Linda Bangs (sometimes known professionally as Linda Bangs-Urban) is a professional baritone saxophonist and was born in

Waverly, Tioga County, New York Waverly is the largest village in Tioga County, New York, United States. According to the 2010 U.S. Census, Waverly had a population of 4,177. It is located southeast of Elmira in the Southern Tier region. This village was incorporated as t ...

. She was a founding member of the

Raschèr Saxophone Quartet The Raschèr Saxophone Quartet is a professional ensemble of four saxophonists which performs classical and modern music. The quartet was founded in the United States in 1969 by prominent classical saxophonist Sigurd Raschèr and his daughter, Ca ...

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Sigurd Raschèr Sigurd Manfred Raschèr (pronounced 'Rah-sher') (15 May 190725 February 2001) was an American saxophonist born in Germany. He became an important figure in the development of the 20th century repertoire for the Classical music, classical saxopho ...

as well as

Laurence Wyman Laurence Wyman is an American classical saxophone teacher who served many years as the professor of saxophone at the State University of New York at Fredonia in Fredonia, New York. Education Wyman earned a B.A. in music theory at Maryville Colle ...

. Bangs teaches saxophone at the Academy for Music in Darmstadt, Germany. She has performed widely in the USA and Europe and appears on numerous commercial recordings. In 1990, Bangs founded the ''Süddeutsches Saxophon-Kammerorchester'' ( South German Saxophone Chamber Orchestra). The American composer J. Ryan Garber composed ''Another Twist'' for Bangs. It was premiered in Darmstadt, Germany, on March 3, 2007, and subsequently recorded and released on the ''Contrasts'' CD.

Discography

* ''Chamber Music for Baritone Saxophone'' (Coronet, 1997) * ''Saxazione'' * Several recordings with the

* ''Contrasts: Kammermusik für Baritonsaxophon'' (Antes/Bella Musica)

References

External links

* Discography at Allmusicbr>Biography at Darmstadt Academy
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