GRANBURY, TEXAS—Tarleton State University’s Dora Lee Langdon Cultural and Educational Center will feature The Granbury Saxophone Quartet in concert on Sat., June 21, at 7:30 p.m. It will be held at Tarleton’s Langdon Center Concert Hall at the corner of East Bridge and Brazos streets in Granbury.
Ted Dolan, Earl Haberkamp, Hainds Laird and David Talmage make up the Granbury Saxophone Quartet.
“This ensemble is playing music literature that rarely gets played,” said lead alto saxophonist Ted Dolan. “We’re playing music performed by the New York Sax Quartet and the Paris Saxophone Quartet—a full range of genres.”
Composers in their repertoire include classical heavyweights Handel, Bach, Mozart and Grieg. It also includes prominent 20th Century composers as Gershwin, Dvorak, Hoagy Carmichael and Dave Brubeck.
Ted Dolan originally hails from Chicago, Ill., and received his bachelor’s in music education at Northwestern University in Evanston.
Earl Haberkamp joined the American Federation of Musicians at age 16. He’s played everything from Big Band to Medieval and Renaissance early music. Haberkamp recently retired from high school orchestra and band directing. Haberkamp received a bachelo’s in music education from Bowling Green University and master’s from Southern Methodist University.
Hainds Laird received his music education degree from the University of Houston. He went on to receive his master’s in theology. Laird is now semi-retired and works with Covenant Care Hospice as a part-time Chaplain.
David Talmage retired from directing bands for 32 years. One never to truly retire, he is one of the instigators of the Langdon Center Big Band. He studied music at North Texas State University and later at Sul Russ State University. He has performed with the Ultra Club Big Band and his own Dixieland Band.
The Granbury Saxophone Quartet will host a reception in Tarleton’s Langdon Center Historic A.P. Gordon House following their concert. For more information and reservations, contact Tarleton’s Langdon Center staff at (817) 279-1164 or via e-mail at langdoncenter@sbcglobal.net.
