Sunday 8th March 2020

University of Huddersfield St. Paul’s Hall and the

Richard Steinitz Building Huddersfield HD1 3DH

University of Huddersfield

Seventh Annual Saxophone Day

Director: Sarah Markham Special guests:

Charlotte Harding, Amy Green and Vera Fonte. Featuring: Quirk Saxophone Quartet,

University of Huddersfield Saxophone Ensemble, University of Huddersfield Saxophone Day Saxophone Orchestra and Jazz Ensemble.

Welcome to my seventh annual Saxophone Day at the University of Huddersfield. This year we are focussing on the saxophone from its inception to modern day. To celebrate International Women’s Day composer Charlotte Harding and saxophonist Amy Green will present their lecture-recital: 'Over 100 Years of Women and the Saxophone’. For those of you interested in historical and technical developments there will be presentations by Erik Claeys from Selmer and Kerry Long from Vandoren. As well as concerts and talks, you are welcome to play in the Saxophone Day Orchestra and the Jazz Ensemble. Both sessions will be preparing pieces that will feature in the 5:00 pm closing concert. A day like this would not be possible without the help of my saxophone quartet; Quirk. Thanks to Kenneth, Chris, and Sarah for their assistance in organising and running the workshops, and of course, for their friendship and great company. My Saxophone Day requires a lot of support, and I would like to thank my major sponsors: Yamaha, Vandoren, Selmer, and D’Addario Woodwinds. Thank you to the University of Huddersfield’s Centre for Music, Culture and Identity (CMCI) for their support of ‘Over 100 Years of Women and the Saxophone’. Thank you to Saxtet Publications and Forton Music for providing the music for the Saxophone Orchestra, also to Tom at Windstruments for his support, and the staff of the University of Huddersfield. Enjoy the day! www.sarahmarkham.co.uk www.hud.ac.uk/concerts

Programme of Events

10:00 am - 4:45 pm Exhibition Atrium - Richard Steinitz Building

Exhibitions and products by: Yamaha, Vandoren, Selmer, D’Addario Woodwinds, Yanagisawa, Trevor James, Légère Reeds, Rovner Products, Windstruments, Saxtet Publications, Forton Music.

There is also information about the Music and Music Technology Courses at the University of Huddersfield.

Between sessions and concerts feel free to try instruments and accessories, ask advice and browse saxophone music. 10:30 am - 11:30 am Huddersfield Saxophone Day Saxophone Orchestra St. Paul’s Hall

A saxophone ensemble put together on the day, music provided by Saxtet Publications and Forton Music. The pieces we play will form part of the concert at 5:00 pm. 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Concert 'Over 100 Years of Women and the Saxophone’ Phipps Hall

Saxophonist Amy Green and composer/saxophonist Charlotte Harding (with pianist Vera Fonte) celebrate the pioneering female saxophonists, composers and bandleaders who were integral in developing the instrument, art and profession. GoodBye Liza Jayne (1871) - Eddie Fox (Arr. C. Harding) Ave Maria (Opus 52/6) - Franz Schubert (Arr. W. Birtel) Cosmopolitan America March (1904) - Helen May Butler (Arr. C. Harding) Rapsodie (1903) - Claude Debussy Not So Quiet Please (1944) - Sy Oliver (Arr. C. Harding) Chanson et Passepied (1951) - Jeanine Rueff S axop H on E - Charlotte Harding I - Etta II - Bessie III - Helen IV - Ivy V - Amy

Choice of events: Talks: 2:00 pm - 2:30 pm Room G01 Ask anything about saxophone! An open discussion with Sarah Markham and Kenneth Wilkinson (Quirk). 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm Room G01 Kerry Long talks about the history and development of the Vandoren company and its reed products. or Workshop: 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm Jazz Improvisation Phipps Hall Play in an ensemble put together on the day allowing those who wish a chance to improvise. Support and guidance on how to improvise with confidence.

