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The University of Hawai'i Saxophone Choir

Now available as a class credit at The University of Hawai'i at Manoa!
Spring 2019 MUS410R (1 Credit)

The University of Hawai'i Saxophone Choir Concert 

Monday, March 2, 2020
​7:30pm Orvis Auditorium

 The UH Saxophone Choir celebrates its 24th season with the largest group in its history. This concert will feature Hawaii’s young talent including the Kawananakoa Middle School Saxophone Quartet, the Pearl City High School Saxophone Quintet and the Hawaii High School Saxophone Ensemble. 
The UHSC is excited to include special guest artists Allan & Megan Ward, Guy Lum, Arex Ikehara, and legendary saxophonist Allen Won.



TICKETS
 $12 general admission $8 Seniors, UH Faculty/Staff/Students UHM music majors FREE 
Phone: 808-95-MUSIC 
Purchase at the door or on the web at: https://manoa.hawaii.edu/music/event

News and Events

Highlights from Saxophone Masterclass with Allen Won

March 20, 2018
Kalani High School Band Room

Hearing and Instrument Care Masterclass

Sept. 3, 2018 6:30pm
Moanalua Middle School Band Room
Free Admission

Jazz Masterclass

May 17, 2018 6:30 pm
​Moanalua Middle School Band Room
​Free Admission
Upcoming Events

What We Do
 Provide Instruments and Equipment 

Highlights from the
​2018 Hawai'i High School Saxophone Ensemble 
Students from six high schools on Oahu committed to rehearsals on Sunday mornings with Director David Hirano. Mr. Hirano also taught numerous masterclasses covering reeds, embouchure, tongue position, air support, posture, and instrument carriage. They performed two pieces at the UH Saxophone Choir Concert on March 18, 2018 and performed the last piece together with the college and community members. 
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This newly created High School Saxophone Ensemble was developed and sponsored by the Hawai'i Saxophone Foundation. We are very grateful for the large participation and for a very successful ensemble. We hope to continue this program in the years to come! Congratulations to all these talented young saxophonists!

Watch Now

 Blur is the first piece commissioned by the Hawaii Saxophone Foundation. Composed by UH Professor Thomas Osborne he describes his piece as a reflection between music and the visual arts.

“Whether one is composing a new piece or taking a photograph, one must consider some of the same basic principles: proportion, color and form. Many of my favorite photographs using long exposures, photos in which the tail lights of a passing car may paint vivid red streaks across the frame.”
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Blur is a sonic attempt to recreate those effects through sweeping long tones across the texture like crisscrossing beams of color juxtaposed to undulating rhythms and sonorities.

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