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Notes about ttte Artists The Mid-South Chapter of
Red Stick Saxophone Quartet
Baton Rouge, LA
Brian Utley, soprano saxophone
Joshua Thomas, alto saxophone
John Perrine, tenor saxophone
Chris Rettie, baritone saxophone
The Red Stick Saxophone Quartet was formed in 1997 by students from
the studio of Griffin Campbell at the LSU School of Music. The quartet
has performed at North American Saxophone Alliance conferences at the
University of Georgia and Northwestern Un'mrsity, and has also appeared
at St. Joseph Cathedral in Baton Rouge, Murray State Un'wrsity in Murray,
W;and-StrMaqrCdlegei~S~th-=d,lN;The quartet was a featured
ensemble at LSU's 54th Festiial of Contemporary Music, performing Philip
Glass1 Concerto for Saxophone Quartet and Orchestra with the LSU
Symphony Orchestra. As a competitive ensemble, the Red Stick Saxophone
Quartet was named National 1st Runner-up at he 1998 MTNA Collegiate
Chamber Artist Competition in Nashville, TN, and received Third Prize at
the 1999 Fischoff Chamber Music Competition in South Bend, IN.
Heather Pinson received her bachelor of music from Samford University
where she studied violin with kffrey Flaniken. She is currently working on
her masters of musicology at LSU where she continues to perform with the
LSU symphony and various other ensembles. Heather has been a member
of several orchestras including he Birmingham Symphony, the Montgomery
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Orchestra, the Jackson Orchestra, and has served as concertmeister for the
Jackson Symphony Camerata Strings. This past summer Heather performed
concerts throughout Italy with the Rome Festival Orchestra. She currently
studies violin with James Alexander and iau improvisation with Rex
Richardson.
The Baton Rouge Gallery
Thursday, December 2,1999
7:30PM