Saxophone quartet to play at Gallery Concert Sunday

The Royal City Saxophone Quartet will per­form ragtime, classics, and jazz on March 14 at 2pm in the Gallery Concert Series.

The show not only includes sound by is  packed with fun and musical antics.

Considered one of the best saxophone quartets in Canada, the Royal City Saxophone Quartet (RCSQ) was formed in 1991 in Guelph. Since its debut  the group has carved a significant niche in the genre of ragtime. Its recordings have been featured on CBC Radio. Concert tours have taken it to festivals throughout Canada and the United States.  In 1998, it represented Ontario in a July 1 performance before an audi­ence of over 100,000 on Parliament Hill. CDs of the group’s music will be available during intermission and after the concert

The group is leader Ernie Kalwa, baritone and bass saxophonist, living in Elora;  Robert McWade, tenor, alto, and C-melody saxophonist, from Guelph; Bradley Moggach, soprano, sopranino, and alto saxophones, from Winterbourne; and Larry Moser, playing alto and tenor saxophones, and clarinet, a familiar performer to the Gal­lery Concert audiences through the Guelph Symphony and the Wellington Winds.

Selections featured at Sun­day's performance will include many familiar pieces, such as

by Euday Bowman,

by Scott Joplin,

by Russell and Barraoso,

minor by J. S. Bach,

by W. C. Handy, and

by Tom Turpin. A short intermission, and the quartet will return back with more performances such as

by Joplin;

by Zez Confrey;

by Earle Hagen;

- traditional,

by Elliot Del Borgo, and others.

Tickets are available at the door and include entry to all exhibits of the museum. Youth under 16 are encouraged to attend. Meet members of the quartet after the concert over complementary refreshments.