Sign up for a 20-minute chat with Jeff Leung & Gabe Piqué of The Moanin’ Frogs saxophone sextet in the Billman Pavilion lobby. Chats are available to individuals and groups of up to 4 students. This is an opportunity to network with and have career chats – perfect for aspiring chamber musicians and those who will manage a educator/performer career.
Hailed as “a powerhouse in classical saxophone” (University of Toronto), JEFFREY LEUNG is the Assistant Professor of Saxophone at Queen’s University, the Associate Director of the International Saxophone Academy, and performs with the Maryland Chamber Winds and Moanin’ Frogs saxophone sextet. As an active performer and collaborator, Jeffrey has presented recitals and concerts throughout North America, including appearances with the New World Symphony Orchestra and Detroit Chamber Winds and Strings. His collaborations with composers has resulted in the premieres and commissions of over thirty new works – several of which can be found through people|places|records (PPR), Tonsehen, and Sly Pup Productions. Jeffrey teaches saxophone, chamber music, music theory, and improvisation, and maintains an active schedule as a visiting guest artist at North American schools and universities, speaker at international conferences and workshops, and is on faculty at the Interprovincial Music Camp.
Gabriel Piqué is an assistant professor of saxophone and jazz studies at BW’s Conservatory of Music. As a soloist and active performer, Piqué has presented concerts all over the world, including: Las Vegas, Croatia, Moscow, Strasbourg, Beijing, Shanghai and Thailand. In 2020, he was the featured concerto soloist at the North American Saxophone Alliance conference in Tempe, AZ and was named first prize winner of the North American Saxophone Alliance Solo Competition in 2016. He performs regularly with The Cleveland Orchestra. Piqué has studied jazz saxophone with Dave D’Angelo of the Buddy Rich Orchestra and Ron Bridgewater of the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra. His primary classical teachers have included Debra Richtmeyer, Chien-Kwan Lin and Connie Frigo. Among his numerous academic and merit-based awards, Piqué has been named a Presser Scholar, is a recipient of Eastman’s prestigious performer’s certificate, and is a Future of Music Faculty Fellow.
