Sara Sipes, David Houston, Collin Stegeman, Will Fergason
Influences
Dr. Nathan Nabb, the Habanera Quatuor de Saxophones, Marcel Mule, Frederick Hemke, Jean Marie Londeix, Michael Brecker, Nobuya Sugawa, Arno Bornkamp, Jean-Michel Goury, Xasax Ensemble De Saxophones Modulable
The Orpheus Saxophone Quartet is based out of Morehead State University and consists of all juniors, under the instruction of Dr. Nathan Nabb. The members include Sara Sipes, Will Fergason, Collin Stegeman, and David Houston. The Orpheus Sax Quartet strives to play both standard and contemporary works of music at the highest possible level and constantly pushes the technical and musical boundaries of their individual playing. Performances include those at the MTNA Kentucky Competition, the North American Saxophone Alliance National and Region 7 Conference, and numerous at Morehead State University. The Orpheus Quartet will be competing in the Coleman Chamber Music Competition Finals on April 25th, 2009 in Pasadena, CA. They are also eagerly awaiting performing in the 15th World Saxophone Congress in Bangkok, Thailand in the summer of 2009.
Sara Sipes is currently in her third year at Morehead State University where she is a Music Performance major focusing on saxophone. She is a member of the Symphony Band, Jazz Ensemble I, the Orpheus Saxophone Quartet at MSU, and attended the Brevard Music Center summer program in the summer of 2007 where she studied under Joe Lulloff. She had the opportunity to play for Jean-Michel Goury in 2008 at the North American Saxophone Alliance National Conference. Sara has been taking lessons with Nathan Nabb since 2005. She is from Mt. Sterling, KY.
Will Fergason is also a third year student at Morehead State University as a Music Performance major with a focus on saxophone. He is a member of the Symphony Band and of the Orpheus Saxophone Quartet at MSU. Will performed in 2007 at the NASA Region 7 Conference as a soloist and in the Orpheus Quartet and had the opportunity to to play for Jean-Michel Goury in 2008 at the North American Saxophone Alliance National Conference. He has been studying with Nathan Nabb since 2005. Will is from Louisville, KY.
Collin Stegeman is currently in his third year at Morehead State University where he is a Music Performance major focusing on saxophone. He is co-principal in the Concert Band, a member of the Jazz Ensemble II, and a member of the Orpheus Saxophone Quartet at MSU. Collin performed at the North American Saxophone Alliance (NASA) Region 7 Conference and at the NASA National Conference in 2008 as a soloist and in the Orpheus Quartet. He has been studying with Nathan Nabb since 2005. Collin is from Cold Spring, KY.
David Houston is also a third year student at Morehead State University as a Jazz Studies major with a focus on saxophone. He is a member of Jazz Ensemble I as lead tenor saxophone and of the Orpheus Saxophone Quartet at MSU. He performed in the orchestra at the Jenny Wiley Theatre during the summer of 2007 and 2008. David also performed at the North American Saxophone Alliance (NASA) Region 7 Conference in 2007 and at the NASA National Conference in 2008 in the Orpheus Quartet. He has been studying with Nathan Nabb since 2005. David is from Pikeville, KY.
Thanks so much for the add–and your friendship. We enjoyed your music very much. Thanks for sharing it with all of us. It's a pleasure having you among our friends!
We hope you and your friends enjoy our music, too. We've just added four new compositions and two new blogs about Umano.
We wake up every morning and play the music of the new MySpace friends who have arrived at our site during the night. It occurred to us that these friends (you are among them) are almost universally positive, whether they be novices or legends, and without regard to their station in life or the country they occupy.
It also occurred to us that we couldn’t hold a verbal conversation with most of these friends, but we have bridged that gap by expressing our art honestly with each other.
We all have been filling the world with our music and art, in the hope that our messages of love and human understanding will have an impact on the world at large.
What a gift and what an opportunity we have received from this technology!
you guys are great... I dont really play saxophone... I play clarinet. At a high school level of course... well kinda... more at a low college level, but you guys are amazing and I just wanted to let you guys know that.
Thanks for inviting me ! Your page reminds me of the time when I was playing Desenclos in the Paris conservatory with Ars Gallica ... sweet memories. All the best s
