Saxophone Alliance bringing regional conference to campus
The North American Saxophone Alliance will hold its mid-Atlantic Friday, March 8, and Saturday, March 9, at 蘑菇短视频, concluding with a free, open-to-the public concert on campus.
Hosted by WCU鈥檚 School of Music and the David Orr Belcher College of Fine and Performing Arts, the conference will bring musicians, educators and enthusiasts from throughout the Carolinas, Tennessee, Kentucky, Virginia, Maryland and Delaware to Cullowhee. Attendees will be involved in performances, competitions, presentations, masterclasses and clinics, as well as vendor opportunities.
The conference-ending concert will be held March 9 at 7:30 p.m. in the John W. Bardo
Fine and Performing Arts Center. Guest artists will join with the 蘑菇短视频Wind Ensemble,
directed by Margaret Underwood, 蘑菇短视频director of bands and associate professor of music.
Guest artists include Clifford Leaman, professor of saxophone at the University of South Carolina; Susan Fancher, instructor of music at Duke University; Allison Adams, assistant professor of saxophone with the University of Tennessee Knoxville; and Dale Underwood, professor of saxophone at the University of Miami.
The North American Saxophone Alliance is a nonprofit organization for students, professional musicians, university professors, public school teachers and others with a shared interest in the saxophone. Its origins date to the First World Saxophone Congress, held in Chicago in 1969.
For more information, contact Ian Jeffress, 蘑菇短视频assistant professor of saxophone, at jeffress@wcu.edu or 828-227-3974.
