Saturday, March 28th in Bezanson Recital Hall
All Audiences Welcome!
Featuring Special Guest Artists:
Adam Larson Otis Murphy Haruko Murphy
Registration Now Open for 2020
On-Site Registration available at all events
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The 38th Annual New England Saxophone Festival & Competition features top-flight classical and jazz guest artists, Otis and Haruko Murphy and Adam Larson, as well as UMass professors, Jonathan Hulting-Cohen and Felipe Salles in concert and clinic. Designed to give lay and professional audiences insight into the inner workings of saxophone performance, the Festival is presented in friendly fashion to one and all. Highlights include:
- 6th Annual Gerry's Music Shop High School Saxophone Competition, featuring some of the Northeast’s brightest saxophone stars.
- College Showcase, featuring high level performers from New England's fantastic saxophone programs.
- New England Saxophone Festival Ensemble, directed by Jonathan Hulting-Cohen, is open to amateur, high school, and collegiate saxophonists of all ages and abilities.
- Clinics by Otis Murphy and Adam Larson
- Hulting-Cohen-Salles joint master class on saxophone fundamentals
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Apply Today for the Jazz and Classical High School solo competitions!
Tickets and Online Registration
Full Symposium Pass: $30 (includes lunch and all events)
Umass Students with ID Free
4pm UMass Faculty Concert: Free and Open to Public
7pm Guest Artist Concert: Free and Open to Public
4+ non-UMass students register for $95 total, including free teacher admission
Felipe Salles- Adam Larson
- Otis Murphy
- Haruko Murphy
Jonathan
Hulting-Cohen
Also Featuring
Nadine Shank
Shigefumi Tomita
Thomas Giampietr
