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🎷 Rob Buckland Saxophone Workshop 🎷🎷 18th - 19th November 2023 🎷
St Leonards Hotel, Ringwood, BH24 2NR.
🎷 Rob Buckland Saxophone Workshop 🎷🎷 18th - 19th November 2023 🎷
St Leonards Hotel, Ringwood, BH24 2NR.
On November 18th / 19th 2023 AB Workshops host an incredible saxophone workshop with saxophonist Rob Buckland, who has crafted a career around his primary work as a saxophonist that defies categorisation. Moving effortlessly between genres, performing as classical soloist, chamber musician, contemporary specialist and improviser, with an international reputation as an insightful and forward-thinking educator. Renowned for a highly distinctive, original sound, with real personality and projection, combined with an open-minded approach to repertoire and performance styles, his work takes him around the globe in an astonishing variety of musical settings.
Rob is Professor of Saxophone at the Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester, where, since 1997, he has lead one of the UK’s most active and innovative conservatoire saxophone departments, creating a programme that attracts students from around the world. He conducts and arranges for his unique RNCM ArkEnsemble, a cutting-edge, highly creative wind ensemble, is co-Artistic Director of the annual RNCM Saxophone Day, is a solo artist and endorsee for Henri Selmer Paris Saxophones and is published by www.astute-music.com.
Rob Buckland’s enduring and most significant collaborations are with the Apollo Saxophone Quartet, which he co-founded in 1985, and which has commissioned and premiered well over 100 new works for the medium, and recorded 8 CDs, all themselves world premiere recordings. The quartet has toured extensively, across the UK, Europe, Japan and South Africa. He has released 3 CDs with his duo partner pianist Peter Lawson, one of which features this Equivox Trio (adding in percussionist Simone Rebello), and numerous albums with artists such as the Michael Nyman Band, London Saxophonic and orchestras such as the BBC Philharmonic, Halle and RLPO.
He has performed as concerto soloist with the RLPO, CBSO, Orchestra of Opera North, Chinese National Symphony, Macau Chamber Orchestra, Strasbourg Radio Philharmonic, Atlantica String Ensemble, Banda Sinfonica Porto, Portuguese Air Force Band, Slovenian Army Band, Band of Her Majesty’s Royal Marines and the Central Band of the RAF.
“Really looking forward to working with everyone on the AB Workshops weekend. It will be a great opportunity to take your playing and practice to the next level. Drawing on 25 years of teaching at the RNCM, and over 35 years of playing professionally in a wide range of settings from solo to chamber, orchestral, jazz, big band and beyond, I am sure there will be something for everyone. Looking forward to meeting you all in November!” Rob Buckland
On November 18th / 19th 2023 AB Workshops host an incredible saxophone workshop with saxophonist Rob Buckland, who has crafted a career around his primary work as a saxophonist that defies categorisation. Moving effortlessly between genres, performing as classical soloist, chamber musician, contemporary specialist and improviser, with an international reputation as an insightful and forward-thinking educator. Renowned for a highly distinctive, original sound, with real personality and projection, combined with an open-minded approach to repertoire and performance styles, his work takes him around the globe in an astonishing variety of musical settings.
Rob is Professor of Saxophone at the Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester, where, since 1997, he has lead one of the UK’s most active and innovative conservatoire saxophone departments, creating a programme that attracts students from around the world. He conducts and arranges for his unique RNCM ArkEnsemble, a cutting-edge, highly creative wind ensemble, is co-Artistic Director of the annual RNCM Saxophone Day, is a solo artist and endorsee for Henri Selmer Paris Saxophones and is published by www.astute-music.com.
“Really looking forward to working with everyone on the AB Workshops weekend. It will be a great opportunity to take your playing and practice to the next level. Drawing on 25 years of teaching at the RNCM, and over 35 years of playing professionally in a wide range of settings from solo to chamber, orchestral, jazz, big band and beyond, I am sure there will be something for everyone. Looking forward to meeting you all in November!” Rob Buckland
Rob Buckland’s enduring and most significant collaborations are with the Apollo Saxophone Quartet, which he co-founded in 1985, and which has commissioned and premiered well over 100 new works for the medium, and recorded 8 CDs, all themselves world premiere recordings. The quartet has toured extensively, across the UK, Europe, Japan and South Africa. He has released 3 CDs with his duo partner pianist Peter Lawson, one of which features this Equivox Trio (adding in percussionist Simone Rebello), and numerous albums with artists such as the Michael Nyman Band, London Saxophonic and orchestras such as the BBC Philharmonic, Halle and RLPO.
