Ken Foerch Group

Performing Saturday, April 30, 2011, 1:00 p.m.

Musicians of the Rhapsody Saxophone Quartet:
Kenneth Foerch - Soprano Saxophone
Richard Mora - Alto Saxophone
Jonathan Rowden - Tenor Saxophone
Roger Przytulski - Baritone Saxophone

Ken Foerch received his Master of Music degree at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York and started the doctoral program at the University of Southern California. Then one day a professor handed him a flyer advertising auditions for the U.S. Marine Band. Foerch auditioned, and got the job and for the next eight years, under two presidents, he played “Hail to the Chief ” thousands of times, along with anthems from dozens of other countries to announce the entrance of foreign dignitaries. Foerch then left D.C. to finish his doctorate in music at USC. He also began teaching privately and in local colleges, and has played concerts with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Los Angeles Master Chorale and in a rhythm and blues band to which he still belongs. He finished his Doctor of Musical Arts degree in 2003. He now teaches saxophone at Pomona College and is Assistant Professor of Music at Vanguard University.

The combo will perform Jazz selections.