Michael Brockman

                                                                  
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Saxophonist/Musician based in Seattle, Washington

 

• Composer, Arranger, Band Leader

• UW School of Music Faculty - Saxophone and Jazz Studies

• Artistic Co-Director of the award winning Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra

• Tenor, alto, and soprano saxophone soloist with the Clarence Acox Sextet

• Classical saxophone soloist/recitalist with Seattle Symphony Orchestra, and many other Seattle ensembles.

• Director of UW Jazz in Paris Program

 

Listen:

• Click HERE download MP3 file of Michael Brockman playing his composition "They Never Said." (3 MB file)

• Click HERE to download MP3 file of Michael Brockman playing his composition "The KPLU Shuffle." (3 MB file)

• Click HERE to download an MP3 file from a recent interview of Michael Brockman by Dave Beck on KUOW-FM, including recorded excerpts from Seattle Symphony's new Shostakovich CD (with Brockman as soloist), as well as discussion of Brockman's musical training and background, plus demonstrations of jazz and classical interpretation (total time 18 minutes)

 

Calendar/Performances/Announcements:

• Thur-Sat-Sun April 1-3 & , 2010 Seattle Symphony Orchestra: Mussorgsky "Pictures at an Exhibition" at Benaroya Hall, Seattle (www.seatllesymphony.org) various times

• Sunday April 11, 2010 "Birth of the Cool" with the Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra at Kirklandl Performance Center (www.srjo.org) 3:00 PM

• Saturday April 17 "Birth of the Cool" with the Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra at Benaroya Hall, Seattle (www.srjo.org) 7:30 PM

• Thursday June 3, 2010 Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra at Bellevue Jazz Festival Meydenbauer Center, Bellevue (www.bellevuejazz.com) 7:00 PM

• Saturday June 19, 2010 Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra plays Ellington's "Far East Suite" at Benaroya Hall, Seattle (www.srjo.org) 7:30 PM

• Sunday June 20, 2010 Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra plays Ellington's "Far East Suite" at Kirkland Performance Center (www.srjo.org) 3:00 PM

 

More info at:

UW Faculty bio page:

http://faculty.washington.edu/brockman/

 

Web Page for the Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra:

www.srjo.org

 

UW Saxophone Studio Web Site:

http://faculty.washington.edu/brockman/UWSaxStudioHomePage.html

 

UW Saxophone Flyer:

http://faculty.washington.edu/brockman/UWSaxophoneFlyer03.html

 

Page of links to magazine articles and interviews:

https://faculty.washington.edu/brockman/brockmanarticlespage.html

 

Contact me by email: brockmanjazz@verizon.net