Concertante for Alto Sax & Band Op. 42 by Clare Grundman

Phil age 16 and the winner of the Youth Wind Orchestra of Wisconsin concerto competition at Carroll University in Waukesha, Wisconsin. He performs "Concertante for Alto Saxophone and Band Op. 42" by Clare Grundman. This concerto was written for saxophonist Dale Underwood.

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• classical
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• clare
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• dale
• underwood
• phillip
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[howtokillarockstar]

wow, I guess Im super late, but dear you sound nice[: Im an alto player mysef, how old are you in this video?

[saxophoney]

I was 16, which was three years ago. This was the performance of the first concerto competition I'd won. I had the chance to perform it one other time for another concerto competition two years later.Thanks for listening and for commenting.

[martin10pb]

Hey Phil great job at this solo. I was wondering if you knew where i could find a recording of this to download to my Zune??

[saxophoney]

The only recording I've heard is by Dale Underwood. The piece was dedicated to him by Clare Grundman. His CD is on his web site, but I don't know if you can get it as an mp3 download off of Amazon or some place like that. You'd need to search it. Thanks for listening.

[BrOwNdillon]

Amazing performance. What kind of horn is that?

[saxophoney]

I play a Selmer Mark vi, with a Selmer s90-180 mouth piece and Vandoren blue 3.5 reeds. It plays really well for me. Thanks for listening!

[saxophoney]

Thanks a lot. I play on a Selmer Mark vi

[saxophoney]

My teacher always strived to work on musicality, tone, and emotion. Once the technical part is there, the notes need to turn into "music" . A machine can play the notes and 'we sing through our horns' he says. I've listened to Londeix and Rousseau a lot and try to emulate the beauty of their sound. Thanks for the nice comments!

[mongooserider90]

hi phil. as a former alto saxophone player and now a tenor player, i can really appreciate your sound. its really good! Actually i am critiquing this piece for my midterm in band. Our teacher reccommended it to the saxes to critique. Would you mind telling me what things you did to improve your sound and technical so you could play the way you did. in other words, what did you focus on???