Arts on Bergen Presents: The Manhattan Saxophone Quartet

Arts on Bergen presents Manhattan Saxophone Quartet, a New York-based, contemporary-classical quartet, specializing in music by New York City Composers.

Manhattan Saxophone Quartet was formed in 2008 and is committed to the highest artistic standards of performance of saxophone quartet music, new and old; its members represent a diverse background of classical, jazz, contemporary, and music theatre traditions. MSQ has performed at the Bruno Walter Auditorium at Lincoln Center, Symphony Space, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Citigroup Center, Yale University, Messiah College, Rutgers University, College of New Jersey, New York University, International Saxophone Symposium (Fairfax, Virginia), and North American Saxophone Alliance regional conference, among other public and collegiate venues. Composer David Froom has remarked that MSQ plays "with both precision and passion, and always with terrific musicianship!" and composer David Noon pronounced "I am continually inspired, in truth, by your quartet's artistry." The quartet has premiered works by Mark Stambaugh, Marc-Antonio Consoli, Robert McMahan, David Noon, Jeffrey Nytch, Quinn Collins, Kyle Tieman-Strauss, and Rex Isenberg among others and can be heard on Carrier Records with the premiere recording of Inhyun Kim’s Saxophone Quartet.

Manhattan Saxophone Quartet
Soprano Saxophone, Dr. Jordan P Smith
Alto Saxophone, Dr. Aaron Patterson
Tenor Saxophone, Dan Kochersberger
Baritone Saxophone, Jay Rattman

150 Years of the Saxophone Quartet

Premiere Quatuor, (1857)……………………………………Jean-Baptiste Singelée
IV.


Quartette (1876)………………………………………………………….Caryl Florio
I.
II.


Ragtime Suite (arr. 1974)……………………………………………Arthur Frackenpohl
I. Pan-Am Rag, Tom Turpin (c.1914)


Andante et Scherzo (1938) …………………………………………....Eugene Bozza


Saxophone Quartet (1995)………………………………………………...Philip Glass
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Saxophone Quartet No.2 (2012)…………………………………………….David Noon
I. Prelude
IV. Lullaby
V. Hornpipe


Raga Basant (2018)………………………………………………………..Barbara Kolb
World Premiere