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Saxton Olsen Duo compact disc is now available!
This recording features trumpeter Judith A. Saxton and Timothy Olsen performing works including standard baroque repertoire and two recording premieres, as well as Judith's new piece (also called Landfall) written specifically for this recording. Taylor & Boody's Op. 43 pipe organ accompanies the clear, singing tone of Ms. Saxton beautifully, all within the warm acoustic of the Frank H. Kenan Chapel at Landfall (Wilmington, NC).
The CD features a 6-page wallet surrounding the listener in the environment of the recording, as well as background information about the artists, music, and recording process. To purchase the LANDFALL CD, click on this link. Judith Saxton's 3-movement composition Landfall may also be purchased on the same page. |
Digital downloads of the CD and individual tracks are now available at saxtonolsenduo.hearnow.com
Saxton Olsen Duo
Timothy Olsen, organ, and Judith Saxton, trumpet, have been collaborating together for over a decade as the Saxton Olsen Duo, formed while colleagues at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts. They have performed throughout the United States for evening and lunchtime concert series and duo recitals at East coast universities. They have commissioned pieces for their duo both through competitions and connections, and they relish presenting those within their eclectic mix of repertoire.
The Saxton Olsen Duo is known for their imaginative programming and creative use of colors; their performances are powerfully thought-provoking and dramatically provocative, as well as surprisingly quirky and tongue-in-cheek. The wide sound-range possible between the organ’s vast registration choices and an array of different trumpets and mutes allows the duo to create sonically supercharged recitals, limited only by their combined creative imagination.
Timothy Olsen, organ, and Judith Saxton, trumpet, have been collaborating together for over a decade as the Saxton Olsen Duo, formed while colleagues at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts. They have performed throughout the United States for evening and lunchtime concert series and duo recitals at East coast universities. They have commissioned pieces for their duo both through competitions and connections, and they relish presenting those within their eclectic mix of repertoire.
The Saxton Olsen Duo is known for their imaginative programming and creative use of colors; their performances are powerfully thought-provoking and dramatically provocative, as well as surprisingly quirky and tongue-in-cheek. The wide sound-range possible between the organ’s vast registration choices and an array of different trumpets and mutes allows the duo to create sonically supercharged recitals, limited only by their combined creative imagination.
Sample tracks from Landfall
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Timothy Olsen teaches a studio of high school, undergraduate and graduate organ majors as the Kenan Professor of Organ at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts and Associate Professor of Organ at Salem College in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Dr. Olsen also serves as Cantor at Augsburg Lutheran Church in Winston-Salem, where he oversees the music program directing the adult choirs, playing for services, and directing a music staff of a Director of Youth Music and Handbells, organ intern, and choral interns.
A graduate of Concordia College (Moorhead, MN) and the Eastman School of Music, Dr. Olsen enjoys a multi-faceted career in organ pedagogy, performance, and sacred music. Dr. Olsen is an avid proponent of 20th and 21st century music having premiered numerous compositions for organ and for organ/trumpet duo. He also enjoys performing baroque music on period instruments - both as a solo organist and as a continuo player. Dr. Olsen is available for recitals and workshops. Please contact him via the Contact page. |
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