Shockingly Modern Saxophone Festival

02/21/2025

The 2025 Shockingly Modern Saxophone Festival is tomorrow! Saturday, February 25 at Augustana College.

SMSF explores the nearly unlimited sonic potential of the saxophone through new composition, improvisation, extended performance techniques, microtonality, electronic music, multimedia, and other experimental elements.

The festival guest artist is the saxophone quartet, ~Nois (https://www.noissaxophone.com/)

Concert 1: 10:030 a.m., the Augustana Saxophone Studio
Saxophone master class: 11:00 a.m., with ~Nois
Concert 2: 2:30 p.m., Randall Hall
Guest Artist Q&A: 3:30 p.m., with ~Nois
Concert 3: 7:30 p.m., ~Nois

All events are in Larson Hall in the Bergendoff Hall of Fine Arts
Live stream at: https://waug.fm/

Thanks to the Music Department, Humanities Fund, and WAUG for making this event possible.

10/11/2024

SMSF is pleased to announce that this year’s guest artist will be Chicago-based saxophone Quartet ~Nois. Join us on February 22, 2025 at Augustana College.

~Nois is a Chicago-based saxophone quartet dedicated to the performance of new music.

02/24/2024

SMSF 2024 is today!

Concert 1: 10:030 a.m., the Augustana Saxophone Studio
Saxophone master class: 11:00 a.m., with Kyle Hutchins
Concert 2: 2:30 p.m., Randall Hall
Guest Artist Q&A: 3:30 p.m., with Kyle Hutchins
Concert 3: 7:30 p.m., Kyle Hutchins

Join us in person or livestream:

Kyle Hutchins, Dr. Randall Hall, and the Augustana College Saxophone Studio present modern, intelligent, and invigorating music performed with saxophones and...

02/16/2024

The 2024 Shockingly Modern Saxophone Festival comes to Augustana on Saturday, February 24. SMSF explores the nearly unlimited sonic potential of the saxophone through new composition, improvisation, extended performance techniques, microtonality, electronic music, multimedia, and other experimental elements.

The festival guest artist is saxophonist Kyle Hutchins (http://www.jefferykylehutchins.com/).

Concert: 10:30 a.m., the Augustana Saxophone Studio
Saxophone master class: 11 a.m., with Kyle Hutchins
Concert: 2:30 p.m., Randall Hall
Guest artist Q&A: 3:30 p.m., with Kyle Hutchins
Concert: 7:30 p.m., Kyle Hutchins

All events are in Larson Hall in the Bergendoff Hall of Fine Arts
Livestream on WAUG Radio (https://waug.fm/)