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2019
Upcoming performances
• March 8, 9, 10 (Friday, Saturday, Sunday)
7:30pm, 8:00pm, 2:30pm
Madison Symphony
Orchestra
Overture Center for the Arts
201 State St, Madison, WI 53703,
An American in Paris by George Gershwin
(alto saxophone)
John DeMain, Conductor
•March 20 (Wednesday)
8:30pm
Fulcrum Point New Music Project
Constellation
3111 N Western, Chicago, IL 60618
A Page of Madness
(sopranino, soprano, alto, tenor, baritone saxophones and recorder) with Fulcrum Point ensemble improvised music to the 1926 Japanese Silent Film “A Page of Madness”)
In partnership with Asian Improv arts Midwest
The most modern and experimental Japanese silent film to survive the fire bombings of WWII, A Page of Madness throws the viewer into a maelstrom of hallucinations and obsession, and easily stands way out amongst its kabuki and jidai-geki silent contemporaries. The partly composed, partly improvised electroacoustic music will be performed live by Fulcrum Point’s virtuoso musicians led by Tatsu Aoki and Stephen Burns.
• April 6 and 7 (Saturday and Sunday)
8:05pm Saturday and 2:05pm Sunday
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra
Riverside Theater
116 W Wisconsin Ave, Milwaukee, WI 53203, United States
Film music with The Little Mermaid synced to the movie
(soprano, alto, and tenor saxophones)
• April 21 (Sunday)
(Sunday)
10:00am
First Congregational Church of Lagrange
100 S. 6th ave.
LaGrange IL. 60525
Easter service with saxophone, organ and voices
•May 3, 4, 5 (Friday, Saturday,
Sunday)
8:00pm Friday and Saturday and 2:30pm Sunday
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra
Marcus Center-Performing Arts
929 N Water St.
Milwaukee, WI 53202
Pops concert: Nat and Natalie
(alto and baritone saxophones)
• September 2019
Location and time TBA
Body Electric
Program featuring contemporary electro-acoustic music with saxophone
Versiras by R. A. Falesch for sopranino saxophone and electronic soundtrack
Plexus by Arturo Fuentes for tenor saxophone and electronic soundtrack
Birdsong by J. Ruthrauff for sopranino saxophone and electronic soundtrack
Music for Alto Saxophone and electronic soundtrack by Pablo Furman
Lisboa, Tramway 28 by Elzbieta Sikora for soprano and alto saxophone (one player) with soundtrack
2019
Past
performances
• March 1 (Friday)
DePaul University
Holtschneider Performance Center
Gannon Concert Hall
2330 North Halsted Street, Chicago, Il. 60614
Tenor Madness!
Program featuring contemporary concert music for tenor saxophone including a world premiere of Mischa Zupko’s new work for tenor saxophone and piano through a commission from the Contemporary Tenor Repertoire Initiative. Mischa Zupko will be be performing on piano.
May this Bliss Never end by Jacob TV for tenor saxophone, piano and video
Hard by Christian Lauba for solo tenor saxophone
Plexus by Arturo Fuentes for tenor saxophone with live electronics and soundtrack
Episode Quatrieme by Betsy Jolas
Spectrum by Jeremy Ruthrauff
From the Skyline for tenor saxophone and piano by Mischa Zupko (world premiere as part of the Contemporary Tenor Repertoire Initiative)
•February 28 (Wednesday)
7:00pm
Chicago Philharmonic Orchestra side by side
Mentor Program Performance with Old Orchard Jr. High School
Old Orchard Junior High School
9310 Kenton Avenue
Skokie, IL 60076
• February 15 (Friday)
7:30pm
Chicago Opera Theatre
DePaul University
Holtschneider Performance Center
Gannon Concert Hall
2330 North Halsted Street, Chicago, Il. 60614
The Life and Death of Allen Turing (workshop performance of this new opera)
(alto and baritone saxophones)
2018
Past
performances
•December 19 (Saturday)
7:30pm
Fulcrum Point New Music Project
Annual Concert for Peace
Harris Theatre
205 E Randolph St, Chicago, IL 60601
The Americans by Scott Johnson
(soprano and tenor saxophones with viola, clarinet/bass clarinet, piano, electric guitar, electric bass, drums/percussion)
and
The Price of Peace (Oratorio for JuJu Exchange-jazz quartet, saxophone, strings, guitar, chorus)
•November 28 (Wednesday)
