About

Bay Area based saxophonist Eric Barreto has a career that has taken him to music festivals, universities, and music halls around the country. As a former member of the Mana Quartet, Eric's performance engagements include the Downtown Chamber Series, the Spectrum Series, Ethos Chamber Music Society, the Bravo! Vail Valley Music Festival, and NPR’s Performance Today. He’s also been a soloist with the Hot Springs Music Festival Orchestra and the National Music Festival Orchestra. Since moving to the Bay Area he's performed on several chamber music series and orchestras including the New Century Chamber Orchestra. As an educator he’s held residencies at Northern Arizona University, Florida State University, SUNY Fredonia, and Sacramento State University. He’s also a co-founder of the Mana Saxophone Institute, a two-week instructional summer workshop for saxophonists around the country. Eric holds a B.M in Music Performance and an M.A. is Arts Administration from Florida State University.

Music

The saxophone is also a relatively new instrument in classical music. As an orchestral saxophonist, I love showing a different sound of the saxophone that people might not have heard before, so the music I play for Groupmuses often a combination of original works and transcriptions of works for other instruments.

JS Bach
Decruck
Dressel
Eccles
Piazzolla
Brahms
Bozza
Glazunouv
Ibert
Messiaen
Bonneau

Videos

Audio

Ensemble profiles

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  Mana Trio

  • Instrument: Saxophone Trio
  • Location: San Francisco
  • 1 groupmuse played

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Past groupmuses (2)

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  Classical music and cake

  Friday, Mar 8, 2019 7:30 PM PST

  • Neighborhood: Outer Sunset, SF
  • Composers: Bach, Messiaen, Bonneau, and more!
  • Instruments: Saxophone & Piano
  • Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event

  Happened about 5 years ago

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  Outdoors

  Patio Chill Session

  Sunday, Apr 23, 2017 4:00 PM PDT

  • Neighborhood: Noe Valley, SF
  • Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event

  Happened about 7 years ago