Halfway through the writing of this post, I learned that Jean-Marie Londeix had passed away at the age of ninety-two. I was deep into two resources which I regard as saxophone encyclopedias; trustworthy tomes that I find myself drawn back to again and again. The first is Londeix’s 2003 version of A Comprehensive Guide to […]
Gino Nobili
Gino Nobili—Music Lab—Downsview—636-8722 Name—Business—Place—Phone number Valuable information printed neatly but with style on the cover of my copy of Intermediate Method Saxophone by J. E. Skornicka. (I must have been into my second blue Rubank method before repairs were required.) I was probably thirteen or fourteen. Life was a highway. My dad could sail the […]
Julia Nolan
Julia Nolan is someone I have admired from a distance. The first occurrence was twenty-six years ago, six rows back and eighteen seats in. I saw her perform the Heiden Sonata on the stage of Pollack Hall at McGill University for the Hommage à Gerald Danovitch concert. In Canada, a country of regions, Julia is […]
Try
I find myself at the end of an interesting journey. I’ve been poking my nose into what’s happening in academia; probing the scholarly work of today’s saxophonists. The book in question is The Legacy of Elise Hall: Contemporary Perspectives on Gender and the Saxophone, edited by Kurt Bertels and Adrianne Honnold, published by Leuven University […]
Castles Made of Sand
This is the sixth blog post in a projected series reviewing The Legacy of Elise Hall: Contemporary Perspectives on Gender and the Saxophone, edited by Kurt Bertels and Adrianne Honnold, published by Leuven University Press, 2024. This post focuses on the fifth chapter, or the first of two chapters in Part III labelled Beyond Elise […]
Spirits In The Material World
This is the fifth blog post in a projected series reviewing The Legacy of Elise Hall: Contemporary Perspectives on Gender and the Saxophone, edited by Kurt Bertels and Adrianne Honnold, published by Leuven University Press, 2024. This post focuses on the fourth chapter, or the second of two chapters in Part II labelled Critical Organology […]