Ancia Saxophone Quartet
The Ancia Saxophone Quartet has delighted audiences throughout North American, Europe, and Asia performing juxtaposing traditional repertoire with contemporary works. Their latest CD, Short Stories, features works by Higdon, Ives, Macy, Torke, Sturm, and Bixler. In 2007 the quartet toured Korea performing at Seoul National University, the Da-ism New Music Festival in Daegu, and the International Music Festival in Gwangju. Ancia has also collaborated extensively with the Berlin Saxophone Quartet. Based in Minneapolis, the group is made up of saxophone professors from universities in Wisconsin and Minnesota. Members of Ancia hold degrees from Eastman School of Music, Northwestern University, the New England Conservatory of Music, St. Olaf College, and Ithaca College.
Last modified on June 7, 2007