Andrew MacRossie

UW Mead Witter School of Music student recital. Free.

media release: Andrew MacRossie DMA Saxophone Lecture Recital

Andrew MacRossie, saxophone

Matthew Koester, saxophone

Elizabeth Vaughan, piano

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Program

Lecture: The Military Saxophone

Performance:

Sonata for Alto Saxophone and Piano, Op. 19     Paul Creston (1906-1985)

I. With vigor

II. With tranquility

III. With gaiety

Excerpts:

Fillmore: Americans We

Bizet: L’Arlesienne

Boulanger: D’un matin de printemps

Day: Concerto for Wind Ensemble

II. “Riff”

IV. “Soul”

Fillmore: Rolling Thunder

Grainger: Molly on the Shore

Shostakovich: Festive Overture

Bernstein (trans. Beeler): Overture to Candide

Schmitt: Dionysiaques

Giacchino (arr. Buchanan): The Incredibles

Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances

Mozart: Duo based on Sonata, K.379

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Andrew MacRossie is a Collins Fellow and DMA candidate at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. An active solo and chamber performer, MacRossie’s playing has been recognized at the MTNA Young Artist Competition, the Fischoff Chamber Competition, the Charleston International Contemporary Music Competition, the University of Michigan’s Briggs Chamber Music Competition, and the Hartt School of Music’s Paranov Concerto Competition. MacRossie holds degrees in saxophone performance from the University of Michigan, the University of Hartford, and Colorado State University.