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NEW HUDSON SAXOPHONE QUARTET New Hudson Saxophone Quartet
Formed in
1987, the New Hudson Saxophone Quartet (NHQ) is dedicated to serious concert
presentations of the saxophone quartet repertoire. Tonal purity and refinement
and intimate musical rapport are hallmarks of NHQ performances. In addition to
Flagello's Concerto Sinfonico, the quartet has recorded the Saxophone
Concerto by Calvin Hampton, and has appeared with the Charleston Symphony,
Long Island Philharmonic, and the Greenwich (Connecticut) Symphony. The NHQ can
be heard on recordings for the Sonari, Eclectic, and Arizona University labels.
Paul
Cohen (soprano
saxophone) has appeared as soloist with the Group for Contemporary Music, and
with many of America's leading orchestras. He has recorded with such diverse
groups as the Cleveland Symphonic Winds, Quintet of the Americas, the Philharmonia Virtuosi, Paul Winter Consort, and North-South Consonance, and is
currently on the faculties of the Manhattan School of Music, Oberlin
Conservatory, NYU, Montclair State, and Rutgers University.
Avi
Goldrosen (alto
saxophone) has been featured soloist with a variety of orchestras in the New York metropolitan area. He has also performed with the New Juilliard Ensemble, the New
Jersey Saxophone Ensemble, and tours with the New York Theater Ballet.
David
Demsey (tenor
saxophone) has performed with leading classical ensembles, as well as appearing
with some of the leading jazz artists of our time. His essay Improvisation
and Concepts of Virtuosity appears in the Oxford Companion to Jazz,
and he has written two books on composer Alec Wilder. He is Professor of Music
and Coordinator of Jazz Studies at William Paterson University.
Tim
Ruedeman (baritone
saxophone) has appeared with both symphony orchestras and new music ensembles.
He is a founding member of the contemporary chamber ensemble Flexible Music,
and is currently on the faculties of NYU, William Paterson University, and C.W. Post/Long Island University.
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