Phoenix has had a busy Summer entertaining the crowds at parks and bandstands across Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and Nottinghamshire this year. We were particularly pleased to be invited to play in the Bishop’s Walled Garden at Southwell Minster (pictured above) as part of the prestigious Southwell Music Festival in August, and to have performed for the first time in the beautiful surrounRead More…
There was a bit of drizzle in the air when we arrived at Evington Park, Leicester to perform on Sunday. But, undeterred, we decided to risk the elements and set up in front of the manor house to entertain the gathering crowd, who had come to hear us play. But then the black clouds started to descend, and we unfortunately didn’t quite make it to the end of our 1 hour set before the heavens openRead More…
On 1 June, Phoenix Saxophone Orchestra gathered at Peterborough Station to take a leap into the unknown – our first ever concert tour. The omens were good though, when our LNER Azuma train arrived in Phoenix team colours (!), and we set out on the 480-mile trip north to meet and perform with our friends and hosts Aberdeenshire Saxophone Orchestra (ASO), who we had previously only met online. Read More…
Two saxophone orchestras who built up a lasting friendship online during the Covid lockdown will be performing together live this summer for the very first time! Phoenix Saxophone Orchestra (PSO) is travelling the 480 miles north to meet with their friends and hosts, Aberdeenshire Saxophone Orchestra (ASO), and the two groups will be performing together at two live concerts:
The Acorn Centre, Read More…
We’d like to say a massive thank you to everyone who supported and came along to our concert at St Hugh’s Church in Harborough on Saturday 18 March. We were thrilled to play to a packed church, and the concert raised a fantastic £660, to be shared between Phoenix Saxophone Orchestra, which is a registered charity, and the St Hugh’s Cygnet Fundraising Project, which aims to build a welcomiRead More…
Phoenix welcomed guest saxophonists from far and wide to Church Langton on 26 February for an inspiring all day workshop, led by professional saxophonist and composer Mick Foster. The workshop, held at Church Langton Community Hall on Sunday 26 February, drew together 24 players on seven different types of saxophone – sopranino, soprano, alto, tenor, baritone, bass and contrabass. Ten PhoenRead More…
Phoenix is delighted to be welcoming on board a prestigious new sponsor, Wiseman London. Wiseman are manufacturers of bespoke, luxury cases for saxophones and other instruments, and the sponsorship is announced as Phoenix enters their fourth year of music making. Wiseman London produce a range of high quality, hand crafted, musical instrument cases. Wiseman cases are designed to provide profeRead More…
Market Harborough was alive with the sound of sax on 19 November, when 20 saxophonists descended on Church Langton Community Hall for an all-day saxophone workshop. Phoenix Saxophone Orchestra welcomed their patron, international performing saxophonist Gerard McChrystal, to lead the workshop, which drew together 20 players on six different types of saxophone – sopranino, soprano, alto, tenor, Read More…
Phoenix Saxophone Orchestra performed its first ever full indoor concert at St Peter and St Paul’s Church in Harrington, Northamptonshire on Sunday 9 October, as part of the well-established Harrington Concerts Series. The orchestra played to a capacity audience, with a wide repertoire to suit all musical tastes. Members also demonstrated their musical versatility with some surprise pop-up perRead More…
Phoenix Saxophone Orchestra were delighted to perform their first free summer concert on Sunday 12 June at Evington Park, Leicester. On a glorious sunny day, and in a beautiful setting, Phoenix perfomed a one hour set on the oval in front of the stylish Georgian mansion Evington House, that sits at the heart of the park. An audience of 120 gathered to hear Phoenix perform, and we are greatly Read More…