Bill Bliven created 'SaxTunes' because he enjoys performing on his saxophones now that he has retired from over 30 years of teaching music. He enjoys playing many styles of music, from Bluegrass to Jazz. He plays a number of instruments including the sax, guitar and mandolin. His understanding of music has earned him a Masters of Music Degree. He has played in many groups all over the Pacific Northwest from small clubs to large crowds.
Other Highlights & Honors:
- Lead alto
saxophone and soloist in the Western
Washington University Jazz Band, having the distinction of winning a
regional collegiate jazz contest,
resulting in an all-expense paid trip to
Washington, D.C. to perform at the John
F. Kennedy Center for the Performing
Arts.
- Selected to
perform a duet with the famous jazz
trumpeter, Clark
Terry, in
a jazz concert at Western Washington
University.
- Composed a jazz
band composition that was performed by
Western Washington University's Jazz Band
at a collegiate Jazz Festival.
- Member of a jazz
combo having the distinction of winning a
regional collegiate jazz contest,
resulting in an all-expense paid trip to
the University of Illinois to participate
in the American
College Jazz
Festival.
(Please contact me to setup a gig)
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