a concert medium for over twenty years. The S-CO has premiered several large works composed specifically for them, and have showcased these compositions at venues such as the World Saxophone Congress. The ensemble, whose musicians are auditioned yearly, all play using mouthpieces constructed from Adolphe Sax's original patents. The Sax-Chamber Orchestra comprises typical members of the saxophone family (soprano, alto, tenor, baritone) as well as the less common sopranino and bass saxophones. Available recordings Raschèr International An American Concerto: Tribute to Sigurd Raschèr (1999) (with the Bohuslav Martinu Philharmonic) Albany Records TROY 331 Simply Gifts Hurricane (includes Stephen Dankner's Concerto for Alto Saxophone and Orchestra) (with The Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra) Special Hand'ling (2001) (music by George Frideric Handel arranged for saxophone, cello and harpsichord) Romeo Records 7216 Glazunov and Erland von Koch: Concerti (with the Plovdiv Philharmonic) America Remembers (conducting the Sax-Chamber Orchestra) Parabolically Bach (conducting the Sax-Chamber Orchestra) Romeo Records References External links Lawrence Gwozdz's home page at the USM School of Music 1953 births American classical saxophonists American male saxophonists American people of Polish descent Living people People with spina bifida 21st-century American saxophonists 21st-century American male musicians