Feb 07 2019
Guest Artist Masterclass – Fred Hemke, saxophone

Guest Artist Masterclass – Fred Hemke, saxophone

Presented by Florida State University College of Music at Housewright Music Building, Room 088 - Florida State University

Fred Hemke, DMA is an American virtuoso classical saxophonist and influential, long-standing professor of saxophone at Northwestern University. Hemke helped raise the popularity of classical saxophone, particularly among leading American composers and helped raise the recognition of classical saxophone in solo, chamber, and major orchestral repertoire. For a half century, from 1962 to 2012, Hemke was a full-time faculty music educator at Northwestern University's Bienen School of Music. In 2002, Hemke was named Associate Dean Emeritus of the School of Music. He retired from Northwestern University in 2012. From the start of his career in the early 1960s, building on the achievements of earlier influential American teachers of classical saxophone — including those of Larry Teal, Joseph Allard, Cecil Leeson, Sigurd Raschèr, and Vincent Abato — Hemke, and a handful of peer American saxophonists — including Eugene Rousseau and Donald Sinta — helped build American saxophone repertoire through composers that included Muczynski, Creston, Stein, Heiden, and Karlins.

Admission Info

Unless otherwise noted, all events are free admission and open to the public. Please see http://www.music.fsu.edu/Concerts-and-Events for information about the College of Music venues.

Dates & Times

2019/02/07 - 2019/02/07

Location Info

Housewright Music Building, Room 088 - Florida State University

122 N. Copeland St , Tallahassee, FL 32306