UTRGV Saxophone Ensemble

The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) Saxophone Ensemble students are undergraduate music education majors and minors. The ensemble is directed by UTRGV saxophone professor, Cynthia Cripps, and combines saxophonists from the universities formerly known as University of Texas – Pan American (UTPA) and University of Texas Brownsville (UTB) both located in Deep South Texas, in the USA. Before the universities merged the ensembles performed at several NASA regional conferences and in recent years, the UTRGV Saxophone Ensemble has performed at the Texas Music Educators Association Conference in 2016, NASA Region 4 conferences in Norman, OK (2015), Stillwater, OK (2017) and NASA Biennial in Lubbock, TX (2016).  The ensemble performs a variety of music in local schools and functions on and off campus as a large ensemble and also individual quartets. They are looking forward to this performance and their first experience at a World Saxophone Congress.
Marco Guzman, Andrea Garcia, soprano saxophone
Cristina Gauna, Brandon Trevino, Anthony West, alto saxophone´
Jose Guerra III, Andrew Olivarez, Cindy Cripps, tenor saxophone
Azael Garza, Juan Zamarripa, baritone saxophone
http://http://www.utrgv.edu/music/
  • Jul 13 2018
    10:00

    UTRGV Saxophone Ensemble

    recital

    G. F. Händel (1685-1759): Entry of the Queen of Sheba (arr. Van der Linden)
    Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924): Pavane Op. 50 (arr. Eddie Jennings)
    Charles Ives (1874-1954): Variations on America (arr. Audrey Cupples)
    Richard Ingham (1954): Mrs. Malcolm, her Reel (Funky Freuchie) - Irish Tune from County Derry Percy Grainger (arr. Brian Sparks)
    Ulrich Schultheiss (1956): Witch Hunt (arr. Nigel Wood)
    Justin Writer: Splinter (premiere performance)
    Steven Verhelst (1981): Song for Japan (arr. Brian Herald)
    Roger May (1974): Sax Circus
    Rick Lopez: Cantico del Alma (arr. Rick Lopez)

    STUDENT CENTER Theatre &TD Big Hall Savska cesta 25