Selected to Present Clinic at OKMEA 2025 Winter Conference
Joshua Heaney Joshua Heaney

Selected to Present Clinic at OKMEA 2025 Winter Conference

I am pleased to share that I have been selected to present a clinic on saxophone pedagogy at the Oklahoma Music Educators Association 2025 winter conference, in Tulsa, OK. The clinic, “Neither Fish Nor Fowl: Making Sense of Your Band's Saxophone Section” will take place on January 16, 2025 4:00 PM, Cox Business Center, Conference Room D.

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Announcing the Oklahoma Saxophone Ensemble!
Joshua Heaney Joshua Heaney

Announcing the Oklahoma Saxophone Ensemble!

OKC-area band directors, saxophonists, and musicians, I’m thrilled to share my latest project!

Introducing the Oklahoma Saxophone Ensemble, hosted by the Oklahoma City University Saxophone Studio and Wanda L. Bass School of Music. All saxophonists age 14+ are welcome (HS, collegiate, local amateurs and professionals). Dedicated to advancing music for the saxophone ensemble, the group performs a wide variety of music including original compositions, transcriptions, pop, jazz, and newly written contemporary works. Come join the fun, weekly rehearsals will start January 24, 2024!

Learn more and register to join ››

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The Development of Luciano Berio's Sequenza IX and Its Implications for Performance Practice
Musicology, Research Joshua Heaney Musicology, Research Joshua Heaney

The Development of Luciano Berio's Sequenza IX and Its Implications for Performance Practice

Luciano Berio’s Sequenza IX continues to be a bifurcated work filled with incongruities between its clarinet (IXa) and alto saxophone (IXb) versions. Dozens of unexplained discrepancies exist between these two versions, such as differences in pitch, rhythm and temporal duration, missing material, and expressive markings.

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New Job! Joining the faculty of Oklahoma City University's Wanda L. Bass School of Music
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New Job! Joining the faculty of Oklahoma City University's Wanda L. Bass School of Music

I am thrilled to announce that I have recently accepted the position of Saxophone Instructor & Recruitment Coordinator at Oklahoma City University's Wanda L. Bass School of Music. Starting in August 2023, I cannot wait to share my passion for the saxophone with the talented students and help shape their musical journey. Alongside teaching, I am eager to take on recruitment responsibilities, seeking out extraordinary musicians who will contribute to the vibrant music community at the School of Music.

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More than a Rough Draft: Debussy’s Rapsodie Pour Orchestre et Saxophone
Musicology, Research Joshua Heaney Musicology, Research Joshua Heaney

More than a Rough Draft: Debussy’s Rapsodie Pour Orchestre et Saxophone

The standard repertoire of the concert saxophone is an eclectic collection of works by composers who are generally not considered to be household classical staples. Supplementing these esoteric titles are a small amount of works written by better known composers, among most famous of which being Claude Debussy and his Rapsodie pour Orchestre et Saxophone (1903). Despite the significance of a composer like Debussy writing for the saxophone and his relative fame in comparison to other composers in of concert saxophone’s standard repertoire, Rapsodie remains largely unrecognized by musicologists in the context of Debussy’s compositional output and musical development.

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