1. Premiere Classical Saxophone Players
Andrew Elliott’s
High School Sax Studio

2. Donald Sinta
Donald Sinta was born in Detroit, Michigan on June 16th, 1937
It was his father that made Sinta pick up an instrument at age 8, of which he gave Donald the choice of either saxophone or clarinet.

3. Early Saxophone Years
Sinta joined the All-City Boys Band in Detroit, at age 9
At 12, he played on a public music school program, which was aired on the radio in 1949.
He would later study under Larry Teal the Professor of Saxophone and the University of Michigan seen on the left

4. Awards
Sinta was awarded the Arthur Thurnau Professorship, an award for outstanding instruction at the undergraduate level
The award is quite an accomplish and is given to a handful of professors at the University of Michigan each year

5. Recordings
He can be heard on William Walton’s Facade with the Lincoln Center Chamber Players
George Crumb’s Quest with Speculum Musicale of New York City
And his recording of American Music for the Saxophone

6. In 1969 he was the first elected chair of the World Saxophone Congress
Career
In 1969 he was the first elected chair of the World Saxophone Congress

7. Career-continued
He is the director of the All-State Program at Interlochen and the Michigan Youth Ensembles Program
He served on the faculties of the Hartt School of Music and Ithaca
Currently he teaches at The University of Michigan, where he has been employed since replacing Larry Teal in 1974

8. Fred Hemke
A Native of Milwaukee, Wisconsin he first studied at Wisconsin State College-Milwaukee where he received a degree in music education in 1953
In 1955 he studied under Marcel Mule
Finally in 1975 he received a doctoral degree in music from the University of Wisconsin-Madison

9. Awards
In 1956 Hemke was the first American to receive the Premiere Prix du Saxophone at the Paris Conservatory
He has received the Kappa Kappa Psi “Distinguished Service to Music” award

10. Recordings and Publications
Hemke has been featured in many recordings, his solo works include The American Saxophone, Music for Tenor Saxophone, and Simple Gifts
He has also published a book entitled The Early History of the Saxophone, but is probably most know for his reeds

11. Career
Hemke has been the Professor of Saxophone and Northwestern University since 1962
He is also an artist-clinician for the Selmer company, a well know producer of saxophones

12. Eugene Rousseau
Born in 1932 Eugene is an American Saxophonist who mainly plays the alto and Soprano Saxophones
He studied with Marcel Mule at the Paris Conservatory in 1962

13. Musical Works Written for Rousseau
Partita by Juan Orrego-Salas
Sonata for alto saxophone and piano by Jindrich Feld
Concerto for saxophones and orchestra by
Solo by Bernhard Heiden (which is playing)
Fantasia Concertante for alto saxophone and winds by Bernhard Heiden
Hear Again in Memory by Frederick Fox
Skyscrapings for alto saxophone and piano by Don Freund

14. Publications
He has written a book entitled Marcel Mule: His Life and the Saxophone
He has recorded a video called Steps to Excellence
Is most know for his Rousseau mouthpieces

15. Career
Taught at the University of Indiana for 36 years, where he taught Rich Shanklin the current professor of saxophone at The University of Akron
Rousseau is currently the Professor of Saxophone at the University of Minnesota
Rousseau is also a consultant for the Yamaha corporation

16. References http://en.wikipedia.org
The audio Library of Richard L. Shanklin