Thomas Liley
 from USA Thomas Liley has appeared throughout the United States and in Canada, China, Eastern Europe, and Southeast Asia in solo and chamber music performances. Works have been written for him by Claude Baker, James Barnes, David DeBoor Canfield, William Davis, and Frederick Fox. He is co-author of The Cambridge Companion to the Saxophone, author of Eugene Rousseau: With Casual Brilliance, Director of Scholarly Publications for the North American Saxophone Alliance, and a member of the Comité International de Saxophone. In addition to several World Saxophone Congresses, Liley twice has performed and lectured at the Hong Kong International Saxophone Symposium and the Sichuan Central Conservatory of Music in Chengdu. Liley received the degree of Doctor of Music from Indiana University and is a former member of the U.S. Navy Band in Washington, D.C. He has been a Guest Professor of Saxophone at Indiana University, the University of Minnesota, Kansas State University, and the University of Iowa. A Yamaha Performing Artist, Liley is a Professor of Music at Joliet Junior College in Illinois. He performs exclusively on E. Rousseau mouthpieces and Rico reeds. |
Trio after Brahms in G Minor for Alto Saxophone, Violin, and Piano. - David DeBoor Canfieldi. Andante - Allegro ma non troppo,
ii. Adagio,
iii. Scherzo: Vivo,
iv. Presto
After the success of his romantic Concerto after Glière, which has been performed more than 20 times on four continents by a half dozen different saxophonists since its premiere at World Saxophone Congress XV in Bangkok in 2009, David DeBoor Canfield continues in his Trio in G Minor for Alto Saxophone, Violin and Piano to relieve the dearth of original romantic saxophone music. Its model is Johannes Brahms and the work is dedicated to saxophonist, pedagogue, and Brahms enthusiast Thomas Liley. |
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