{"id":28774,"date":"2020-02-26T15:52:57","date_gmt":"2020-02-26T20:52:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fass\/?post_type=cu_story&p=28774"},"modified":"2025-02-03T11:30:17","modified_gmt":"2025-02-03T16:30:17","slug":"the-raven-saxophone-quartet","status":"publish","type":"cu_story","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fass\/story\/the-raven-saxophone-quartet\/","title":{"rendered":"The Raven Saxophone Quartet"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n The Raven Saxophone Quartet\n <\/h1>\n \n <\/header>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n \n\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n

The Raven Saxophone Quartet will be competing in the semifinals of the International Chamber Ensemble Competition at the New England Conservatory in Boston on March 7, 2020.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Music program’s saxophone Instructor and Director of Saxophone Ensembles (including The Raven Saxophone Quartet), Mike Tremblay says the Quartet has achieved this amazing feat through talent, diligence, and fantastic chemistry.
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“The Raven Saxophone Quartet is unique in how the four individuals have really figured out how to play as a unit,” explains Tremblay, who has over thirty years in the music industry as a performer, woodwind specialist, and educator. “They feed off each other’s energy and their time and feel are superb.”<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rebecca Cowal, Zachary Sedlar, Liam Nesbit, and Samuel Boucher are the Bachelor of Music<\/a> students who make up the group.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“I’ve learned a lot from being in the Quartet,” says third-year student Boucher. <\/span>“All of our players put in an incredible amount of work and count on me to do the same. We rely on each other when it comes to realizing a piece of music. The quartet has motivated me to work hard every day so we can fly high as a unit.”<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sedlar echoes his teammate’s sentiments.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n

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“The main thing I have gained from playing with my fellow Ravens is the ability to stay aware of the music that each individual brings to life, all at the same time. I no longer play as an individual musician; I am a part of a whole,” says Sedlar.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Below: The Raven Saxophone Quartet Perform <\/span><\/b><\/em>(Preliminary round of the International Chamber Ensemble Competition)<\/span><\/b><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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