FEATURE CONCERT - ASAX-Q AND CLIFFORD LEAMAN
Melba Hall
6:00pm - 7:00pm, Saurday 28 July, 2018

FEATURE CONCERT - ASAX-Q (Aus, NZ) AND CLIFFORD LEAMAN (USA) with MARIJA AUPY (FRANCE)

ASAX-Q (with guest Michael Duke)

Goa Lawah, Gareth Farr (b. 1968) 

Onyx, Keyna Wilkins (b. 1981)

At Leisure Suite, Peter Liley (b. 1994):

ASAX-Q with CLIFFORD LEAMAN

Bachianas Brasileiras, No 5, Aria, Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959) arr. Frank Bongiorno

CLIFFORD LEAMAN and MARIJA AUPY

'Bordel 1900' from Historie du Tango, Astor Piazzola (1921-1992)

Greenwich Village Portraits, David Amram (b. 1930) .                                                            I. MacDougal Street (for Arthur Miller) II. Bleeker Street (for Odetta) III. Christopher Street (for Frank McCourt)

ASAX-Q (with guest Michael Duke)

CLIFFORD LEAMAN
Associate Dean, Director of Undergraduate Studies, and Professor of Saxophone at the University of South Carolina, Clifford Leaman has performed and taught throughout the United States, Canada, Europe and Asia at major schools of music and conservatories, including Northwestern, Eastman, Michigan, North Texas, Florida State, National Supérieur de Paris, Boulogne-Billancourt, Strasbourg, Aragón, Catalunya, Royal Academy of Music (Stockholm), Beijing Central, Shanghai, and Sichuan Conservatories.  Leaman has recorded four compact discs with piano on the Equilibrium label, and two additional discs with percussionist Scott Herring as the RoseWind Duo.  In addition to his work with piano and marimba, Leaman has performed as a concerto soloist with numerous Wind Ensembles and Orchestras and has recorded concerti by Henry Brant, Leslie Bassett, and Ingolf Dahl.  An avid supporter of contemporary music, Leaman has commissioned and given the world premiere performances of over 30 works, including concerti by William Bolcom, Leslie Bassett, Frank Ticheli, and Michael Colgrass.  Leaman is an artist-clinician for D’Addario and the Conn-Selmer Company, Inc. and performs exclusively on Selmer saxophones and D’Addario Reserve reeds.