RSQ will be combining forces with the Saxism Saxophone Quartet in the Fringe festival show, Sax to the Max. We thought we would like to share with you some interesting facts about the quartet and its talented members!
Saxism saxophone quartet grew out of the Corner Pocket Big Band saxophone section. Four players began rehearsing as a saxophone quartet in late 2008. Along the way there have been many personnel changes and only two of the original members, Lindsay Heesom (baritone saxophone) and Kym Gluyas (tenor saxophone), remain. The current membership came together in early 2013 with the advent of Schmoe (Sylvan Elhay) on soprano saxophone joining Kym, Lindsay and Steve Eads (alto saxophone who joined the group in 2012). The players come from a somewhat varied background and the quartet plays a wide variety of music from classical to jazz.
Soprano saxophone - Sylvan (Schmoe) Elhay
During the 1960's and 1970's Schmoe played clarinet, on a casual contract, with the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra. At the same time he was playing flute and saxophone in jazz, funk and rock bands. His Jazz ensemble Schmoe and Co plays concerts, club gigs, radio and TV broadcasts and recordings. Over more than four decades Schmoe has performed throughout Australia and in and around the San Francisco Bay Area. He currently teaches jazz at the Elder Conservatorium of Music and at the Stanford Jazz Workshop, Stanford California. He has scored, produced and performed the music soundtracks for several short films and works for ballet.
He was a founding member of the SA Jazz Action Society, led the SA Jazz Coordination Program for many years and is now a member of the Board of Jazz SA Inc. He served two terms on the Australia Councils' Music Board. Schmoe was a member of the founding Board and is now an Honorary Life Member of the Music Council of Australia. In 2012 he was honoured for fifty years service to Jazz with a tribute by SA Jazz Archive.
Alto Saxophone - Steve Eads
Steve now teaches privately after thirty five years in the SA Education Department Instrumental Music Service. He served as Musical Director of the Banksia Park Concert Band, Convenor of the Adelaide Band Festival, State Music Camp Tutor and Conductor, Woodwind Methodology Lecturer at the University of Adelaide and AMEB Examiner.
He led his own Big Band for many years and currently enjoys playing with the Salt and Pepper Big Band. He is also a regular Director of the JazzSA Super Band 3.
Steve recently took up trombone and plays with the Uraidla Town Band and is a Technical Commissioner with the Council of Australian Baseball Scorers.
Tenor saxophone - Kym Gluyas.
Studied Jazz saxophone, Music Technology and Sound Arts at Elder Conservatorium of Music. He is a qualified music teacher very interested in many styles of music and in creating new approaches with a mixing of styles. He has performed with groups playing World Music such as traditional Indian music, flamenco, big band, classical, jazz, latin and funk.
Kym composed the music and foley sounds for four short films, a very successful cabaret series (Kabaret Konspiracy) and many other live performances.
For three years Kym was Artistic Director for the continuous concert series C.O.M.A (Creative Original Music Adelaide). He also performs complex Distributive Performances "live" with musicians in India via the Internet through an on line channel.
Baritone saxophone - Lindsay Heesom
Playing saxophone, clarinet, bassoon, flute and oboe, Lindsay studied clarinet at the Elder Conservatorium of music before joining the SA Police Band and then becoming a freelance player in 1976.
He played for the Australian tours of Ray Charles, Kenny Rogers, Shirley Bassey, Andy Williams, Phil Wilson, Chuck Finlay, Arthur Greenslade and Harry Secombe amongst others. He has also played with James Morrison, Don Burrows, June Bronhill, the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra and the Adelaide Chamber Orchestra as well as many Adelaide Big Bands such as the ABC Show Band, Errol Buddle Big Band, Bob Hower Big Band, DW Orchestra, the Our Thing Big Band and other local ensembles.
His list of Festival Theatre productions include Oh What A Lovely War, Pal Joey, Marriage of Figaro, High Society, Oklahoma, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Hello Dolly, West Side Story, Forty Second Street, Boy from Oz, Hot Shoe Shuffle, Threepenny Opera, Chorus Line, Singing in the Rain and Wizard of Oz.
