Christopher Creviston, saxophone (guest artist)

Christopher Creviston, saxophones (guest artists)
Hannah Creviston, piano

Christopher Creviston has performed in venues ranging from Carnegie Hall to the Apollo Theatre and Prince’s Paisley Park. He is respected around the world as a saxophonist with the utmost control and artistry. As soloist and with the Capitol Quartet, he has been featured before some of the most respected ensembles in North America, including the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, the National Symphony Orchestra and the Indianapolis Symphony. He has performed and taught around the globe and has commissioned and premiered many now beloved works in the saxophone repertoire. He has released several critically acclaimed recordings with pianist Hannah Creviston, the Capitol Quartet and guitarist Oren Fader. Now on faculty at Arizona State University, Creviston has held positions at the Crane School of Music, the University of Windsor, and the University of Michigan, and his students have received prizes at international competitions. Creviston is President of the North American Saxophone Alliance.

The program will include:

Concerto, Opus 109 (1934)                     Alexander Glazunov (1865-1936)

Sonata (1984)                                             William Albright (1944-1998)

Two Part Invention
La follia nuova: a lament for George Cacioppo
Scherzo “Will o’the wisp”
Recitative and Mad Dance

the phantom dancer (2017)                   John Anthony Lennon (b. 1950)

Concerto (2016)                                         William Bolcom (b. 1938)

Lively, with humor
Serenade
Shimmy

tickets: $14 general / $10 UH ID, seniors

music students: this concert is eligible for Mus 199 attendance credit