North American Saxophone Alliance Conference – Lubbock, Texas, March 10-13, 2016

I was very pleased to participate in the 2016 NASA Conference hosted by Texas Tech University in scenic West Texas.

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Lubbock … so flat that you can actually see the earth’s curvature.

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It is also the ancestral home of 50s rocker Buddy Holly…

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…countrified Mac Davis…

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…and some incredible Bar-B-Q!

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My playing and composition partner Glen Gillis and I performed four original electro-acoustic pieces and the NASA conference including “Beached Whale” and “Pilgrim Monumental,” both of which were debuted at the Jay Critchley Inc. exhibition opening in Boca Raton, in early February.

We also premiered two new compositions… “Fanfare, for Alto Saxophone and Arnold Palmer Slide Didgeridoo”

And a new live electro-acoustic version of an old classic “Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights)”

I really enjoyed the sojourn to Lubbock (I guess I’m a closet sax geek). However, owing to my propensity for flying with 1 1/2 inch plastic pipe and fittings, I found the obligatory personal message from TSA when I opened my bag upon my return home.
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“BETTER SAFE THAN SORRY” I always say.