Phoenix was delighted to be back performing under the iconic Old Grammar School in Market Harborough last weekend, as part of the Creative Harborough September Celebration Busk! initiative. Following a drizzly start, the rain cleared and donations from the assembled crowd helped us raise £100 for the town’s Jubilee Foodbank, where one of our players volunteers. Thanks to everyone who came Read More…
Our joint concert with Rugby Recorder Ensemble at St Andrew’s Church, Rugby on 19 July has raised £500 for Rugby’s Myton Hospice. This unique concert saw 27 musicians performing music from the 16th Century to the modern day on 14 different instruments – eight types of recorder, ranging from sopranino to sub great bass, and six types of saxophone, ranging from sopranino to bass. The concRead More…
Phoenix Saxophone Orchestra’s concert at St Mary Magdalene Church, Cottingham, last weekend has raised £600 towards the project to install a toilet at the Grade 1 listed Parish Church. The concert featured 18 saxophones playing a wide range of music from light classical to jazz, swing and modern pop tunes, all played on six different types of saxophone, from the tiny sopranino through the morRead More…
We were delighted to welcome two top class musicians, Karen Street and Andy Tweed, to Church Langton Community Hall on 19 April to lead our sixth saxophone workshop. A record 37 saxophonists (11 from Phoenix and 26 guests) came along to play through several pieces of music, including two original pieces by Karen Street, Avalon Suite and Carnival, Karen’s arrangement of Moon River and the JaRead More…
Phoenix were delighted to be back at St Peter and St Paul’s Church in Harrington on 19 October, as part of the popular Harrington Concerts series.
Performing on six different types of saxophone, from the tiny sopranino to the giant bass sax, the 16 saxophonists delivered a varied programme, including the orchestra’s first performance of Keiron Anderson’s moving piece ‘Closure’, which was writtRead More…
On 27 September, Phoenix joined the Saxophone Orchestra Manchester (SOM) for a true saxophone celebration that saw 89 saxophonists raise the roof at St Michael and All Angels Church in Macclesfield.
As well as solo pieces from SOM and Phoenix, the 80 massed saxes of SOM (66 players) and Phoenix (14 players) performed four joint pieces – Tequila! and Circle of Life arranged by SOM’s Assistant ConRead More…
It was a beautiful Summer’s day when Phoenix members headed for the Isle of Wight recently for their second concert tour. Off we go! Guess where…? Ventnor We were there by kind invitation of the Island’s Wight Sax for two joint concerts. But first, there was some sightseeing to do! Armed with a set of driving instructions from Wight Sax Chair Lynn Peppitt, on Saturday morning Read More…
Phoenix is heading south to the Isle of Wight at the end of June to perform two joint concerts with the Island’s Wight Sax saxophone choir: Saturday 28 June (7pm) at Bembridge Village Hall Sunday 29 June (7pm) at Newport Minster Both performances are free and everyone is welcome. There will be refreshments and a retiring collection. Phoenix will also be appearing in St ThomRead More…
It was a real pleasure to play in the undercroft at the Old Grammar School in Market Harborough on Sunday 11 May.
Our performance was part of the Creative Harborough and Market Harborough and The Bowdens Charity ‘Busk!’ initiative and, as well as filling the town with music, we were pleased to be able to raise £106.52 for the town’s Jubilee Foodbank, where one of our players volunteers.
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A saxophone workshop organised by Market Harborough’s Phoenix Saxophone Orchestra last weekend attracted a record 28 saxophonists, who came from as far afield as Kent to play and learn from professional saxophonist Alastair Penman. This is the fifth open workshop run by Phoenix, and the group was delighted to welcome Alastair and 19 guest saxophonists to join nine Phoenix members for the eveRead More…