Moanin' Frogs

Presented by Del Valle Fine Arts

Moanin' Frogs

Bending genres and uplifting spirits, The Moanin’ Frogs offer an electrifying approach to music. Conservatory trained and entertainment minded, their dynamic and precise performances of classical, ragtime, jazz, and pop delight fans worldwide. Featuring six saxophones from soprano to bass, they are unique on today’s chamber music landscape. First prize winners of the 2018 M-Prize Chamber Arts Competition, their passion, quality, variety, instrumentation, and focus on the audience experience set them apart. They have appeared at The Kennedy Center, Kelowna Community Concerts, Detroit Public Television, American Band College, Texas and Oklahoma Bandmasters Associations, Conn-Selmer Institute, World Saxophone Congress, Strasbourg, France, and with the United States Air Force Band of the West.

I’ve never seen or heard anything even remotely like these guys. So much fun to watch and listen to, so musical... and they play so amazingly well together...— Dave Koz, nine-time GRAMMY®-nominated Smooth Jazz Saxophonist

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$35-$57, high school at box office & accompanying adult $20
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Program Items

Jacques Press Wedding Dance from Hasseneh, arr. José Olivier Riojas
Stephen J. Rush Seventh Heaven Rag, arr. Jonathan Hulting-Cohen
Scott Joplin Maple Leaf Rag, arr. Jeff Siegfried
Ernesto Lecuona Malaguena, arr. Zach Stern
Joe Garland In The Mood, arr. Lucas Hopkins
Duke Ellington Star-Crossed Lovers, arr. Dennis Wilson
Marty Bloom Melancholy Blues, arr. Keenan McKenzie
Chuck Berry Johnny B. Goode, arr. Gabriel Piqué
J. S. Bach Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, arr. Jeff Siegfried
traditional Danny Boy, arr. Jonathan Hostottle
Andrew Lloyd Weber Music of the Night (Phantom of the Opera), arr. Eddie Goodman
Gioachino Rossini The Barber of Seville: “Largo al factotum”, arr. Jeff Siegfried
W. A. Mozart Queen of the Night, arr. Jonathan Hulting-Cohen
James Horner My Heart Will Go On, arr. Edward Goodman

Performers

Edward Goodman soprano saxophone
Gabriel Piqué alto saxophone
Jeff Siegfried tenor saxophone
Jonathan Hulting-Cohen tenor and sopranino saxophone
Jeffrey Leung baritone saxophone
Lucas Hopkins bass saxophone