7:30pm
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra
Marcus Center-Performing Arts
929 N Water St.
Milwaukee, WI 53202
Pops concert with Megan Hilty
(alto saxophone)
•November 23 (Friday)
7:30pm
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra
Marcus Center-Performing Arts
929 N Water St.
Milwaukee, WI 53202
Love Actually (original film score performed live with the movie)
(tenor saxophone)
•November 15 (Thursday)
7:00pm
Chicago Philharmonic Orchestra side by side
Mentor Program Performance with
University of Illinois Chicago College Prep. Academy
Chicago, IL 60608
1231 S Damen Ave, Chicago, IL 60608
(alto saxophone)
•November 8 (Thursday)
7:30pm
Fulcrum Point New Music Project
¡Revolución!
Mexican Centre for Music and the Sonic Arts (CMMAS) in Morelia, Mexico
Mexican Premiere of Grain Junctions by Javier Alvarez for tenor saxophone, trumpet, electric bass, piano, percussion and live electronics
Plexus for tenor saxophone with live electronics and soundtrack by Arturo Fuentes
Time Wave Zero by Jorge Sosa for tenor saxophone, trumpet, bass, piano, percussion and live electronics
•October 29 (Friday)
7:30pm
Fulcrum Point New Music Project
Constellation
3111 N Western, Chicago, IL 60618
¡Revolución!
World Premiere of Grain Junctions by Javier Alvarez for tenor saxophone, trumpet, electric bass, piano, percussion and live electronics
Plexus for tenor saxophone with live electronics and soundtrack by Arturo Fuentes
Time Wave Zero by Jorge Sosa for tenor saxophone, trumpet, bass, piano, percussion and live electronics
• October 27 (Saturday)
7:30pm
Rockford Symphony
Orchestra
Coronado Theatre
314 North Main Street,
Rockford, Illinois 61101
Romeo and Juliet by Serge Prokofiev
(tenor saxophone)
Steven Larsen, conductor
• October 20 (Saturday)
5:30pm
Illinois Philharmonic
Orchestra
377 Artists Walk
Park Forest, IL 60466
American in Paris by George Gershwin
(tenor saxophone)
Stilian Kirov, conductor
• September 28, 29, 30 (Friday, Saturday, Sunday)
7:30pm, 8:00pm, 2:30pm
Madison Symphony
Orchestra
Overture Center for the Arts
201 State St, Madison, WI 53703,
Romeo and Juliet by Serge Prokofiev
(tenor saxophone)
John DeMain, Conductor
• July 11 (Thursday)
8:00pm.
Grant Park Symphony Orchestra
Jay Pritzker Pavilion, 201 E. Randolph Street, Millennium Park, Chicago, IL 60601
Music of the Silver Screen
Prokofiev Lt. Kije Suite
Robinhood music by Korngold
An American in Paris by George Gershwin
(tenor saxophone)
Vinay Parameswaran, conductor
•June 21 (Thursday)
6:00pm
Fulcrum Point New Music Project
Discoveries Series part of the Make Music Chicago Festival
Fine Arts Building
410 S. Michigan Ave Suite 943, Chicago IL 60605, Uniters States
Dissolve for two alto saxophones by Keaton Garrett
The Spiral for soprano saxophone, alto saxophone, two electric guitars and piano by Frank Nawrot
•June 9 (Saturday)
7:30pm
June 10 (Sunday)