3:30 pm - 4:30 pm Workshop: Charlotte Harding & Amy Green St. Paul’s Hall

Play in an ensemble working on pieces written and arranged by composer Charlotte Harding: Cosmopolitan America March - Helen May Butler Vi - Charlotte Harding

5:00 pm Closing Concert St. Paul’s Hall Director - Sarah Markham Quirk Saxophone Quartet Amy Green and Charlotte Harding University of Huddersfield Saxophone Ensemble Huddersfield Saxophone Day Jazz Ensemble Huddersfield Saxophone Day Saxophone Orchestra University of Huddersfield Saxophone Day Saxophone Orchestra: Toccata - Charles-Marie Widor (arranged by Tom Bruton)

Quirk Saxophone Quartet: Sarajevo - Bosnia and Herzegovina (from Ciudades) - Guillermo Lago Addis Ababa - Ethiopia (from Ciudades) - Guillermo Lago Suite for Saxophone Quartet (movement 1) - Patrick Zimmerli

Charlotte Harding, Amy Green and Quirk Saxophone Quartet: Double Concerto in D minor BWV 1043 (movement 3: Allegro) - J. S. Bach

Amy Green: Two Memorials - Mark Anthony Turnage

Charlotte Harding with Amy Green, Quirk Saxophone Quartet and University of Huddersfield Saxophone Ensemble: Comin' Through The Rye - Trad. (arranged by Charlotte Harding)

Huddersfield Saxophone Day Jazz Ensemble: Cruckle Funk - Chris Jolly

University of Huddersfield Saxophone Day Saxophone Orchestra: Lady Radnor’s Suite - C. H. H. Parry (arranged by Robert Rainford)

Charlotte Harding and Amy Green, Quirk Saxophone Quartet and University of Huddersfield Saxophone Day Saxophone Orchestra: Cosmopolitan America March - Helen May Butler Vi - Charlotte Harding

Sarah Markham Sarah Markham is a highly regarded saxophonist, with a performing, recording, and teaching career spanning over twenty-five years. Vibrant and inspiring, she has performed throughout Europe, North America, and the Far East. Sarah has broadcast live on BBC Radio 3 and Classic FM, and featured in the last eight World Saxophone Congresses. For the last three years Sarah was a featured artist at the International Greek Saxophone Festival, and regularly gives masterclasses at the Athens Conservatoire. Sarah has released numerous CDs of solo and chamber music including; Run, Sing, Fly (Saxophone Classics) Saxophone Recital, James Rae Sonatinas for Saxophone (Prologue) and Simply Four Saxophones by the Adelphi Saxophone Quartet (EMI). Sarah is a founder member of Quirk, a vibrant and innovative saxophone ensemble. She is a member of the Music of Renown Ensemble, musical director of the Yorkshire Saxophone Choir, and director of the annual University of Huddersfield Saxophone Day. Sarah was the wind section winner of the Royal Over-Seas League Music Competition and the Park Lane Group. Her career includes performances as a concerto soloist, and recitalist with: pianist Paul Turner, the Adelphi Saxophone Quartet, the Northern Saxophone Quartet, the Tribune Octet, Equinox and other UK and international collaborations. A highly regarded teacher, Sarah is saxophone tutor at the Royal College of Music junior department, Leeds College of Music and the universities of Huddersfield, Sheffield, York, and Durham. Sarah was the saxophone consultant at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama and regularly conducts master classes and clinics throughout the UK and beyond. Sarah is both a Yamaha Performing Artist and a Vandoren Performing Artist.

Performers

Amy Green Multi-award winning Amy Green is one of the UK’s leading saxophonists. Twice a selected Park Lane Group Artist, she was the first saxophonist to win the Edward & Helen Hague Woodwind Prize, and received the Royal College of Music’s Tagore Gold Medal for the most outstanding student. She has given recitals at the Royal Festival Hall, Royal Albert Hall Elgar Room, Cadogan Hall, St Martin in the Fields, St John’s Smith Square, and in the BBC Proms Plus series broadcast on BBC Radio 3. Amy is the soprano saxophonist in the Laefer Quartet, and saxophonist in the Riot Ensemble and ANIMA. Orchestral work includes the London Symphony Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, English National Opera, Rambert Dance Company, and the Michael Nyman Band. She appeared on the acclaimed Vida Guitar Quartet’s 2017 album Bachianas. As a passionate teacher and educator, Amy is the saxophone teacher at the Purcell School of Music and has given masterclasses and workshops at the Royal Academy of Music, Leeds College of Music, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, the University of Southampton, the University of Aberdeen, and Penn State School of Music. Amy studied at the Royal College of Music with Kyle Horch and at the Paris Conservatoire with Claude Delangle.

