Summary: About Richard Ingham: Richard Ingham has had an extensive career as a performer, composer and educator. He has given solo saxophone recitals and chamber concerts throughout UK, North America, Asia and Europe.<br> <br> Numerous composers have written works have for him, and he has played by invitation at every World Saxophone Congress since 1985 (in Washington DC, Tokyo, Pesaro, Valencia, Montreal, Minneapolis, Ljubljana, Bangkok, St Andrews, Strasbourg and Zagreb). In 2012 was the Artistic Director of the acclaimed 16th World Saxophone Congress in St Andrews, Scotland.<br> <br> He is a Yamaha artist, conducted the National Saxophone Choir of Great Britain for several years and has composed many original works. He studied at the University of York, specialising in clarinet and contemporary music. Later he studied at Leeds Metropolitan University and the University of Leeds, both in aspects of music technology. A brief but inspirational period was spent at Bloomington University, Indiana, studying saxophone with Eugene Rousseau.<br> <br> Richard has been teaching for 40 years, always alongside his performing and composing career. He teaches saxophone (classical and jazz), chamber music performance, jazz performance, and history of 20th-century music. His jazz courses at the University of St Andrews have been running for 24 years.<br> <br> He was the editor and contributing author of the Cambridge Companion to the Saxophone (Cambridge University Press, 1999), widely regarded as the leading book on the subject.<br> <br> Show Notes: Informal lessons to get started. Cross boundaries and dipping toes into different kinds of music. Subtle marketing from a man of great integrity. Summer courses in Bloomington, Indiana with Eugene Rousseau. The UK is more encouraging than destructive. The influence of contemporary clarinet music. Examination boards influencing the development of the UK saxophone. Kids growing up would listen to pop music and that's where they would hear a saxophone. Playing Boulez's Dialogue de l'Ombre Double Having a composing break for almost 20 years. A career as a series of accidents. Teaching at the University of Aberdeen. The development of the saxophone in China. Having time to prepare before stepping on stage.
