_    The quartet has been really busy the past week traveling to local schools and presenting short concerts as well as answering questions that the students have about saxophone and music topics.  We have had a blast performing and the response has been great from students and directors alike!  So far we have presented seven concerts at five schools and we have a few more performances lined up for this week. 

Here we are performing at Bonham Middle School on Friday morning:

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Here is the final poster for our upcoming quartet recital on June 26th.  Thank you Brianne Butterworth for the awesome pictures!

_    The Solstice Saxophone Quartet had a great photoshoot yesterday afternoon with my amazing girlfriend behind the lens.  The pictures are currently being edited, but I'll be sure to post some of the best when they are ready.  The quartet is busy preparing for our summer recital scheduled for June 26th.  The program will be:

        Handel - Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
        Ticheli - Back Burner
        Desenclos - Quatuor
        Mackey - Strange Humors
        Maslanka - Mountain Roads

    It will be a difficult program, especially getting to the end of the Maslanka with some juice left to get through the closing slow chorale - we couldn't be more excited though.  The next two weeks, we have scheduled short performances at local middle schools and high schools - so far we have four scheduled, with more directors contacting us everyday.  I'll be sure to keep this blog updated about the progress of the quartet recital as well as some other exciting projects and events that I have planned for the summer.