Description: Official website of Derek Granger, saxophonist and music educator.
music (51843) education (19846) saxophone (1054) flute (925) clarinet (547)
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Dr. Granger has appeared as a concerto soloist with the Tucson Symphony Orchestra, the Hartt Wind Ensemble, and the University of Arizona Wind Ensemble. He has garnered awards at MTNA national and regional competitions, the Indianapolis Matinee Musicale Collegiate Competition, the Hartt Chamber Music Competition, the Paranov Concerto Competition, and the Cyprus International Music Competition. As a chamber musician, Dr. Granger has given recitals and residencies across the American Southwest and Mexico with
Dr. Granger is committed to the creation of new solo and chamber works for saxophone, with recent premieres including non-poem 8 by Jonathan Ragonese (solo saxophone), Wood Song by Jenni Brandon (version for soprano saxophone), and Deep State by Robert Rankin (saxophone and mixed percussion). His 2020 collaboration with poet Patrick Kindig, The Quarantine Variations, comprises thirty poems (by Kindig) with newly composed musical responses (by Granger) created during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown. Additiona