Photo by Chung Ee Yong

NAFA Saxophone Ensemble

Since their debut performance in 2013, members of the NAFA Saxophone Ensemble have performed at the annual Singapore Saxophone Symposium, the Assisi Hospice Centre, Yishun Community Hospital, Changi Airport, Gardens by the Bay, Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay, and other venues in Singapore for both public and private events and functions.

They have also participated in music festivals, workshops, and exchanges around the world, in Malaysia (Prince of Wales Island International School and Universiti Sains Malaysia, 2014); Thailand (College of Music, Mahidol University, Bangkok, 2015); Taiwan (International Wind Band Festival, Taoyuan, 2014; Asia Pacific Saxophone Congress, Chiayi, 2016); and France (17th World Saxophone Congress and Festival, Strasbourg, 2015).

More recently, the NAFA Saxophone Quartet presented an all-Singaporean programme recital in Zagreb, Croatia for the World Saxophone Congress in July 2018.

Programme

Claude Debussy arr. Zechariah Goh: La fille aux cheveux and Minstrels
Alexis Seah and Johann Koh, soprano saxophones
Breyann Bantoc and Yang Zongao, alto saxophones
Luo Tianze and Tham Zheng Hong, tenor saxophones
Danielle Ong and Tan Yun Qu, baritone saxophones

Gu Wei: Double Quartet
Alexis Seah and Michellina Chan, soprano saxophones
Johann Koh and Breyann Bantoc, alto saxophones
Samuel Phua and Luo Tianze, tenor saxophones
Danielle Ong and Tan Yun Qu, baritone saxophones