unchanging composition. You can have a listen to one of the first iterations of the piece from the first performance in 2007. I have mostly played the piece on alto, but it works very well on tenor too – any sax should be fine. It is a little more difficult than I first intended, especially looking at the score but it fits under the fingers with no great complications. Perhaps the most difficult aspect of the piece is the rapid tonguing and the relentless nature of the piece.

I performed this piece in its near final form at the World Saxophone Congress in Bangkok in July and was pleased that Kenneth Tse was able to attend the performance. I wrote the piece for Kenneth and look forward to hearing his first performance of it.

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Barry — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 15:00:40 +0000

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