2:30pm
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra
Marcus Center-Performing Arts
929 N Water St.
Milwaukee, WI 53202
West Side Story by Leonard Bernstein (original film score performed live with the movie)
(alto saxophone)
William Eddins, conductor
•May 31 (Thursday)
7:00pm
Chicago Philharmonic Orchestra side by side
Mentor Program Performance with Benito Juarez Community Academy
450 W Cermak Rd
Chicago, IL 60608
(alto saxophone)
•May 25, and 26 (Friday, Saturday)
8:00pm
May 27 (Sunday)
2:30pm
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra
Marcus Center-Performing Arts
929 N Water St.
Milwaukee, WI 53202
Patriotic Pops
(alto and baritone saxophones)
• May 8 (Tuesday)
7:30pm
Chicago Soundings
Queen of Angels Catholic Church
2330 West Sunnyside avenue
Chicago, Illinois 60625
Speechscape by Janice Misurell-Mitchell
(alto saxophone)
• May 4 (Friday)
8:00pm
New Music DePaul
DePaul University Concert Hall
800 West Belden ave.
Chicago, IL 60614
Night Bird by Karen Tanaka for alto saxophone and soundtrack
Birdsong by Jeremy Ruthrauff for sopranino saxophone and soundtrack
Ku Ku by Barry Cockcroft for soprano saxophone
• April 28 (Saturday)
7:30pm
Rockford Symphony
Orchestra
Coronado Theatre
314 North Main Street,
Rockford, Illinois 61101
On the Town and
Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
by Leonard Bernstein
Stephen Larsen, conductor
(alto saxophone)
•April 24 (Tuesday)
12:00pm
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra
Marcus Center-Performing Arts
929 N Water St.
Milwaukee, WI 53202
West Side Story by Leonard Bernstein (Cool)
(alto saxophone)
Yaniv Dinur, conductor
• April 12 (Thursday)
Burn
for solo alto saxophone and
wind ensemble by Thomas Bough
(solo alto saxophone)
with Lyons Township High School
Wind Ensemble
Lyons Township High School
100 South Brainard
LaGrange, Illinois 60025
Mark Dahl, Conductor
•April 10 (Tuesday)
1:30pm
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra
open rehearsal
Bay View High School
2751 S Lenox St, Milwaukee, WI 53207
West Side Story by Leonard Bernstein (Cool)
Yaniv Dinur, conductor
(Alto saxophone)
•March 8 and 9 (Friday, Saturday)
11:15am on Friday and Saturday at 8:00pm
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra
Marcus Center-Performing Arts
929 N Water St.
Milwaukee, WI 53202
Rhapsody in Blue by George Gershwin (alto saxophone)
•March 2, 3, 4 (Friday, Saturday, Sunday)
