Frederick Hemke American Saxophone
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Birthday |
11th July, 1935
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Birthplace |
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.
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Died |
17th April, 2019
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Zodiac Sign |
Cancer
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Nationality |
American
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Occupation Text |
Saxophone artist, Music pedagogue
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Occupation |
Saxophone
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Music Genre (Text) |
Classical
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Year(s) Active |
1962–present, 1962–2019
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Instrument (text) |
Saxophone
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Associated Acts |
Northwestern University
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Official Websites |
http://www.fredericklhemke.com/
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Fred Hemke, DMA (né Frederick Leroy Hemke Jr.; July 11, 1935 – April 17, 2019) was an American virtuoso classical saxophonist and influential professor of saxophone at Northwestern University. Hemke helped raise the popularity of classical saxophone, particularly among leading American composers and helped raise the recognition of classical saxophone in solo, chamber, and major orchestral repertoire. For a half century, from 1962 to 2012, Hemke was a full-time faculty music educator at Northwestern University's Bienen School of Music. In 2002, Hemke was named Associate Dean Emeritus of the School of Music. Hemke retired from Northwestern University in 2012. From the start of his career in the early 1960s, building on the achievements of earlier influential American teachers of classical saxophone — including those of Larry Teal, Joseph Allard, Cecil Leeson, Sigurd Raschèr, and Vincent Abato — Hemke, and a handful of peer American saxophonists — including Eugene Rousseau and Donald Sinta — helped build American saxophone repertoire through composers that included Muczynski, Creston, Stein, Heiden, and Karlins. Journalist and author Michael Segell, in his 2005 book, The Devil's Horn, called Hemke "The Dean of Saxophone Education in America." Hemke died on April 17, 2019.
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