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Lindsay Williams talks to MusicPro Magazine about Foxes Music’s participation at the International Saxophone Symposium.  The Symposium is an anual event and is held at George Mason University.  Foxes Music Store is located in Falls Church, VA.  You can visit their website by clicking here.
We will be posting more coverage of the Symposium over the [...]

Hey Gang,
If you’re in the Washington D.C. area this weekend, Friday, Jan. 23rd and Sat. Jan. 24th, come on out to the International Saxophone Symposium. The Symposium will consist of live performances by a host of groups both days and a full schedule of clinics. The event will be held at George [...]

Where do you see yourself going from here?
What’s on the horizon for you?

Well, where we go from here really depends on the myriad of possibilities we try to pull in at one time. We are now opening up a new facility. For instance here at VCU music we have a renovated music center [...]

How did you get started?

I got started in music when I was eight or nine. My parents had an upright in the house and encouraged everyone to take piano lessons. For awhile, I was doing some guitar and enjoying that and eventually I started playing some piano reading the guitar symbols on the sheet music [...]

Being a skilled orator only is a nice skill to have for a public speaker but that skill only works if you actually have something to say. Antonio Garcia explains why it’s the same for music and musicians.

Every so often you meet someone with the perfect blend of book smarts and street smarts. Virginia Commonwealth University’s Antonio Garcia fits that description to a tee. Spending as much time in live venues entertaining audiences as he does enriching young minds in the classroom, Tony brings a wealth of real world street [...]

With playing credits including Liza Minelli, Debbie Reynolds, Charles Mingus, Bob Mintzer, David Bowie, Roberta Flack, George Benson, and Nancy Wilson…….a better question to ask is who hasn’t Al Regni played with? Al is currently an adjunct professor at Virginia Commonwealth University. It was truly an honor to interview this world- renowned master musician.
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