http://www.sequenza21.com/sacawa.html Blog of modern music saxophonist Brian Sacawa 2006-06-26T02:23:19Z en-US http://www.sequenza21.com/2006/06/sunday-confession.html I have a confession to make: today was the first day I played my instrument in a month. Hard to believe? There were a variety of reasons for my not-really-forced hiatus from the saxophone, including the conclusion of a tiring concert season, the stress of Brian Sacawa 2006-06-26T02:23:00Z http://www.sequenza21.com/2006/03/page-turner.html As a new music performer, one of the biggest problems I run into during any performance often has nothing to with the music's technical difficulty. It is rather, the dreaded, awful, and impossible page turns that make me nervous. Certainly, there have bee Brian Sacawa 2006-03-09T19:29:00Z http://www.sequenza21.com/2006/01/alsop-w-bso.html Much has been made about Marin Alsop's appointment as the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra's new music director-elect--a post she'll assume from out-going director Yuri Temirkanov beginning in the 2007-2008 season. There's the fact that she's the first woman Brian Sacawa 2006-01-14T02:51:00Z http://www.sequenza21.com/2005/12/joyful-noise.html Tonight we performed Phil Kline's Unsilent Night in Tucson's First Annual boom box Christmas parade--an event that, judging by this year's enthusiasm, will only get better and more exciting each time. We had a good crowd--filled out by several youngsters Brian Sacawa 2005-12-19T15:47:00Z http://www.sequenza21.com/2005/10/revolution-3.html By now, we've realized that the web has changed the topography of today's music scene. It's taken classical music and new music (the punk rockers of classical music) a little more time than the popular music industry to realize this, but I think most unde Brian Sacawa 2005-10-30T16:27:00Z http://www.sequenza21.com/2005/08/do-new.html Allan Kozin's got an astute article in today's Times that addresses the issue of "whether orchestras can find the will and the flexibility to tap into hot works when they turn up, or whether their idea of exciting programming is simply to group repertory Brian Sacawa 2005-08-16T23:50:00Z http://www.sequenza21.com/2005/08/alter-ego.html Erik Spangler is not just another composer with a Ph.D from Harvard University. He's also a DJ/turntablist. Known as DJ Dubble8, Erik synthesizes his interest in music for the concert stage with his passion for beat-making into some really cool stuff. I'm Brian Sacawa 2005-08-14T03:47:00Z