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The Recital program will feature original works by Sally Beamish, Stephen Dankner and an American Premiere by Ol’ga Kroupova. The music of Mozart will also be featured in two transcriptions arranged by quartet member Steffen Hass. (music from The Magic Flute and the

String Quartet in G Major, K 387)

 

SUNY Fredonia saxophone students of Dr. Wildy Zumwalt and Dr. Diane Hunger will perform for members of Tetrphonics in two back-to-back Masterclasses.

MASTERCLASSES:

Friday, March 2, 2018

5:00 PM Diers Recital Hall

6:00 PM 1080 Mason Hall

ALL EVENTS ARE FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

 

TETRAPHONICS

Since its founding in 1994, Tetraphonics has premiered many compositions specifically written for the quartet by composers Christian Banasik, Michael Denhoff, Willy Giefer, Enjott Schneider, Stefan Thomas and Frank Zabel. Tetraphonics interprets original compositions of the 20th and 2!st century, such as works by I. Xenakis, T. Keuris, Ph. Glass, etc. in addition to works of the classical quartet repertoire, such as compositions by Glazunov, Bozza, Desenclos, etc., as well as transcriptions from older periods and adaptions of swing, jazz and latin, such as works by Gershwin, Weill, Bernstein and Piazolla. In trying to reach the edge of the saxophone's almost unlimited possibilities, Tetraphonics has also been engaged in projects of quartet music with dance, recitations and music theater.

Through their different musical backgrounds, Steffen Hass (soprano saxophone), Elmar Frey (alto saxophone), Volker Ax (tenor saxophone) and Noah Bedrin (baritone saxophone) come together to form a well-balanced and homogeneous unity. They studied at various universities and colleges in the USA, the Netherlands and Germany. As freelance musicians, they also have appeared in the leading orchestras throughout Germany, such as the Gürzenich Orchester Cologne, the Orchestra of the Beethovenhalle Bonn, the Bochum Symphony, the Orchestra of the Staatstheater Darmstadt, and the Freiburg Philharmonic, as well as  symphony orchestras of several radio stations, such as Südwestfunk, Sender Freies Berlin, Radio Orchestra Cologne, the Big Band of the West German Radio, the King of Swing Orchestra and many others.

Tetraphonics is sponsored in part by the Goethe-Institut Germany

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  • Michael Rowe
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