Fieldwork Proposal

For my fieldwork project, I will dive into the classical saxophone culture.  Not many people perform or participate in classical saxophone, so I think it would be an interesting topic to explore.  I myself play classical saxophone.  The music is very interesting to me, and I also enjoy playing it, so I can contribute personal experience to this project.  Also, I can interview my saxophone teacher because he got his PHD in classical saxophone at one of the top schools in the country.  He will be able to tell me about the conservatory style culture with classical saxophone and how top people in the world play and teach the instrument.  I would like to look at how classical saxophone has expanded, especially people’s sounds and interpretations.  Then, to add more detail, I can compare the sounds of people from different countries around the world.  This will show the style of sound that each culture appreciates more.  Also, I can look at the variance of the saxophone music and find some trends.  I haven’t looked into that topic too much yet, but there should be some interesting findings.  Also, it is very interesting how everyone in the classical saxophone world knows each other.  There is a really big community across the world with saxophone.  Every few years, there is a classical saxophone association conference where people from across the world come to perform and interact with each other.  I can also research this conference.   This field is extremely interesting because there is so much that most people just don’t know about, and they should learn about it.