He has performed as concerto soloist with the RLPO, CBSO, Orchestra of Opera North, Chinese National Symphony, Macau Chamber Orchestra, Strasbourg Radio Philharmonic, Atlantica String Ensemble, Banda Sinfonica Porto, Portuguese Air Force Band, Slovenian Army Band, Band of Her Majesty’s Royal Marines and the Central Band of the RAF.
Over the years he has worked with a wide variety of jazz, pop and commercial artists, including notable performances with Michael Buble and Elvis Costello, Jason Rebello, the Storyhouse Big Band, Andy Scott’s Group S (formerly SaxAssault) and many others.
Constantly evolving, his most recent projects include a new group with world-renowned Jazz pianist and composer Gwilym Simcock, featuring the two musicians in both classical and jazz contexts, joined by string quartet, merging genres seamlessly to create a new take on some beautiful classical inspired repertoire, with improvisation sympathetically woven into the fabric of the music. This project will record a CD in 2020. Continuing the cross-genre theme, the Apollo Quartet has also recently record and released a critically acclaimed new disc of music composed by the members of both groups, again merging contemporary classical and contemporary jazz idioms. Rob also directs and arranges for John Helliwell’s Super Big Tramp Band project, presenting the music of Supertramp for full 18 piece big band with John Helliwell as featured soloist. This project will record to CD in early 2020 and tour Europe extensively in 2020 and 2021.
Alongside his performance work, Rob has written a major saxophone book Playing The Saxophone detailing advanced technique and practice methods based on 23 years of teaching at the RNCM. As a composer and arranger, his works feature on the concert stage, on numerous CDs, in projects accompanying black & white film and poet, and on all of the major exam syllabi. Rob is also building a strong reputation as a creative record producer and engineer, working with a wide range of artists from solo, duo, chamber ensemble, big band and strings to multi-tracked cross-genre studio albums, noted for a warm and honest recorded sound that stays as true to the individual artist as possible.
Day 1
Session 1 – Ensemble playing session: Rob will bring a specially selected set of pieces for these sessions, that will focus on some of the work from the workshops
Session 2 – Technique session: The Science of the Saxophone – how it works, how we work, and how to combine the two
Session 3 – Masterclass – selected participants present a short solo piece and receive tuition from Rob
Session 4 – Ensemble Playing Session
Day 2
Session 1 – Ensemble Playing Session
Session 2 – Q&A – Open clinic to ask Rob specific questions about any aspect of saxophone playing and practice
Session 3 – Jazz and Classical – how to move between the two genres – what to change, and what to think about.
Session 4 – Final Ensemble Playing Session
- Based at St Leonards Hotel in beautiful Dorset, with excellent facilities
- Two full days of tutor lead sessions, four sessions per day
- Suitable for the following instruments: Saxophone
- Workshop runs from 10am – 4.30pm each day, with two 30 minute breaks and a 1 hour lunch break
- Optional: A Hot lunch (including requirements such as vegetarian, gluten intolerance etc)
- Refreshments; Tea, coffee (including freshly made filter coffee), juices, a variety of biscuits, fresh pastries
- Prices range from £125-£150 for two days
- FREE parking
- On-site accommodation (subject to availability). Not included in the price, please book direct with the hotel
- Safe, simple, secure. We have now set it up for you to be able to book easier than ever before, simply BOOK ONLINE
- Deposit scheme now available; pay £50 to reserve a space on a future workshop and pay the balance 3 months before workshop date
- Payment plan scheme now available; pay £25 upfront and then pay monthly by direct debit for the balance
Alternatively if you have any questions on the suitability of this course for you we will be happy to help. Contact us at hello@abworkshops.com or by calling 07711 998058 and we will be happy to discuss your needs further.
Regardless of your current level, we here at AB Workshops are committed to providing tuition and support at a pace that allows you to absorb salient points while good progress and motivation is maintained.
What do we mean by “grades” as a measuring tool? We use the ABRSM/Trinity “classical” syllabus, but in most respects this applies to the Jazz grades as well. If you haven’t taken any grades then please contact us to discuss suitability.
A hot lunch is included if you choose that option when making the booking (including requirements such as vegetarian, gluten intolerance etc).
Arrive: 9.30am onwards
Session one: 10am – 11.15am
Morning break: 11.15am – 11.45am
Session two: 11.45am – 1pm
Lunch: 1pm – 2pm
Session three: 2pm – 3pm
Afternoon break: 3pm – 3.30pm
Session four: 3.30pm – 4.30pm
