Educational Workshops
The members of the Adelphi Saxophone Quartet have a wealth of experience in teaching children to play musical instruments. They offer programmes of educational workshops, composition technique (GCSE/A Level) and a concert designed to appeal to children of all ages.

EDUCATIONAL WORKSHOP
Younger Audience age range: 7-12
Programme duration: approx 50 mins

Adapting their repertoire to suite the target age group, during a workshop each member will demonstrate their instrument explaining how the saxophone works and introducing the usual different types commonly used. Each instrument is then played as a solo and then with an important role within the ensemble so it can easily be identified. Examples of the pieces used in this section are:

The Agincourt Song,
Mission Impossible,
The Lincolnshire Poacher
Gershwin's 3rd Prelude
Grovlez's Petites Litanies de Jesus.

A popular section in the performance is introducing the instruments within a Bach fugue where the audience are asked to participate with each new entry of the tune played by different members of the saxophone family.

The quartet then demonstrate the way the a saxophone quartet play during concerts and where most of the music comes from and by which composers.

Showing the saxophone's versatility, the group then take the audience on a travel around the world playing traditional music from Scotland, Hungary, Russia, America to name but a few or might take them on a journey through time demonstrating how musical style has evolved.

The workshop will usually finish with questions from the audience and a final piece.

Here are examples of other educational type concert programmes:

MUSIC THROUGH TIME
Older Audience - age range of 13 - 16
Programme duration: approx. 60 mins

This programme follows the path of music through time as well as demonstrating a wide variety of composers, musical styles and different saxophones used.

COMPOSITIONAL TECHNIQUE
Demonstrating compositional technique through:
Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, Folk, Jazz and Contemporary Music.
Programme duration: approx 60 mins

AN EDUCATIONAL CONCERT FOR CHILDREN OF ALL AGES
Programme Duration: approx 60 mins (with interval)

For details on how to book any of these workshops email Martin Kerrigan