The Boston Saxophone Quartet is a unique b lend of musicians combining a tremendous range of repertoire and individua l experience in wind performance. Members of the BSQ have performed with t he Boston Pops and Boston Symphony Orchestra and leading Broadway theaters throughout New England. \;
\nThis concert will feature favorite s from Broadway and the movies\, including West Side Story\, Cabaret\, and Mary Poppins.
\nJim Repa is a saxophonist\, flutis t\, composer\, and teacher living in the Boston area. \; He is an alum nus of the Berklee College of Music where he studied jazz composition. &nb sp\; Jim has recorded with several jazz and world music groups\, and produ ced a CD of his original compositions and arrangements with his own &ldquo \;Destinations&rdquo\; ensemble. As a leader and sideman\, he has performe d in numerous venues around New England and the Midwest\, as well as Paris \, France\; Cape Town\, South Africa\; and Ojai\, California. Jim has been a jazz clinician and presenter at several jazz conferences and workshops\ , including workshops in New Orleans\, Louisiana\; Ojai\, California\; and Cape Town\, South Africa. A prolific composer and arranger\, Jim&rsquo\;s works have been performed by numerous professional and student ensembles. Most recently\, one of his compositions was performed by the Jazz Flute B ig Band at the 2021 virtual National Flute Association conference.
\nLou Stamas\, \;alto sax\, \;is an active freelan ce performer\, teacher \;and clinician. A former public school band di rector for twenty years\, he has performed with the Boston Pops\, the Cape Symphony\, the Artie Shaw\, Harry James\, Jimmy Dorsey\, Guy Lombardo and Hal McIntyre Orchestras\, the Capitol Jazz Orchestra\, John Pizzarelli an d Johnny Mathis. He regularly performs with several Greater Boston big ban ds\, pit orchestras and concert/wind bands. Lou has been an adjudicator/cl inician for the Massachusetts Music Educators Association and the Massachu setts Instrumental Conductors Association for the past thirty years. He is currently on the faculty of the Instrumental Music School of Concord-Carl isle.
\nPeter Cokkinias\, sharing a dual performing career as an instrumentalist and conductor (and music educator\,) \;h as conducted the Boston Ballet\, \;Boston Pops\, Springfield Symphony (MA)\, and the Atlantic Sinfonietta (NY). \;He has performed with the Boston Lyric Opera\, Boston Ballet\, and Cincinnati\, Hartford\, Pittsburg h\, and Boston Symphony Orchestras. Since 1979-2021\, Dr. Cokkinias had be en Music Director/Conductor of the Metrowest Symphony Orchestra (MA)\, for mer Professor at Berklee College of Music\, Boston Conservatory\, Tufts Un iversity\, and a woodwind specialist (&ldquo\;doubler&rdquo\;) at the Nort h Shore Music Theater - Beverly (MA)\; Opera House\, Colonial and Wang The aters - Boston (MA)\; \; Providence Performing Arts Center- Providence (RI). \;Dr. Cokkinias is also the contact for the Boston Saxophone Qu artet.
\nRobert Chadwick is a retired music educato r\, having taught the majority of his career as instrumental music instruc tor in the Auburn\, MA public schools. He holds a Master of Music degree i n Bassoon Performance from UMass Lowell. In addition to teaching\, Bob has played principal Bassoon for the Thayer Symphony Orchestra since 1980 and been busy playing bassoon and doubling woodwinds for countless musical pi t orchestras\, free lance orchestras\, and jazz ensembles. He has performe d with a wide variety of notable artists\, including Andrea Boccelli\, Are tha Franklin\, a broadway tour of "A Chorus Line&rdquo\;\, and Ringling Br others Barnum and Bailey Circus. He currently adjudicates district and all state festivals and has served as an adjudicator/clinician for Great East Festivals. In addition to his musical activities\, Bob is an avid sailor and operates a woodwind repair shop out of his home.
\nThe Sunday Co ncert Series is sponsored by the \;Friends of Memorial Hall Library.
\nThe Sunday Concert Series is funded in part by a generous grant from the \;Mass Cultural Council.
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