index.html

Check out below for
available music CD's

".... the Heifetz of the alto saxophone."
Washington Post

Acclaimed by the Washington Post as "the Heifetz of the alto saxophone," Dale Underwood is internationally recognized as one of
the foremost classical saxophonists of our time. Mr. Underwood has toured extensively throughout the world as a featured soloist,
performing in every state in the continental United States, Alaska as well as in England, Germany, Belgium, Holland, Sweden,
Italy, Cuba, Brazil, Argentina, Russia, Ukraine, Mexico,Canada , Austria, Hungary, Spain and for Pope John Paul II at the
Vatican.

A frequent guest soloist with leading orchestras throughout the United States and abroad, Mr. Underwood has performed with the
Boston Pops Orchestra, the National Symphony Orchestra, Australian Wind Orchestra, and the National Conservatory Orchestra
in Sao Paolo, Brazil, among others. In 1993, Mr. Underwood made his Carnegie Hall debut in a program featuring Claude T.
Smith's Fantasy and A Gershwin Fantasy (both written especially for Mr. Underwood)

In addition to being a sought after soloist, Mr. Underwood is also a noted recording artist. He has amassed a prolific discography
of classical and contemporary works by leading composers Paul Creston, Jay Chatterway, Robert Muczynski, and Maurice
Whitney. His vast repertoire includes all of the standard saxophone concerti, as well as over thirty original works written
especially for him by noted American composers such as Walter Hartley, Clare Grundman, Jay Chattaway, Alan Vizzutti, and
Ralph Martino.

A frequent clinician at universities, conservatories, and music festivals in the United States and Europe, Mr. Underwood is a
highly respected instructor of the saxophone. He is currently saxophone professor at the Frost School of Music, University of
Miami.

Born in Cortland, NY, in 1948, Mr. Underwood began his saxophone studies at the age of nine. He received his early music
training at Ithaca College in New York and further pursued studies at Texas Tech University. In 1967, Mr. Underwood enlisted
and was appointed saxophone soloist with the premier band of the United States Navy, a position he held for 29 years until his 30
year service retirement in 1997.(30 years service) During his years as soloist for the US Navy Band in Washington, DC, Mr.
Underwood gained the distinction of performing for every president from Lyndon B. Johnson until William J.Clinton. As the
preeminent saxophone soloist of all musical ensembles of the US Armed Forces, Mr. Underwood was presented the Meritorious
Service Medal by the President of the United States in 1997. The citation reads in part: "An extraordinary saxophonist
...Underwood distinguished himself as a soloist on the National Concert Tours and in many prestigious venues, including Carnegie
Hall, the Kennedy Center, and Meyerhoff Symphony Hall. His exciting performances repeatedly drew standing ovations."

Inspired by his international performances, Dale organized the Navy Band's International Saxophone Symposium in 1978. He
received the Navy Achievement Medal for coordinating this event which is now held every year at George Mason University. Dale
is past President of the North American Saxophone Alliance. He is an honorary life member of Tri-M Music Honor Society,
Kappa Kappa Psi, Missouri Music Educators and was one of the original founders of the Saxophone Journal.

Dale Underwood's Equipment

Selmer Super Action 80 alto saxophone, Selmer S.80 C star mouthpiece, Rovner platinum ligature, Vandoren #3 reed

COMPOSED and PRODUCED by
GEORGE ROUMANIS
Conducted by Anthony Maiello

AMERICAN ODE

1. SLOWLY WITH ELEGANCE
2. ANIMATED DIALOGUES

SEVEN SKETCHES FOR
SAXOPHONE & ORCHESTRA
Inspired by HOMER'S epic poetry

3. PROLOGUE
4. CIRCE
5. DANCE of the ATTRITION
6. HADES
7. REUNION
8. UTOPIA
9. CHALLENGE of the GODS

CLAUDE T. SMITH
1. Fantasia

PAUL CRESTON
Concerto for Alto Saxophone & Band
2. Energetic
3. Meditative
4. Rhythmic

SAMMY NESTICO
5. Persuasion

URBAN F. CARVALHO
6. Song and Dance

MAURICE WHITNEY
7. Introduction and Samba

CLARE GRUNDMAN
8. Concertante

ELLIOT DEL BORGO
9. Soliloquy and Dance

ROBERT MUCZYNSKI
: Sonata Op. 29 for Alto Saxophone & Piano
1. Andante maestoso
2. Allegro energico

G.F. HANDEL
Sonata No. 3 (arranged by Sigurd Rascher)
3. Adagio
4. Allegro
5. Largo
6. Allegro

JEANINE RUEFF
Chanson Et Passepied for Alto Saxophone & Piano
7. Andantino

WOLFGANG JACOBI
Sonata for Eb Alto Saxophone and Piano
9. Allegro, ma non troppo
10. Sarabande
11. Allegro

PIERRE LANTIER
Sicilienne
12. Andante

FISHER TULL
Sarabande and Gigue for Eb Alto Saxophone
13. Sarabande
14. Gigue

HENRI ECCLES
Sonata for Eb Alto Saxophone and Piano
15. Largo
16. Courante
17. Adagio
18 Presto

MAURICE WHITNEY
19 Introduction and Samba

Dale
Underwood

"Washington Post"
When bugles and piccolos go on holidays, Saxophones will
come out to play, as they did during the U.S. Navy Band's
robust performance at George Mason University's Center for
the Arts.
As part of its annual International Saxophone Symposium, the
band, led by Capt. Ralph Gambone, assembled a program
spanning several musical styles to display the brassy
woodwind's versatility.
To commemorate the symposium's 30th anniversary it's
founder, retired Master Chief Musician Dale Underwood,
reprised his role as soloist in Jay Chattaway's temperamental
Nocturne and Ritual Dance. His stylish playing and fullbodied
vibrato revealed the saxophones tonal spectrum.

Checks or Money Orders accepted

Spool'ka: Composed by Eskender
Bekmambetov, Orchestra of the Kremlin.
Music Score and Parts available at:
www.brazilianmusicpublications.com

Tosca Fantasy/Puccini
score & parts avail. at,
www.brazilianmusicpublications.com

Oblivion/Piazzola

Fantasia
Composed: Edson Beltrami,
music score available at
www.brazilianmusicpublications.com

Persuasion
Composed: Sammy Nestico