8pm one Friday and Saturday and 2:30pm on Sunday
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra
Marcus Center-Performing Arts
929 N Water St.
Milwaukee, WI 53202
Bump by Christopher Rouse (baritone saxophone)
•February 21 (Wednesday)
7:00pm
Chicago Philharmonic Orchestra side by side
Mentor Program Performance with Old Orchard Jr. High School
Old Orchard Junior High School
9310 Kenton Avenue
Skokie, IL 60076
Olympic Fanfare (Curnow), The Red Balloon (McGinty), Grand Finale (Bach/Kinyon), Flourish for Wind Band (Vaughn Williams), Stone Mountain Fantasy (Huckeby), Finale From Firebird (Stravinski/Story)
• Joffrey Ballet
Auditorium Theatre
50 East Congress Pkwy
Chicago, IL 60605
Rubric by Phillip Glass
(tenor saxophone)
Wed. 2/7/18 at 7:30 pm, Fri. 2/9/18 at 7:30pm, Sat. 2/10/18 at 2:00 pm, Sat. 2/10/18 at 7:30 pm, Sun. 2/11/18 at 2:00 pm, Thurs. 2/15/18 at 7:30 pm, Fri. 2/16/18 at 7:30 pm, Sat. 2/17/18 2:00 pm, Sat. 2/17/18 at 7:30 pm, Sun. 2/18/18 at 2:00 pm
• January 21
3:00pm (Sunday)
Harper College Faculty Recital
William Rainey Harper College
Performing Arts Center
1200 W. Algonquin Road
Palatine, IL 60067
Birdsongs
Night Bird by Karen Tanaka
for alto saxophone and soundtrack
Tsuru No Sugomori
(Tenderness of Cranes)
traditional shakuhachi piece
transcribed by J. Ruthrauff
for solo soprano saxophone
Birdsong by
Jeremy Ruthrauff
for sopranino saxophone
and soundtrack
Ku Ku by Barry Cockcroft
for soprano saxophone
Wings by Joan Tower
for solo alto saxophone
Abime des Oiseaux
by Olivier Messiaen
(Abyss of Birds
from Quartet
for the End of Time)
for solo alto saxophone
The Garden of Love
by Jacob TV
for soprano saxophone,
soundtrack and video
(soprano saxophone)
• January 14
7:00pm (Sunday)
DePaul University Faculty Recital
DePaul University Recital Hall
804 West Belden ave.
Chicago, IL 60614
Birdsongs
Night Bird by Karen Tanaka
for alto saxophone and soundtrack
Tsuru No Sugomori
(Tenderness of Cranes)
traditional shakuhachi piece
transcribed by J. Ruthrauff
for solo soprano saxophone
Birdsong by
Jeremy Ruthrauff
for sopranino saxophone
and soundtrack
Ku Ku by Barry Cockcroft
for soprano saxophone
Wings by Joan Tower
for solo alto saxophone
Abime des Oiseaux
by Olivier Messiaen
(Abyss of Birds
from Quartet
for the End of Time)
for solo alto saxophone
The Garden of Love
by Jacob TV
for soprano saxophone,
soundtrack and video
(soprano saxophone)
2017
Past
performances
• December 17 (Sunday)
3:00m
Rockford Symphony
Orchestra
Coronado Theatre
314 North Main Street,
Rockford, Illinois 61101
Holiday Pops Concert
(tenor saxophone)
• December 16 (Saturday)
7:30pm
Rockford Symphony
Orchestra
Coronado Theatre
314 North Main Street,
Rockford, Illinois 61101
Holiday Pops Concert
(tenor saxophone)
•November 15 (Wednesday)
10:00am
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra
Marcus Center-Performing Arts
929 N Water St.
Milwaukee, WI 53202
Prokofiev Suite from Romeo and Juliet (tenor saxophone)
•November 14 (Tuesday)
10am and 11:30am
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra
Marcus Center-Performing Arts
929 N Water St.
Milwaukee, WI 53202
Prokofiev Suite from Romeo and Juliet (tenor saxophone)
• October 25 (Tuesday) at 4:00pm and 6:00pm. Musicians from the Chicago Sinfonietta
Chicago Architectural Biennial Exposition
Garfield Park Conservatory
300 N. Central Park Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60624
De Aere/Concerning Air by Veronika Krausas
A walking meditation for quartet Text by Hildegard von Bingen for voice, flute, tenor saxophone and trombone
costumes (sound suites) designed by Ana Prvački
(tenor saxophone)
• October 6 and 7 (Friday at 10am and Saturday at 7:30)
Rockford Symphony Orchestra
Orchestra
Coronado Theatre
314 North Main Street,
Rockford, Illinois 61101
Pictures at an Exhibition by Modest Mussorgsky/Ravel
(alto saxophone)
• October 2 (Monday)
7:00pm
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Music Now Contemporary Music Series
Harris Theater
205 E Randolph Dr
Chicago, IL 60601
No Let Up by Mark-Anthony Turnage
(soprano saxophone)
• September 22, 23 (Friday, Saturday)
