Adolphe Sax Bicentennial Festival

Musicians and students from around the world will gather at the University of Florida School of Music Nov. 6-8, 2014 to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the birth of the inventor of the saxophone, Adolphe Sax. The Adolphe Sax Bicentennial Festival will feature an array of activities, from master classes to performances, which are free and open to the public. The festival kicks off Thursday night, November 6 at 7:30 p.m. with a UF Wind Symphony concert in University Auditorium conducted by David Waybright. The festival continues Friday and Saturday with activities from 9 a.m. until 6 p.m. 

Special sessions of note are:

• Thursday, November 6, 7:30 p.m., University Auditorium: Opening concert with the UF Wind Symphony featuring UF School of Music Professor Jonathan Helton, saxophone soloist
• Friday, November 7, 11:00 a.m., Music Building, Room 101: Music entrepreneurship lectures
• Friday, November 7, 5:00 p.m., Music Building, Room 101: Feature Film: “Sax Revolutions: Adolphe Sax’s Life”
• Saturday, November 8, 11:00 a.m., Music Building, Room 101: Tribute to jazz legend Sydney Bechet
• Saturday, November 8, 1:15 p.m., Music Building, Room 101: Multimedia spectacle: Rudy Weidoft and the Saxophone Craze of the 1920s
• Friday-Saturday, various times, Music Building, Room 101: 11 concerts and master classes by artists from the U.S., Canada and Australia
• Friday-Saturday, various times, Music Building, Rooms 101 and 120: Many lectures and workshops on saxophone-related topics

Address

435 Newell Dr.
Gainesville

Phone

352-392-0223

Website

Music Building Room 101 (MUB 101) Website