SAXOPHONE                   

Dr Goranson's Saxophone Performances (For recent and upcoming bassoon performances, please see the bassoon studio page)

5/24-26/2008  Adjudicator, UIL State Solo & Ensemble Competition, Austin, TX.

4/21/08 Saxophone Masterclass at Oklahoma State University.  Performance of Lemelland Divertissement for ASax/Cl/Fl with Triforia Winds

4/26/08 TAMU-C Jazz Ensemble, "The Mane Attraction".  Swing into Spring!  Saturday, April 26th at 7:30 pm.  TAMU-C Concert Hall, Commerce, TX.

2/21/08  Faculty Solo Saxophone Recital at 7:30 pm in the Concert Hall. 

2007

10/28/07 "NAZZ JAZZ".  Big Band performance.  7 p.m at Richardson Church of the Nazarene. 

10/23/07 Dallas Wind Symphony.  "Mackey's Back".  Program includes the World Premiere of John Mackey's "Concerto for Soprano Saxophone and Wind Ensemble" (Dr. G will be playing contrabassoon on this one, but you should still come!). 8 pm at the Meyerson Hall in Dallas, TX.

10/20/07 Tenor Saxophone, Plano Symphony Orchestra.  Soloist for Ravel: Bolero (on tenor saxophone AND bassoon).  8 pm at the Eisemann Center, Richardson, TX.

9/10/07 TAMU-C Faculty Showcase Recital.  Performance of Bozza Improvisation et Caprice .  September 10th at 8 pm at tje TAMU-C Concert Hall in Commerce, TX.

Saxophone Master Class.  August 8th at 1 PM.  Conservatorio de Musica de Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Puerto Rico Trip:  TAMU-C Faculty Guest Recital, featuring performances with Triforia and a solo performance of Bozza Improvisation et Caprice.  August 9th at 8 PM.  Conservatorio de Música de Puerto Rico,  San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Greenville Follies.  Alto Saxophone.  April 20th & 21st @ 8PM.  City Hall, Greenville, TX. 

Shreveport Symphony Orchestra- Master Series: Simply Sinatra.  Alto Saxophone.  March 3rd @ 7:30PM.  Shreveport Civic Center, Shreveport, LA.

Texas A&M University-Commerce.  Jazz Ensemble Concert.  March 29th at 7:30PM, Ferguson Auditorium.

Alto Saxophone for chamber performance of "Shaken, Not Stirred" by Benedikt Brydern.  North American Premiere.  February 3rd @ 7PM, Mount Vernon Music Hall, Mount Vernon, TX

Alto Saxophone for chamber performance "Shaken, Not Stirred" by Benedikt Brydern.  February 6th @ 7:30 PM at the University of North Texas Recital Hall, Denton, TX

Color of Sound Series.  Alto Saxophone for chamber performance of "Shaken, Not Stirred" by Benedikt Brydern.  February 12th @ 7:30 PM at the Texas A&M University-Commerce Concert Hall.

To learn more about film-score composer Benedikt Brydern, visit his website at http://www.consordino.com/

Dallas Wind Symphony, Tenor Saxophone.  Run-out concert in Mt. Pleasant.  Program included Grainger Lincolnshire Posey and Holst First Suite.

OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Congratulations to TAMU-C saxophonist Loren Gray, who graduated in Spring 2008 with a B.S. in Music Education.

Check out what the North Texas E-News had to say about recent graduate Kenneth Thompson:

http://www.ntxe-news.com/cgi-bin/artman/exec/view.cgi?archive=12&num=28830