The University of Arizona Fred Fox School of Music presents the Arizona Contemporary Ensemble in concert. The performance will feature guest artists Allen Rippe, saxophone; Rahşan Apay-Durdağ, cello and faculty artists Edward Goodman, saxophone; Michael Dauphinais, piano. World premiere performances include "The Refuge" by Armağan Durdağ and "The Jane Set Duo" (saxophone version) by Daniel Asia. The concert is free to the public.
The Arizona Contemporary Ensemble, under the direction of Daniel Asia, is dedicated to the performance of music of the 20th and 21st centuries. The concert is sponsored by the University of Arizona Fox School of Music, the Apgar Foundation, the Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, The Mary Goodman Fund for Music Composition and private contributors.
Allen Rippe, saxophone; Edward Goodman, saxophone
Master class: Feb. 16 at 6 p.m., Room 162
Concert: Feb. 19 at 7:30 p.m., Crowder Hall
Allen Rippe, assistant professor of saxophone, began his musical training at the Interlochen Arts Academy, continuing at Hartt College of Music at the University of Hartford. He received the Master of Music degree from the University of Michigan. His primary teachers were Jack Kripl and Donald Sinta. Rippe joined the University of Memphis faculty in 1978, after completing two years in the visiting artist program in North Carolina. He spent 1982-83 in Israel, performing with the Israel Philharmonic and the Jerusalem Symphony, and teaching for the Municipal Youth Band of Acre. In 1987, the National Endowment for the Arts awarded Rippe funding in 1987 to commission William Russo to write Memphis: "A Ballet for Alto Saxophone and Ten Instruments," which was premiered at the University of Memphis New Music Festival. In 2010 Rippe was a featured soloist at the XV World Saxophone Congress in Bangkok, Thailand, performing his commission of "Shades of Mediterranean" by Tolga Ozdemir.
