The OU Wind Symphony Saxophone Quartet and the OU Flute Ensemble will perform for the final concert of the semester on Tuesday.

The last in the series of Tuesday Noon Concerts, this performance will feature seasonal music.

Dr. Gail Hall, director of the saxophone quartet, said the concert will be split between the two groups.

"This concert will be a great way to kick off the Christmas season," Hall said.

This Tuesday Noon Concert, though usually held in the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art, will take place in Grayce B. Kerr Gothic Hall in Catlett Music Center, located across Elm Avenue from the museum in the building's east entrance.

"Gothic Hall is a beautiful venue for this type of performance," Hall said. "They'll have their Christmas tree set up and everything."

The musicians involved in the quartet are Eric Walschap, a music education junior, Wilson Wise, a saxophone performance graduate student, Adam Basset and Rachel Porter, music education sophomores.

These four were selected for the Wind Symphony after auditions, an honor given to the top saxophone players at OU.

"This concert will really set the mood for Christmas," Walschap said. "We're playing songs like 'Angels we have Heard on High,' 'O Come All Ye Faithful,' 'God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen' and 'Jingle Bells.'"

The music will be performed in a few styles which vary from the traditional arrangements of the aforementiones songs to jazz variations.

The quartet listed "Cantique de Noel," "Jolly Old St. Nicholas" and "Go Tell it on the Mountain" as songs they will perform in jazz styles for the concert.

"It's songs people know, done in a way that's new, with different harmonies and such which people don't really expect," Basset said.

The saxophone quartet is a unique grouping of alto, baritone, tenor and soprano saxophones which is able to perform music unlike other combinations of instruments.

"The sax is mostly known for playing jazz music, and most of us have jazz backgrounds. While other groups perform jazz, this particular group will be able to do it really well," Basset said.

The concert, like others in the series, will be a 30-minute performance and admission is free. The museum plans to continue the concert series next semester from February through April.
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