Spring & Summer Round Up 2025

Congratulations Beth (Education), Hannah (Musical Arts), Maddison (Education), Meghan (Education) and Xavier (Performance). Proud of you all!

May all good things come your way as you pursue the next chapter in your education and careers.

Xavier Marican Graduating Recital

LIVE STREAM

https://finearts.uvic.ca/music/calendar/events/degree-recital-xavier-marican-saxophone-bmus/

NASA REGION 9 CONFERENCE 2025 UBC School of Music

Colin MacDonald | @ubcsaxophonestudio

 

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Saxophilia performing Pitch Black by Jacob TV | WC2025

UVic Alums | WC2025

Pop Up Group (Primitive Music) | WC2025

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B. Adams (UVIC Alumna) | WC2025

Dr. Julian Nolan UBC | WC2025

Dr. Allison Balcetis | WC2025

UVic | BA2025

Nolan, Covlin, Ingstrup and Street | WC2025

B. Adams (A Flower For A Knight/Androniku) | WC2025

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Fanfarra Cinematica 2024

Fanfarra Cinemática

https://soundcloud.com/gregg-moore-2/sets/music-for-the-general

… is a multi-disciplinary and multi-generational wind ensemble on Vancouver Island dedicated to complementing the moving image with music. Formed in the spring of 2024, Fanfarra Cinemática, under the direction of veteran theatre and circus music composer, Gregg Moore, toured small communities on Vancouver Island with their inaugural, highly successful show, ‘Music for The General.’ This rare combination of seasoned professionals and capable, eager young graduates of Vancouver Island conservatories performed the innovative score composed by Moore. In 2002, he was commissioned by a group of cinema enthusiasts in the small town of Covilha, Portugal to compose a musical accompaniment for Buster Keaton’s masterpiece of silent cinema, ‘The General,’ for a festival of silent film with live music. The music reflects a wide variety of compositional influences including 19th century parlour songs, military marches, love songs and cartoon melodies. The ensemble includes trumpet, trombone, saxophone, percussion, clarinet, tuba, mandolin and keyboard. Keaton’s ‘The General’ is an imaginative masterpiece generally regarded as one of the greatest of all silent comedies.

Victoria native NATHAN SKIP (second from left) is a saxophonist and student of the saxophone programme at UVic.  An interest in video game music has led him to Composition as a course of study, in amongst which, he regularly performs with scholastic ensembles and in community Jazz and R& B ensembles.

SYLVAN WILKINSON (third from right), from Red Deer, Alberta, is a recent graduate from the University of Victoria’s saxophone performance programme.  Sylvan's academic career had them gracing the ranks of a wide variety of performance ensembles and winning numerous distinguished scholarships and competitions.  Sylvan continues to live in Victoria as they prepare for further studies.

Sylvan Wilkinson Grad Recital 2024

 

It is with much joy and pride that we congratulate Sylvan Wilkinson, BMus Performance 2024, on the success of a well-attended and polished graduating recital.

Sylvan hails from Alberta and successfully entered the Performance Program in Second Year. A confident and artistically sensitive performer, and an outstanding participant in all aspects of programming, Sylvan has been an exemplary representative of the School of Music. Sylvan was the Class Peer Representative whose timely input, example of excellence, goodwill, thoughtful concern and support for others, has helped shape the success of the UVic Saxophone Class.

In addition to being a pillar of the Wind Symphony Saxophone Section, Sylvan enjoyed many other significant accomplishments. Among them:

• First Place in Woodwinds Excellence, BC Performing Arts Festival, Penticton
• Second Place in the woodwind category of the 2023 FCMF National Music Festival
• Participant: Université Européenne De Saxophone 2023
• Winner: Roberto and Mary Wood Scholarship

Wishing Sylvan every success going forward. Congratulations Sylvan!

NASA

Convocation Quartet

Class of 2024

Saxophone & Flute Performance Majors 12OCT

Saxophone Class Solo Recital 2021

 https://finearts.uvic.ca/music/calendar/events/saxophone-studio-recital-4/

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Spotlight On Students: Ayari Kasukawa

Second Year Performance Major Ayari Kasukawa has had an eventful year placing well in the 14th Don Chrysler Competition and by winning the Cowichan Consort Competition. Congratulations Ayari!

Ms. Kasukawa was ably assisted by Jennifer Mitchell.

Cowichan Consort Young Soloist Competition (Nov 2019): Winner

• Glazunov Concerto with Cowichan Consort Crchestra on March 7, 2020, at the Christian Reformed Church (Duncan, BC).

Sooke Philharmonic 14th Don Chrysler Concerto Competition Finalists

• Performance at the Phillip T. Young Recital Hall, University of Victoria (April 20, 2019).

Article at Sooke Philharmonic site: https://sookephil.wordpress.com/

Finalists with Long & McQuade Representative Dustin Hetlinger

Performance Juries 2018 April

Thank you, dear students, for your enthusiastic dedication and professionalism which you demonstrated so well this year. Congratulations on your many achievements in solo performance, quartet performance and Saxorchestra! Your reputation for excellence has gained you the respect of your peers and faculty! Well done! Keep up the great work!

And, to our beloved collaborative partners, students of the piano and guitar studios: thank you! Your support is very much appreciated!

The 2018-2019 Course Outline and Syllabus will be ready by mid-May. Typically, I shop it around to a senior saxophone student for inspection and commentary, then after any revisions are made, I distribute it by email and publish it online at this website under the Pages Tab.

Have a great summer! Continue to feed your musical souls over the summer!

—W

P.S. - Congratulations to Tessa on the occasion of her acceptance into the Music Education program!

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