| 词条 | Eugene Rousseau (saxophonist) |
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}}{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2011}}{{Infobox musical artist | name = Eugene Rousseau | image = EugeneRousseausaxophonist.jpg | caption = American saxophonist Eugene Rousseau, 2004 | image_size = | background = non_vocal_instrumentalist | birth_name = | alias = | origin = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1932|08|23|df=y}} | birth_place = Blue Island, Illinois United States | death_date = | death_place = | instrument = alto Soprano saxophone | genre = Classical music | occupation = Musician, composer, professor | years_active = | label = | associated_acts = | website = }} Eugene Rousseau (born August 23, 1932 in Blue Island, Illinois) is an American classical saxophonist. He plays mainly the alto and soprano saxophones. He studied at the Paris conservatory on a Fulbright grant with Marcel Mule in 1962.[1] Following his studies at the Paris Conservatory, he earned a doctoral degree at the University of Iowa where his principal teacher was Himie Voxman. With Paul Brodie,[1] another pupil of Marcel Mule, he was the co-organizer of the first World Saxophone Congress in Chicago in 1969.[2] During 2005 Rousseau served as President of the Organizing Committee for the World Saxophone Congress XIII, held in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The North American Saxophone Alliance honored him with its highest award, a Honorary Life Membership. He has been a consultant for saxophone research to the Yamaha Corporation since 1972.[3] The "Eugene Rousseau saxophone mouthpiece" has been commercially available since the late 1970s. In 1985, he recorded a video program for Yamaha Corporation called Steps to Excellence.[3] Rousseau has served as President of both the North American Saxophone Alliance (1979–1980) and the Comité International du Saxophone (1982–1985).[3] In 1993, Eugene Rousseau was designated an honorary faculty member of the Prague Conservatory. In 2003, Rousseau hosted the 13th World Saxophone Congress at the University of Minnesota School of Music. Teaching and performing careerRousseau is an orchestral saxophonist and teacher. He taught at Indiana University from 1964 to 2000. He was succeeded as professor of saxophone by Otis Murphy, himself a former student of Rousseau. He holds the title of "Distinguished Professor of Music" there.[4] Rousseau joined the faculty of the School of Music at the University of Minnesota in the fall of 2000. He retired from teaching in 2015. He has taught a master course at the Mozarteum in Salzburg annually since 1991. PublicationsHe wrote a book which was published in France under the title Marcel Mule: sa vie et le saxophone and also in America under the title Marcel Mule: His Life and the Saxophone He also published two method books: The E. Rousseau Beginning Saxophone Method (English, German, Japanese) and Saxophone High Tones (English, French, German). In addition, he has had many transcriptions published for saxophone performance. DiscographyRousseau has recorded with the Haydn Trio of Vienna, the Budapest Strings, and the Winds of Indiana.
Musical works written for RousseauSeveral pieces for classical saxophone were written for Rousseau, including:
References1. ^Sax, Mule & Co, Jean-Pierre Thiollet, H & D, 2004, p. 139 2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.music.umn.edu/directory/facProfiles/RousseauEugene.php|title=Eugene Rousseau|publisher=University of Minnesota School of Music|accessdate=2013-04-04}} 3. ^1 2 {{cite web|url=http://www.yamaha.com/artists/eugenerousseau.html|title=Eugene Rousseau - Biography|publisher=Yamaha|accessdate=2013-04-04}} 4. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://newsinfo.iu.edu/news/page/normal/853.html|title=IU Feature: The saxophone is passed|publisher=Indiana University|date=2003-03-27|accessdate=2013-04-04}} 5. ^Description of Rousseau's album "Saxophone Vocalise" External links
9 : 1932 births|Classical saxophonists|American classical saxophonists|American male saxophonists|Distinguished Service to Music Medal recipients|Living people|People from Blue Island, Illinois|21st-century saxophonists|21st-century male musicians |
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