Michael Brockman

• Click HERE to listen to Michael Brockman playing his composition "They Never Said" in a quartet with Clarence Acox (drums), Randy Halberstadt (piano) and Phil Sparks (bass).

• Click HERE to listen to a six minute interview with KUOW FM 94.9 radio host Dave Beck about the creation of the BROCTAVE KEY (tm).




                     
                                                         Click HERE to learn                    Click HERE to learn about The Frankensax
                                                         about The Broctave Key             (an experimental 12 octave-vent saxophone)
                                                         (U.S. Patent No. 8,314,318 granted Nov. 2012)

Click HERE to read some discussion about intonation problems inherent to the saxophone.

Saxophonist/Musician based in Seattle, Washington

 

• Composer, Arranger, Band Leader

• UW School of Music Faculty - Saxophone and Jazz Studies

• Artistic Co-Director of the award winning Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra

• Tenor, alto, and soprano saxophone soloist with the Clarence Acox Sextet

• Classical saxophone soloist/recitalist with Seattle Symphony Orchestra, and many other Seattle ensembles.

• Director of UW Jazz in Paris Program

 

Listen:

• Click HERE to listen to Michael Brockman playing his composition "Passage Noir" along with the Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra on their CD recording The Endless Search published on Origin Records)

• Click HERE to listen to Michael Brockman playing his composition "They Never Said" in a quartet with Clarence Acox (drums), Randy Halberstadt (piano) and Phil Sparks (bass).

• Click HERE to listen to Michael Brockman playing the Ray Charles composition, "Hard Times" with the SRJO Octet at the Seattle Art Museum.

• Click HERE to listen to Michael Brockman playing his composition "The KPLU Shuffle" in a quintet with Julian Priester (trombone), Clarence Acox (drums), Randy Halberstadt (piano) and Phil Sparks (bass)

• Click HERE to listen to Michael Brockman playing Gordon Goodwin's "There's The Rub" along with the Shorewood High School Jazz Ensemble directed by Paul Harshman (part of the KPLU School of Jazz CD).

• Click HERE to listen to a recent interview of Michael Brockman by Dave Beck on KUOW-FM, including recorded excerpts from Seattle Symphony's new Shostakovich CD (with Brockman as soloist), as well as discussion of Brockman's musical training and background, plus demonstrations of jazz and classical interpretation (total time 18 minutes)

 

Calendar/Performances/Announcements:

• Saturday Dec 22, 2012 Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra: 24th Annual Duke Ellington Sacred Music Concert at Town Hall Seattle (www.srjo.org) 3 PM

• Friday February 11, 2013 Michael Brockman Quartet at Tula's Jazz Club in Seattle (www.tulas.com) 7:30 PM

• Saturday March 2, 2013 Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra: Thad Jones - From Count Basie to the Village Vanguard at Benaroya Hall, Seattle (www.srjo.org) 7:30 PM

• Sunday March 3, 2013 Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra: Thad Jones - From Count Basie to the Village Vanguard at Kirkland Performance Center (www.srjo.org) 3 PM

• Saturday April 13, 2013 Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra: Harlem Renaissance III - Ellington's Reminiscing in Tempo at Benaroya Hall, Seattle (www.srjo.org) 7:30 PM

• Sunday April 14, 2013 Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra: Harlem Renaissance III - Ellington's Reminiscing in Tempo at Kirkland Performance Center (www.srjo.org) 3 PM

The 2011-12 SRJO SEASON BROCHURE is available now at: www.srjo.org/seasonbrochure.htm

• Thursday April 18 - Sunday April 22, 2013 Seattle Symphony Orchestra: Berstein's "On the Waterfront" at Benaroya Hall, Seattle (www.seatllesymphony.org) various times

• Saturday June 15, 2013 Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra: Great American Songbook with Stephanie Porter and Primo Kim at Benaroya Hall, Seattle (www.srjo.org) 7:30 PM

• Sunday June 16, 2013 Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra: Great American Songbook with Stephanie Porter and Primo Kim at Kirkland Performance Center (www.srjo.org) 3 PM

• Sunday June 16, 2013 Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra: Great American Songbook with Stephanie Porter and Primo Kim at Kirkland Performance Center (www.srjo.org) 3 PM

• Thur-Fri-Sat Sept 19-21, 2013 Seattle Symphony Orchestra: Ravel's "Bolero" at Benaroya Hall, Seattle (www.seatllesymphony.org) 7:30 PM

• Saturday Oct 5, 2013 Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra: Opening Night "Play It Again Sam" at Benaroya Hall, Seattle (www.srjo.org) 7:30 PM

• Saturday Nov 2, 2013 Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra: Take Five - Remembering Dave Brubeck at Benaroya Hall, Seattle (www.srjo.org) 7:30 PM and Sunday Nov 3, 2013 Kirkland Performance Center 2:00 PM

• Sunday Nov 24, 2013 World premiere of "Voyager: Three Sheets to the Wind" concerto for tenor saxophone and double bass, with the Philharmonia Northwest" (www.philharmonianw.org) 2 PM St. Stephens Episcopal Church, Seattle

• Saturday Dec 28, 2013 Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra: 25th Annual Duke Ellington Sacred Music Concert at Town Hall Seattle (www.srjo.org) 7:30 PM

 • The SRJO Season Brochure is available at www.srjo.org

 

 

More info at:

UW Faculty bio page:

http://faculty.washington.edu/brockman/

 

Web Page for the Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra:

www.srjo.org

 

UW Saxophone Studio Web Site:

http://faculty.washington.edu/brockman/UWSaxStudioHomePage.html

 

UW Saxophone Flyer:

http://faculty.washington.edu/brockman/UWSaxophoneFlyer03.html

 

Page of links to magazine articles and interviews:

https://faculty.washington.edu/brockman/brockmanarticlespage.html

 

Contact me by email: brockmanjazz@frontier.com