About

The City of Angels Saxophone Quartet (COASQ) has championed the emergence of saxophone quartet on the concert stage for more than 25 years. Shortly after its founding in the early 1990s, the ensemble, based in Los Angeles, CA was the first saxophone quartet to win top honors at the prestigious Coleman and Carmel Chamber Music Competitions. Recent honors have included concerts sponsored by the Los Angeles County Arts Commission, appearances at the Paderewski Music Festival and the iconic Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. Most recently the group toured the SE US at the Amelia Island, FL & Madison, GA Chamber Music Festivals sharing the bill with Itzhak Perlman, Anne Akiko Meyers, Bella Fleck and the Dover String Quartet. With a wide and varied repertoire developed and seasoned over time, the ensemble constantly seeks new ways to connect with audiences through succinct commentary focusing on the human stories behind the music that they perform. The group's CD 'City of Angels Saxophone Quartet' is available through iTunes, Amazon, CD Baby and other online outlets.

Music

A Song for Japan
Always in All Ways - R. Whiting (1930)
An American in Paris - George Gershwin
Andante et Scherzo - Eugene Bozza
Arabesque No1 - Claude Debussy
Aurelius - Clare Fischer
Baroque in Blue - Vic Morosco
Cities (Suite) G. Lagos
Dziekuje - Dave Brubeck
Fantazia - Orlando Gibbons
Four for Tango - Astor Piazzolla
Milonga del Angel - Astor Piazzolla
Hornpipe from Water Music - Handel
Hungarian Rhapsody #2 - Franz Liszt
Introduction and Scherzo - Robert Clerisse
Introduction and Variations - Gabriel Pierne
Islands Madrigal- Raimond Tiguls
July - Michael Tork
La Viellee de L'ange Gardien - Gabriel Pierne
Little Fugue in G - Bach
Lux Aeterna - Rihards Dubra (2005)
Marche de Petits Soldats de Plomb - Gabriel Pierne
Music from the Three Penny Opera – Kurt Weill
New York Suite - Paquito D'Rivera
Nuages - Eugene Bozza
Nutcracker Suite - Tchaikovsky
Overture From Candide - Bernstein
Pavane - Faure
Petit Quartet - Jean Francaix
Porgy and Bess Suite - George Gershwin
Pure Imagination - Bricusse/Newly
Quartet for Saxophones Opus 109 - Alexander Glazounow
Quartet - Claude Pascal
Quartet for Saxophone (1949)- Jeanjean
Quartet - Ladd McIntosh
String Quartet in F - Maurice Ravel
Quartet #1 - Bob Mintzer
Quartet #2 - Bob Mintzer
Quartet #2 - Lenny Pickett
Ragtime Suite - Arthur Frackenpohl
Scott Joplin Portrait - Scott Joplin
Selections From West Side Story - Bernstein
Shepherd's Hey - Percy Grainger (1913)
Still Crazy After All These Years - Paul Simon
Three Preludes - George Gershwin
Themes from Cinema Paradiso - Morricone
Toccata in F – J.S.Bach
Wait Till You See Her
Wapango - Paquito D'Rivera
4/2 - Ladd McIntosh

Videos

Audio

Past groupmuses (3)

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  Outdoors

  A Little Bit Beautiful Groupmuse

  Saturday, Oct 7, 2017 3:00 PM PDT

  • Neighborhood: Sunset/Fairfax
  • Composers: Gershwin, Bernstein
  • Instruments: Sax Quartet
  • Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event

  Happened over 6 years ago

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  Outdoors

  City of Angels Sax Quartet

  Sunday, Jul 9, 2017 5:00 PM PDT

  • Neighborhood: Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles
  • Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event

  Happened almost 7 years ago

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  Outdoors

  Brewster Live Muse

  Sunday, Mar 5, 2017 4:00 PM PST

  • Neighborhood: Tarzana, Los Angeles
  • Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event

  Happened about 7 years ago