The Zēlos Saxophone Quartet – Friday, August 16 at 8 pm
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The Zēlos Saxophone Quartet
Jonah Cabral, soprano saxophone
Johnny Selmer, alto saxophone
Alessia Garcia, tenor saxophone
Barry Galbreath, baritone saxophone
J. S. Bach, arr. John McCoy Contrapunctus IV
Jean Baptiste Singelee Premiere Quatuor
Astor Piazzolla, arr. Claude Voirpy Histoire du tango
Carly Florio Quartette (Allegro de concert)
Eugene Bozza Andante et Scherzo
Philip Glass Saxophone Quartet
The Zēlos Quartet is an award-winning chamber ensemble based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Since the group first formed in 2017, they have been dedicated to performing a wide array of repertoire ranging from underrepresented contemporary works to transcriptions from the baroque, classical, and romantic eras. Committed to performing on saxophones that fit the acoustical specifications of its inventor Adolphe Sax, the Zēlos Quartet looks to connect with a variety of audiences to show the wide range of sounds and colors of the saxophone. Zēlos has been heard across the United States in live concerts such as 405 Shrader (San Francisco), Bainbridge Museum of Art (WA), Bridge Street Theater (NY), Beethoven Center (San Jose), and the Herbst Theater (San Francisco). They have also participated in summer music festivals such as Festival South (Hattiesburg, MS), the Mana Saxophone Institute (San Jose) and the National Music Festival (Chestertown, MD), where they have enjoyed performing for local audiences not only in the concert hall but equally comfortable in farmers markets and public spaces alike. Past season’s highlights include performing Philip Glass’ Concerto for Saxophone Quartet with the Redwood Symphony, as well as performing as season openers for the sold-out Music by the Sea chamber series as a part of winning the Beverly Hills International Auditions. Zēlos can be heard on NPR’s Live Sessions and has appeared twice on Northwest Focus Live! on Classical KING FM.