8:00 pm
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra
Marcus Center-Performing Arts
929 N Water St.
Milwaukee, WI 53202
La Creation du Monde by Darius Milhaud
and
Symphonic Dances by Sergei Rachmaninoff
(alto saxophone)
Jeffrey Kahane, Conductor
• September 13 at 4:00pm, September 15 at 10:30am, September 16 at 2:00pm (Wednesday, Friday, Saturday)Musicians from the Chicago Sinfonietta
Chicago Architectural Biennial Exposition
Garfield Park Conservatory
300 N. Central Park Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60624
De Aere/Concerning Air by Veronika Krausas
A walking meditation for quartet Text by Hildegard von Bingen for voice, flute, tenor saxophone and trombone
costumes (sound suites) designed by Ana Prvački
(tenor saxophone)
• August 13 (Sunday)
6:00pm.
Chicago Philharmonic Orchestra
South Shore Cultural Center
7059 S. South Shore Dr. Chicago, Illinois 60649
Side by Side performance with community musicians and musicians from the Chicago Philharmonic
(alto saxophone)
• August 5 (Saturday)
6:00pm.
Chicago Philharmonic Orchestra
Humbolt Park Boathouse
1400 N. Sacramento Ave Chicago, Illinois 60622
Side by Side performance with community musicians and musicians from the Chicago Philharmonic
(alto saxophone)
• July 14 (Friday)
6:30pm.
July 15 (Saturday)
7:30pm
Grant Park Symphony Orchestra
Jay Pritzker Pavilion, 201 E. Randolph Street, Millennium Park, Chicago, IL 60601
Symphonia Domestica by Richard Strauss
(alto saxophone)
• June 24 (Saturday)
6:00pm.
Chicago Philharmonic Orchestra
Columbus Park Refectory
5701 W Jackson Blvd Chicago, IL 60644
Side by Side performance with community musicians and musicians from the Chicago Philharmonic
(alto saxophone)
• June 16 (Friday)
11:15am
June 17 (Saturday
8:00p
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra
Marcus Center-Performing Arts
929 N Water St.
Milwaukee, WI 53202
Pictures at an Exhibition by Mussorgsky/Ravel
(alto saxophone)
• June 4 (Sunday)
7:30pm
Guest artist with the Fine Arts String Quartet
opening event for the annual
Milwaukee Summer Evenings of Music Festival
Helene Zelazo Center for the Performing Arts
2419 E. Kenwood Blvd.
Milwaukee, WI 5321
Quintet for Alto Saxophone and String Quartet by Adolph Busch
(alto saxophone)
• May 17 (Wednesday)
6:00pm
Fulcrum Point New Music Project:
Discoveries Program featuring new music by emerging composers
Fine Arts Building Suite 833
Chicago, Illinois 60605
Out Of My League by Logan Rutledge
(two soprano saxophones)
• May 15 (Monday)
7:30pm
Chicago Sinfonietta
Symphony Center
220 S Michigan Ave.
Chicago, IL 60604
American in Paris and Rhapsody in Blue by George Gershwin
(tenor saxophone)
• May 12 (Friday)
8:00pm
Chicago Sinfonietta
Wentz Concert Hall
North Central College
171 E. Chicago Ave
Naperville, IL 60540
American in Paris and Rhapsody in Blue by George Gershwin
(tenor saxophone)
• May 11 (Wednesday)
5:30pm
Fulcrum Point New Music Project:
Thursday, May 11, 2017
the Chicago History Museum
1601 North Clark Street, Chicago, IL 60614
5:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Fulcrum Point New Music Project is proud to be featured as the music headliner at Asian Pop-Up Cinema‘s Lifetime Achievement Award Night, honoring Teddy Robin Kwan.* Fulcrum Point will perform the award-winning, original sound score of the movie Gallants, written by Honoree Teddy Robin Kwan, with music arranged by Tomy Wai against the projection of the movie montage specially edited by Chicago’s own David Baker. Stephen Burns will serve as the evening’s conductor and music director.
