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PRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE --TACOMA, WASHINGTON, USAJANUARY 2014
CD RELEASE:‘MADE IN TACOMA: NEW CHAMBER MUSIC FOR SAXOPHONE’
LABEL: ALEA RECORDING
CONTACT:[email protected]
Tacoma’s Alea Publishing & Recording announces the January, 2014 release of a new CD recording, ‘Made in Tacoma: New Chamber Music for Saxophone’, featuring saxophonist Erik Steighner.
Erik Steighner has performed with ensembles including the Austin Symphony Orchestra, the Federal Way Symphony, the Northwest Sinfonietta, the San Antonio Symphony, the Tacoma Symphony Orchestra, the Tipping Point Saxophone Quartet, and the Alloy Saxophone Quartet. Steighner has taught at Texas State University and The University of Texas at Austin and is currently saxophone lecturer at Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, Washington.
Steighner has premiered dozens of solo and chamber works for the saxophone and is active as a composer and arranger. He is also featured on CD releases from labels including Albany Records, Mark Custom, Naxos, and Vienna Modern Masters. He holds master’s and doctoral degrees in saxophone performance from The University of Texas at Austin.
This recording, made with the support of the Tacoma Arts Commission’s Artist Initiative Program, features all local composers, performers, and production:
ProductionRecorded August 2013 in Lagerquist Concert Hall, Pacific Lutheran UniversityProducer: Edwin Powell; Sound Engineer: Patrick Colin Wakefield
PerformersErik Steighner: soprano, alto, tenor, and baritone saxophones; Karen Ganz, piano;Zachary Lyman, trumpet; Francine Peterson, bassoon; Evan Smith, alto saxophone;Miho Takekawa, percussion; Fred Winkler, soprano saxophone; Brian Yarkosky,percussion.
ComposersGregory Youtz, Deborah Anderson, Robert Hutchinson, Jeff Tecca,Clement Reid, Erik Steighner.
Complete Details available on the Alea Recording website:http://www.bassclarinet.org/alea/AR008.html