Ancia Saxophone Quartet

Sunday, October 19, 2008, 4:00 p.m.
Performing Arts Center
General admission: $20, Students $5

The Ancia Saxophone Quartet was founded in 1990 as an ensemble dedicated to the creation and performance of new works for saxophone quartet as well as the performance of traditional saxophone quartet repertoire. Based in Minneapolis-St. Paul, the quartet has performed concerts and presented educational workshops in the United States, Canada, Korea, and Europe.The Ancia Saxophone Quartet has appeared frequently on Minnesota Public Radio.

The group’s first compact disc, Variations, available from the Public Radio Music Source, includes selections by Gershwin, Bach, and Duke Ellington along with music composed especially for the quartet. A second disc to be released on Naxos will feature works written for the quartet by American composers.

The Ancia Saxophone Quartet has premiered many compositions written expressly for the group, including commissions underwritten by the American Composers Forum/Jerome Foundation and THE Commission Project. The quartet received its second Composers Commission Project grant through the American Composers Forum in 2002 for the work Cuban Voyage written for by Doug Little.