The good man is the only excellent musician, because he gives forth a perfect harmony not with a lyre or other Instrument but with the whole of his life. ” – Plato Eugene Booze (4 April 1905 – 28 September 1991) Eggen Booze was a 20th century French musician and talented composer who wrote many Important works for not only the saxophone, but for nearly every wind Instrument. He was born In Nice on the 4th of April 1905.He studied the arts of imposition, conducting, and playing the violin at the Paris Conservatoire.
There, he won the PRI De Rome for his work La legend De Rocking, a cantata based on an Indian legend. After completing his course of study in Paris, he moved to Valentines, where he would become the director of the Г?Cole National De Mystique. There he would remain until his retirement in 1975. Although retired from his major teaching career, he was still an active composer until his death in Valentines on the 28th of September 1991.
Very gifted in the art of music, he has rover himself to be a highly prolific composer with very Important works for many Instruments (See outline for a list of the pieces composed for saxophone alone). Although he primarily known for his solo and chamber works, he also composed five symphonies, operas, and ballets. Unfortunately, his larger works are rarely played outside of France.
Improvisation et Caprice (1952) Written by Eugene Booze in 1952, this piece is dedicated to the professor of saxophone at the Paris Conservatoire, Marcel Mule, a great French saxophonist and model for saxophone playing. The piece Is a challenging work. Gushing students with emends of musicality, technique, tone, and rhythm. Not uncommon amongst composers, Booze often “popularized” from himself, borrowing ideas he had used in earlier works to aid in the composition of a newer one. The Improvisation portion of this piece Is no different, It Is lifted from the middle section of his Image Pop. 32, a piece he had written for unaccompanied flute. Although different in the sense that it transposed down a minor third with an added fermata at the end, all other aspects remain the same.
The Caprice portion, however, appears to be completely original in Booze’s library of compositions.On a related note, the outside sections of his Image appear In another work for saxophone. This composition Piece BRBeve, another unaccompanied saxophone piece, uses the rest of his musical ideas from Images. 1 OFF Aloud Huxley Robbery Avail (22 January 1988 – Present) Robbery Avail is a Saxophone Performance Major at Kansas State University focusing on saxophone pedagogy, works for wind band, and Jazz studies. He was born in Tulsa, K on the 22nd of January 1988. Before coming to Estate, he attended Campus High School in Wichita, KS, where he studied saxophone with Kim Whitewater, Brandon Morse, and Lisa Whittle.In Wichita, he was a member of the Wichita Wind Ensemble, The Kansas Music Ambassadors, and played with the Wichita State University Concert Band and Basketball Band.
Upon graduating from high school, he came to Kansas State University and began study with Dry. Anna Marie Wyatt. At K-State, he has been an active member in Wind Ensemble, Concert Band, Saxophone Quartet, Jazz Band, Latin Jazz, Jazz Combos, Marching Band, and Cat Band. After completing his course of study, he hopes to continue on to graduate school to further his education and obtain a Master in Music and eventually complete doctorate work.
