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 12th Street Rag by Euday Bowman, Pineapple Rag by Scott Joplin, Brazil by Russell and Barraoso, Little Fugue in G minor by J. S. Bach, St. Louis Blues by W. C. Handy, and Ragtime Nightmare by Tom Turpin. A short intermission, and the quartet will return back with more performances such as Strenuous Life by Joplin; Kitten on the Keys by Zez Confrey; Harlem Nocturne by Earle Hagen; O Danny Boy – traditional, Irish Suite 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.