You can see Saxism Quartet along with the RSQ at our fringe concert, Sax to the Max'
To book tickets, follow this link:
http://www.adelaidefringe.com.au/fringetix/sax-to-the-max/2d9888cf-59de-4de0-8850-1e6485897434
Saxism saxophone quartet grew out of the Corner Pocket Big Band saxophone section. Four players began rehearsing as a saxophone quartet in late 2008. Along the way there have been many personnel changes and only two of the original members, Lindsay Heesom (baritone saxophone) and Kym Gluyas (tenor saxophone), remain. The current membership came together in early 2013 with the advent of Schmoe (Sylvan Elhay) on soprano saxophone joining Kym, Lindsay and Steve Eads (alto saxophone who joined the group in 2012). The players come from a somewhat varied background and the quartet plays a wide variety of music from classical to jazz.
Soprano saxophone - Sylvan (Schmoe) Elhay
During the 1960's and 1970's Schmoe played clarinet, on a casual contract, with the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra. At the same time he was playing flute and saxophone in jazz, funk and rock bands. His Jazz ensemble Schmoe and Co plays concerts, club gigs, radio and TV broadcasts and recordings. Over more than four decades Schmoe has performed throughout Australia and in and around the San Francisco Bay Area. He currently teaches jazz at the Elder Conservatorium of Music and at the Stanford Jazz Workshop, Stanford California. He has scored, produced and performed the music soundtracks for several short films and works for ballet.
He was a founding member of the SA Jazz Action Society, led the SA Jazz Coordination Program for many years and is now a member of the Board of Jazz SA Inc. He served two terms on the Australia Councils' Music Board. Schmoe was a member of the founding Board and is now an Honorary Life Member of the Music Council of Australia. In 2012 he was honoured for fifty years service to Jazz with a tribute by SA Jazz Archive.
Alto Saxophone - Steve Eads
Steve now teaches privately after thirty five years in the SA Education Department Instrumental Music Service. He served as Musical Director of the Banksia Park Concert Band, Convenor of the Adelaide Band Festival, State Music Camp Tutor and Conductor, Woodwind Methodology Lecturer at the University of Adelaide and AMEB Examiner.
He led his own Big Band for many years and currently enjoys playing with the Salt and Pepper Big Band. He is also a regular Director of the JazzSA Super Band 3.
Steve recently took up trombone and plays with the Uraidla Town Band and is a Technical Commissioner with the Council of Australian Baseball Scorers.
Tenor saxophone - Kym Gluyas.
Studied Jazz saxophone, Music Technology and Sound Arts at Elder Conservatorium of Music. He is a qualified music teacher very interested in many styles of music and in creating new approaches with a mixing of styles. He has performed with groups playing World Music such as traditional Indian music, flamenco, big band, classical, jazz, latin and funk.
Kym composed the music and foley sounds for four short films, a very successful cabaret series (Kabaret Konspiracy) and many other live performances.
For three years Kym was Artistic Director for the continuous concert series C.O.M.A (Creative Original Music Adelaide). He also performs complex Distributive Performances "live" with musicians in India via the Internet through an on line channel.
Baritone saxophone - Lindsay Heesom
Playing saxophone, clarinet, bassoon, flute and oboe, Lindsay studied clarinet at the Elder Conservatorium of music before joining the SA Police Band and then becoming a freelance player in 1976.
He played for the Australian tours of Ray Charles, Kenny Rogers, Shirley Bassey, Andy Williams, Phil Wilson, Chuck Finlay, Arthur Greenslade and Harry Secombe amongst others. He has also played with James Morrison, Don Burrows, June Bronhill, the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra and the Adelaide Chamber Orchestra as well as many Adelaide Big Bands such as the ABC Show Band, Errol Buddle Big Band, Bob Hower Big Band, DW Orchestra, the Our Thing Big Band and other local ensembles.
His list of Festival Theatre productions include Oh What A Lovely War, Pal Joey, Marriage of Figaro, High Society, Oklahoma, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Hello Dolly, West Side Story, Forty Second Street, Boy from Oz, Hot Shoe Shuffle, Threepenny Opera, Chorus Line, Singing in the Rain and Wizard of Oz.
You can see Saxism Quartet along with the RSQ at our fringe concert, Sax to the Max'
To book tickets, follow this link:
http://www.adelaidefringe.com.au/fringetix/sax-to-the-max/2d9888cf-59de-4de0-8850-1e6485897434