 Monday, February 28, 2005
Yo, yo what's up wit da clapping?
Did anybody see Yo-Yo Ma's
performance of the Sarabande from Bach's 6th suite at the Academy
Awards last night? The piece was supposed to serve as a requiem of
sorts for the folks that passed away this past year. But the
audience's clapping for the deceased, who had their pictures flashed
on the giant screens as Mr. Ma played, was both annoying and
distracting. What's up with these Hollywood-types? Don't they know
how to act?
posted by Brian
Sacawa 4:16
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 Praised by The New York Times as "an
inventive musician . . . fresh and surprising," saxophonist Brian Sacawa has firmly
established himself as an important contemporary voice for his
instrument. He is active as a soloist, recitalist, and chamber
musician throughout the United States and is the co-founder of the
new music duo Non-Zero with percussionist Timothy Feeney.
He has given premieres of over thirty works by
both established and emerging composers, including Michael Gordon,
Bright Sheng, Andrew Mead, Oliver Schneller, Ken Ueno, Beata Moon,
Hillary Zipper, and Scott McAllister, among many others. Named the
Baltimore CITYPAPER’s Critic’s Choice for Classical Music in 2002,
he is the recipient of awards for solo performance from both
national and international competitions.
Sacawa's versatile career has led to
appearances with the St. Petersburg Philharmonic, the Detroit
Symphony Orchestra, the New World Symphony, Harvard Group for New
Music, New Music Brandeis, Bargemusic, and at meetings of the ISU
Contemporary Music Festival, World Saxophone Congress, North
American Saxophone Alliance, and New England Saxophone Symposium.
Brian holds degrees from the University of
Michigan, the Peabody Conservatory, and the University of
Massachusetts – Amherst, where he studied with Donald Sinta, Gary
Louie, and Lynn Klock. He has recorded for the Equililbrium, Naxos,
and BiBimBop recording labels.
See Brian's
other blog
Sounds Like
Now
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