Gail B. Levinsky is a saxophonist and educator based in Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania. Serving on the faculty of Susquehanna University since 2000 where her responsibilities include teaching applied studies in saxophone, chamber music, and woodwind methods. As a solo and chamber artist, Dr. Levinsky has presented recitals nationally and internationally featuring new works by Marilyn Shrude, Patrick Long, Jonathan Green, Stephanie Berg, Douglas McConnell, Mathew Quayle, Andrea Clearfield, Frank Ferko, and others. In addition to her performance schedule, she regularly presents clinics at state music education symposiums, including the MENC Eastern Region Conference, Music Education Association conferences in Pennsylvania, Maryland, New Jersey, New Hampshire, Deleware, and the Midwest Band & Orchestra Clinic. Her publications are varied and consist of the updated edition of Rosemary Lang’s “Beginning Altissimo Method” (Ensemble Publications); Music for Saxophone & Organ (Lyceum Publications), the saxophone chapters “Teaching Woodwinds: A Guide for Students and Teachers” (Mountain Peak Music), and a saxophone choir arrangement of Tomás Victoria’s “O Vos Omnes”. Dr. Levinsky completed her graduate degrees (DM, Performer’s Certificate, MM) from Northwestern University and her Bachelor of Music Education degree from Butler University.
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Quiet Hearts: Music for Saxophone, is a musical collage featuring the artistry of women and non-binary composers and performers. The compositions included were chosen for their historical and artistic value, while further trying – in a small way – to showcase in a single recording diversity in the music composition sphere.
Each composition featured is uniquely powerful, meditative, and thought-provoking. As such, it is my hope for the listener to move beyond the digital performance and the beauty of the classical saxophone sonority and to reflect, explore, ponder, imagine, and discover this music intimately.
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