In November 1814, Col. Andrew Jackson marched on Pensacola, taking the Florida city away from Britain and Spain, while the Congress of Vienna was busy drawing new boundaries after the Napoleonic Wars.

UN AN DE BOULOT. Mais aujourd’hui Gérard Roëss, secrétaire de l’école de musique d’Héricourt, facteur du parc instrumental et passionné de saxophone, sait tout ou presque sur la vie d’Adolphe Sax, ...

Il y a 201 ans naissait Adolph Sax - de son vrai prénom Antoine Joseph -, l'inventeur du saxophone. Pour souffler les 201 bougies de ce Belge né à Dinant, dans la province de Namur, Google a réalisé ...

Adolphe Sax, génial inventeur A sa sortie de l’école, Adolphe Sax se tourne vers la création de nouveaux instruments. Il dépose ainsi un brevet d’amélioration de la clarinette basse à l’âge de 24 ans.

Did you know Debussy wrote a solo orchestral piece for saxophone? One of the youngest instruments of the classical world is the saxophone. Although often heavily associated with jazz, the saxophone ...

The saxophone can be as beautifully melodic as a violin or a clarinet – but the classical music world hasn’t always seen eye to eye with the instrument. We asked saxophonist Jess Gillam to explain why ...

It's rare to be able to celebrate a person who invented a popular musical instrument. Mostly, from the guitar to the violin to the flute, musical instruments have evolved over time: There is no Mr.

Biggi Vinkeloe, one of the few lady-saxophonists of her generation, has stuck to Jazz in global band collaborations and multi-cultural troupes for several decades. She is a well-acknowledged musician, ...

Vendredi, à 20h30, à la chapelle de Locmaria, l'école de musique propose une soirée sur le thème du saxophone. Après une première partie sous forme d'auditions des élèves, place sera faite à un ...

JAMES CITY — On any given warm winter afternoon along Olde Towne Road in James City County, you’re likely to see and hear Kenneth Piggott playing his saxophone. Piggott practices “on that corner” at ...