This event has been made possible by the generosity of Cecile & Rick Ervin.
There is such a thing as the perfect chamber ensemble. It is balanced, unified in expression and awash in a vast array of musical colors. The string quartet? No siree! I am talking about the saxophone quartet. Only once before has the saxophone quartet made an appearance on the WWCMF stage. This is by design, an effort to mitigate jealousy among the practitioners of all the other instruments. But we must from time to time open the Pulp Fiction briefcase and gaze at the beauty within.
masso, the Chicago-based saxophone quartet, make their WWCMF debut as the 2nd annual Emerging Artist Quartet Fellows. During their residency in Walla Walla, masso has been hard at work presenting community outreach performances in English and Spanish around the Walla Walla Valley.
Their work in the community during the festival has been made possible by a generous grant from the Wildhorse Foundation.
Artists: masso: Sam Alvarez, tenor saxophone; Isaac Boone, baritone saxophone; Kurt Cox, soprano saxophone; Ila Gupta, alto saxophone