The musical program will also feature three of the honoree’s award-winning movie title songs performed by winners of a city-wide “Chicago’s Got Cantonese Talent” singing competition with Fulcrum Point providing the live accompaniment.
*Teddy Robin Kwan (Kwan Wai-pang) is a Hong Kong English pop singer-songwriter, actor, director and producer. In the 60s when Hong Kong English pop (50s – 70s) was at its peak, Teddy was on top of the charts and led a band he named Teddy Robin and the Playboys. He later became an actor, film director, producer and composer.
The concert program:
“City of Fire”
“Cops and Robbers”
“Till Death do We Scare”
“Gallants”
Written by Teddy Robin Kwan
(saxophone)
• April 29 (Friday)
7:30 pm
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra
Ralph Holter Auditorium
966 Shawano Ave
Green Bay, WI 54303
Pictures at an Exhibition by Mussorgsky/Ravel
(alto saxophone)
Yaniv Dinur, conductor
• April 21 (Friday)
(Friday)
7:00pm
Chicago International Movies
and Music Festival
1st Ward Events/ Chop Shop
2033 North Chicago Ave,
Chicago 60647
Fulcrum Point New Music Project:
Fulcrum Point New Music Project brings you another multimedia feast for the senses featuring outrageous videos and a 7 piece funk band playing wild mashups of documentary films and provocative interviews. Dutch avant-pop artist Jacob TV's punchy, social-political music videos, riffing on rap, machismo, and violence are the perfect foil to the suave, award-winning scores of Hong Kong filmmaker/pop-star Teddy Robin Kwan. Kwan's theme songs will be sung by winners of the "Chicago's Got Cantonese Talent" singing competition.
featuring:
Grab It! by Jacob TV
(tenor saxophone with electric guitar, bass and drums and video)
City of Fire
’Till Death Do We Scare
and
Cops and Robbers
by Teddy Robin Kwan
(alto saxophone)
• April 16 (Sunday)
(Sunday)
10:00am
First Congregational Church of Lagrange
100 S. 6th ave.
LaGrange IL. 60525
Easter service with saxophone, organ and voices
• April 4 (Tuesday)
12:00 pm
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra
Riverside Theater
116 W. Wisconsin Ave.
Milwaukee, WI 53203
Symphonic Dances from West Side Story by Leonard Bernstein
(alto saxophone)
Yaniv Dinur, conductor
• April 1 (Saturday)
7:30pm
Motown’s Greatest Hits
Rockford Symphony
Orchestra
Coronado Theatre
314 North Main Street,
Rockford, Illinois 61101
(alto saxophone)
• March 1 (Wednesday)
7:30pm
An Evening with Kristin Chenoweth
Rockford Symphony Orchestra
Coronado Theatre
314 North Main Street,
Rockford, Illinois 61101
(alto and tenor saxophones)
• February 24, 25 (Friday, Saturday)
8:00 pm
February 26 (Sunday
2:30
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra
Marcus Center-Performing Arts
929 N Water St.
Milwaukee, WI 53202
Musique pour l'esprit deuil by Rudolf Escher
(soprano and alto saxophones)
Edo de Waart, Conductor
• January 28 (Saturday)
7:30pm
January 29 (Sunday)
2:30pm
Elgin Symphony Orchestra
Hemmens Cultural Center
45 Symphony Way
Elgin, Illinois 60120
American in Paris and Rhapsody in Blue
by George Gershwin
(alto and baritone saxophones)
Andrew Grams, conductor
• January 22 (Sunday)
7:00pm
Concordia University
Faculty Recital
Concordia University Chapel
7400 Augusta ave.
River Forest, IL 60305
Distance by Toru Takemitsu
(soprano saxophone)
Sarabande by Mark-Anthony Turnage
(soprano saxophone and piano)