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Jess Gillam, Saxophone
Thomas Weaver, Piano
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Thursday, April 10, 2025 | 7:30PM
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04/10/2025 7:30 pm 04/10/2025 9:30 pm America/New_York Jess Gillam, SaxophoneThomas Weaver, Piano
Richardson Auditorium, Alexander Hall
Post-Concert Chamber Dance Jam
10:00 PM
Where
Richardson Auditorium, Alexander Hall
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She is a performer who can hypnotise a room with the beauty of her sound and her musical sensitivity.”
—The Arts Desk
Concert Classics Series
About the Event
With her natural energy, infectious personality and talent to spare, 26-year-old saxophone wonder Jess Gillam was the first saxophonist to reach the finals of BBC Young Musician and the youngest-ever soloist to perform at the Last Night of the Proms. She was also the first solo saxophonist to appear on PUC’s season when she made her jaw-dropping debut on the Performances Up Close series in 2022. She will now be the first-ever saxophonist to appear on the PUC’s mainstage Concert Classics series as she continues to redefine the capabilities of her extraordinary instrument.
Following the concert, join us for an end-of-season dance party as you learn accessible choreography from American Repertory Ballet artists to music performed live by Jess Gillam. To learn more and register for this free add-on experience, click here.
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With her natural energy, infectious personality and talent to spare, 26-year-old saxophone wonder Jess Gillam was the first saxophonist to reach the finals of BBC Young Musician and the youngest-ever soloist to perform at the Last Night of the Proms. She was also the first solo saxophonist to appear on PUC’s season when she made her jaw-dropping debut on the Performances Up Close series in 2022. She will now be the first-ever saxophonist to appear on the PUC’s mainstage Concert Classics series as she continues to redefine the capabilities of her extraordinary instrument.
Following the concert, join us for an end-of-season dance party as you learn accessible choreography from American Repertory Ballet artists to music performed live by Jess Gillam. To learn more and register for this free add-on experience, click here.
Program
- Barry Cockroft
Melbourne Sonata: I. Go
- Francis Poulenc trans. John Harle
Oboe Sonata, FP 185
- Benjamin Britten trans. Jess Gillam
Temporal Variations
- John Dowland
Flow My Tears
- Georg Phillip Telemann arr. Simon Parkin
Sonata in F Minor for Flute or Bassoon, TWV 41:f1
- John Harle
New Work
RANT! - Phil Woods
Sonata for Alto Saxophone and Piano
- Stan Getz/Jimmy Rowles
The Peacocks
- George Gershwin/Al Gallodoro
Lisa
- Rudy Weideoft
Valse Marilyn
- Barbara Thompson/Sidney Bechet
I Found a New Baby/ Tribute to Sidney Bechet
- Barbara Thompson
The Unseen Way
