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Utah Saxophone Quartet

Presented by Weber State University Department of Performing Arts at Val A. Browning Center for the Performing Arts

February 26, 2010

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Weber State University Department of Performing Arts presents the Utah Saxophone Quartet. The quartet use the French saxophone quartet instrumentation with Ray Smith on soprano, Daron Bradford on alto, David Feller (WSU Faculty) on tenor, and Gaylen Smith on baritone. All of the members of the ensemble double on multiple woodwinds, and the quartet will often add clarinet quartets, flute quartets, or mixed woodwind quartets to concert programs. Each member of the quartet is extensively active in the Utah recording scene, and all are mainstays in the Utah performance arena. The Utah Saxophone Quartet was formed at Brigham Young University in 1983 by Ray Smith, who was hired to teach saxophone at BYU in 1982. The Utah Saxophone Quartet has been a pioneering ensemble since that time. The current personnel has been stable since about 1985, and all the members of the quartet are BYU School of Music alumni. In fact, they have been friends since high school and have studied with several common teachers, including Steve Allen and David Randall, former director of the BYU School of Music. They have recently completed a double-disk CD, Playing Tribute, which will be available for purchase after the concert. This project has been a labor of love and has brought to recorded history many of the pieces that have thrilled live audiences for the past two decades.