Since their debut performance in 2013, the NAFA Saxophone Quartet has 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). In 2018, the NAFA Saxophone Quartet presented an all-Singaporean programme recital in Zagreb, Croatia for the World Saxophone Congress.
Recital by NAFA Saxophone Quartet
Saturday, 29 July 2023, 1pm – 1.30pm
Lee Foundation Theatre
Alfred Desenclos: Quatuor pour saxophones
I. Allegro non troppo (5′)
II. Calmo – Andante (5′)
Xavier Tan, Soprano saxophone
Marc Yee, Alto saxophone
Michellina Chan, Tenor saxophone
Yang Zongao, Baritone saxophone
Jean River: Grave et presto (8’30”)
Michellina Chan, Soprano saxophone
Yang Zongao, Alto saxophone
Xavier Tan, Tenor saxophone
Wang Zhiheng, Baritone saxophone