Charlotte Harding Charlotte Harding is an award-winning graduate of the Royal College of Music, London where she studied composition with Mark-Anthony Turnage and saxophone with Martin Robertson. Recent projects include composing Them for the BalletBoyz double bill Them/Us, which made its London debut at Sadler’s Wells followed by runs at the Vaudeville Theatre (West End) and Edinburgh Fringe Festival, the Ivor Novello award-winning Convo for massed ensemble which premiered at the Royal Albert Hall, and orchestrating and arranging the music of Barry White for ‘The Love Unlimited Synth Orchestra’ (British Paraorchestra) which premiered at Glastonbury Festival 2019. Works for saxophone include Voyage - a Concerto for Soprano Saxophone (published by Reed Music) which has been performed by eminent saxophonists including Richard Ingham and Gerard McCrystal, and Solstice which was the set piece for the Clarinet and Saxophone Society of Great Britain’s ‘Young Saxophone Soloist Competition 2019.’ Vera Fonte Portuguese pianist Vera Fonte holds a Bachelor in Piano Performance and a Masters in Music Teaching from Universidade do Minho, Portugal. She is at the final stage of her PhD in Performance Science at the Royal College of Music (RCM) in London. Vera has performed solo, with orchestra and in ensemble in Portugal, Serbia, Italy and England. In the contemporary music field she has worked with pianist Andrew Zolinsky, has collaborated with RCM student composers and has premiered several pieces by Portuguese composers. Vera worked as Graduate Teaching Assistant at the Royal College of Music (2015-2018). Currently, she is a Guest Lecturer, Piano Accompanist and Erasmus+ Coordinator at Universidade do Minho, Portugal.

Quirk is a vibrant and flexible saxophone ensemble. Founded in 2015 they have performed as a duo, quartet, sextet, and larger ensemble in collaboration with some of the world’s finest saxophonists, including Claude Delangle, Philippe Geiss, Jérôme Laran, Stathis Mavrommatis and Richard Ingham. They have performed across the UK and internationally, including the World Saxophone Congress in Croatia in 2018, and the International Greek Festival in Larisa. Their innovative recitals present music from the classical saxophone repertoire to jazz and multimedia. Experienced educationalists, their workshops inspire children and adults of all ages to take part and experience all kinds of music making. The Quirk Quartet are: Sarah Markham (soprano), Kenneth Wilkinson (alto), Chris Jolly (tenor) and Sarah Hind (baritone). www.quirkmusic.co.uk

University of Huddersfield Saxophone Ensemble

The University of Huddersfield Saxophone Ensemble meets regularly throughout the academic year. The aim of the group is to develop ensemble playing to a high standard, play a wide range of musical styles, encourage new compositions for the medium and have fun. Alumni of the ensemble have gone on to form their own quartets and ensembles and are now teachers themselves, both as peripatetic woodwind teachers and classroom music teachers.

Members of the ensemble: Soprano saxophone: Abi Walton, Hannah Clewes Alto saxophone: Eleanor Scales, Benjamin Martin, Casey Hollinshead, Katie Richardson Tenor saxophone: Megan Broadly, Jacob Arrowsmith, Lucy Coghlan Baritone saxophone: Lucy Carby, Mark Wheeler

Previous University of Huddersfield Saxophone Days:

2014 special guests Jérôme Laran (France), Equinox Saxophone Ensemble

2015 special guest Lynn Klock (USA)

2016 special guests Philippe Geiss (France), Quirk Saxophone Sextet

2017 special guests Claude Delangle (France), Quirk Saxophone Quartet

2018 special guests Richard Ingham (UK), Quirk Saxophone Quartet

2019 ensembles: Equinox, Yorkshire Saxophone Choir, Quirk Saxophone Quartet

Thank you to my main sponsors:

Many thanks to supporters of the day:

The annual saxophone day would not be possible without the support and assistance of the University of Huddersfield and the Centre for Music, Culture and Identity (CMCI).