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Greg Banaszak uses a New York model #7 on his alto saxophone

Greg Banaszak is one of the leading saxophonists of today and has performed with orchestras and at concert halls throughout the world. He has appeared as a concerto soloist and recitalist throughout the United States, Eastern and Western Europe, the Middle East, and Asia.

Mr. Banaszak is one of the most sought after orchestral saxophone soloists of his generation. His upcoming concerto engagements are scheduled well into the twenty-first century worldwide. As one of the few saxophonists active in both the classical and jazz mediums, Mr. Banaszak includes a combination of concerto performances, solo and chamber music recitals, and jazz festival appearances. He has appeared as guest artist in such prestigious concert halls as Vienna's Bosendorfer, the Royal Palace in Warsaw, and New York's Lincoln Center. He has presented masterclasses at Austria's Musik Hochschule, the Cairo Conservatory, Oberlin Conservatory, and the Tanglewood Institute.

Mr. Banaszak is on the faculty of the Baldwin-Wallace Conservatory, the Cleveland Institute of Music/Case Western Reserve University, and Kent State University. He serves as a Vandoren Performing Artist, Selmer Clinician and Rovner Products consultant. He has performed as saxophonist for the Cleveland Orchestra.

Mr. Banaszak is a Cum Laude graduate of the Hartt School of Music and holds degrees from the Chopin Academy of Music in Warsaw and the Centre Musical d'Annecy in France. He sights his successful career on having studied with such prominent masters as Vincent Abato, Daniel Deffayet and jazz legend Jackie McLean, as well as David Pituch, and Ken Radnofsky. Mr. Banaszak's most recent CD, featuring Romantic saxophone concerti with the Polish National Chamber Orchestra, is available on the Centaur Records label. He has also recorded on Chanson and Open Loop labels.

 

 
Whatever Phil Barone model you choose, you'll find the quality of workmanship, tone color, and dynamic flexibility reaches new heights of excellence. These mouthpieces are CNC-machined from solid brass bar stock or cast in the finest brass or sterling silver alloy blanks, and then superbly hand finished by master mouthpiece maker Phil Barone.
 
 
Phil Barone Saxophone Mouthpieces ˇ 201 East 35th Street ˇ New York, NY 10016
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