University of Florida
International Saxophone Master Classes
Each year we host a day of master classes and concerts featuring international guest artists. Our guest for 2007-2008 will be Jean-Michel Goury, internationally renowned soloist, new music specialist, and Professor at the Conservatoire National de Region de Boulogne-Billancourt, France. The day will include two master classes, and a recital presented by Jean-Michel Goury. The day will also feature a mini-concert by University of Florida saxophone ensembles and instrument displays by the Selmer Company. All events are free and open to the public.
Schedule of Events
Saturday, April 12, 2008
9:00 - 5:00 Exhibits by Salmer and Vandoren
9:00 am Vandoren Reed Clinic
10:00 am Guest Artist Master Class
12:0 am Lunch Break
1:30 pm Guest Artist Master Class
3:30 pm UF Saxophone Ensembles Concert
4:30 pm Guest Artist Recital
Interested saxophonists are invited to participate in the activities of the day. Contact Dr. Helton (jhelton@ufl.edu) for more information.
This series is made possible with assistance from the University of Florida International Center, the France Florida Research Center, the Office of Research and Graduate Programs, the University of Florida School of Music, and The Selmer Company.
Artist Biography
Jean-Michel Goury is one of the world’s foremost interpreters of contemporary masterworks for the saxophone. His performances and recordings have received high praise from critics worldwide.
He was born in Tonneins, France and was nurtured in music by his father, Pierre Goury, Secretary of the French National Association of Bands. He studied at the Conservatoire National de Musique de Bordeaux and received the Médaille d’Or (given unanimously by the jury) in saxophone while studying with Jean-Marie Londeix. He also completed distinguished musical studies in musical analysis with François Rossé, wind ensemble conducting with André Leclercq, and chamber music with Francis Vallone.
He has won first prize in a number of national and international music competitions, including Aix-le-Bains in 1980, where he received congratulatory remarks from the president of the jury, legendary saxophonist Marcel Mule.
Since receiving the Certificat d’Aptitude (France’s highest teaching diploma in music) in 1982, Jean-Michel has taught in the French Conservatory system, first at the Conservatoire National de Musique de Landes and, since 1986, at one of France’s most modern schools, the Conservatoire National de Musique de Boulogne-Billancourt in Paris.
Jean-Michel Goury has presented a number of pedagogical workshops, retreats, mini-courses and master classes on contemporary music performance in France, Europe and North America. He has been invited to perform and give lectures at prestigious festivals in Geneva, Odessa, Salzburg, Witten, Vandoeuvre, Lucerne, Vilnius, and Boston.
He has performed as soloist with the Orchestre Symphonique des Jeunesses Musicales de Bavière, the Ensemble Orchestral d'Italie, the Orchestre National de Chambre de Toulouse, and with wind ensmbles in Edmonton, Saskatoon, et Montréal, Canada. As a recital and chamber musicaln, he premieres and promotes new works by: Boudreau, Isaksson, Kynaston, Jakubowski, Lauba, Minamikawa, Mintchev, Myazawa, Pavlenko, Reibel, Rolin, Rossé, Sauguet, Sauvanet, Savouret, Schilling, Carlosema, Grouvel, Karlins.
He is also an active chamber musician, performing several tours each year with these ensembles: the Xasax Quartet, the Apollinaire Quartet, the Ensemble Itinéraire, Contre-champ, and Klangform, in France, Germany, the United States, Italy, Japan, Switzerland, Spain, Lithuania, Austria, Ukraine, Netherlands, Israel, and Canada.
Jean-Michel Goury has collaborated with numerous avant-garde opera and theater performances (Péniche-opéra, Théâtre des Amandiers, New-Morning) in the premieres of more than 100 works written by composers since 1979 (Asperghis, Berio, Ballif, Sharp, Seffer, Reibel, Lubat, Rossé, Sauguet, Pesson, Lauba, Shrude, Levaillant, Savouret, Guy, Rolin, Isakson,…).
He has recorded twelve compact discs on the Hat Art, Erol Records, Alba Musica, Kairos, and MFA labels.
