Who Are We?

What is the Hawai'i Saxophone Foundation and the University of Hawai'i Saxophone Choir?
​Check out this short video featuring HSF founder Todd Yukumoto, Hawai'i renown saxophonist Allen Won, and UH Manoa Marching Band Director David Blon.

Educational Scholarship Award


​2020 - 2021 Recipient
Kristen Takamiya

​​2019 - 2020 Recipient
​Charles Whitaker

Hawai'i High School Saxophone Ensemble

Congratulations to the 2018 HHSSE members!
​Directed by Mr. David Hirano
Interested in being a part of this saxophone ensemble? 
Application and Information for the Spring 2019 HHSSE

Masterclasses

The Hawai'i Saxophone Foundation  
​proudly sponsors
Saxophone Masterclasses 
Topics covered range from Classical and Jazz saxophone techniques to instrument care 

Commissioned Work

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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University of Hawai'i Saxophone Choir

The University of Hawai'i Saxophone Choir is now available as MUS410R 

College and Community members welcome! 
​This course is offered only in the Spring Semester.