Alice Morgan's Matariki homecoming
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Saxophonist Alice Morgan
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Alice Morgan is on the line from her Sydney workplace, ahead of her return to Aotearoa.
This Sunday she'll be back in her home town to play Tony Ryan's saxophone concerto - part of an all-New Zealand Matariki Concert by the Resonance Ensemble in
Christchurch's music venue The Piano
.
Morgan's latest gig is part of a multi-faceted career which ranges from playing saxophone with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, to chamber music, to music programming.
Tony Ryan wrote his soprano sax concerto for Mark Hobson who was Morgan's teacher when she was growing up in Christchurch.
Saxophonist Alice Morgan
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She's excited to be coming back to play the work with the composer conducting.
Morgan spoke to RNZ Concert about her decision to leave Christchurch to study in Sydney, and then her decision to stay once she'd completed her studies.
These days she also plays the clarinet, and when not making music you'll find her helping to organise music festivals in the Blue Mountains or programming concerts for the young-at-heart orchestra
Ensemble Apex
.
Its latest gig involved seating the audience onstage with the orchestra for a performance of Tchaikovsky's 4th Symphony.
Morgan also performs chamber music, and loves playing new works, like the piece in the video below. Swivel & Swerve was written especially for her by Holly Harrison.
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