Alastairpenman.co.uk Website Review

Hailed as a “pioneering instrumentalist and writer” and praised for his “surpas*ingly beautiful music” and “undoubtedly brilliant mind”, British saxophonist Alastair Penman is a dynamic and versatile performer and composer, presenting contemporary and clas*ical music in new and exciting ways. Having earned masters’ degrees in both Information and Computer Engineering (University of Cambridge) and Saxophone Performance (Royal Northern College of Music), Alastair has a strong interest in the fusion of live saxophone performance with electronic effects, backings, and enhancements... Read more . APPOINTED VISITING PROFESSOR AT GUILDHALL SCHOOL OF MUSIC AND DRAMA. Alastair is honoured to have been appointed Visiting Professor of Saxophone and Electronics at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.  In this role Alastair will be working with students on the Guildhall Artist Masters course in Saxophone Performance (led by John Harle), teaching all aspects of combining live electronics with saxophone performance. As a BBC Introducing Artist both as a soloist and with the Borealis Saxophone Quartet, Alastair has enjoyed a lot of recent airplay on this the Borealis Saxophone Quartet have performed live on Radio 3 on three occasions, mostly recently in a performance at the BBC Introducing Proms Plus event.  A couple of recordings from these appearances can be found on the Radio 3 website here (The Lone Alastair recently gave three performances at the 2018 World Saxophone Congress in Croatia.  A clip from one of the performances can be seen As part of his work as an educator Alastair maintains a YouTu*e channel of saxophone and clarinet resources (mostly clas*ical) for students.  The channel contains over 450 videos and has received over 1.4 milion views.  Click here