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COVER STORY
`We have
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lists of
students
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to learn
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participate
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productions,
extension
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Performing
Arts Trips'
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our Saltus students who recently launched a
saxophone quartet have been invited to show off
their talents in Denmark this Christmas season.
S10s Tashae Trott (alto), Eva Frazzoni (alto),
Mira Hartwig (tenor) and Shona Maule (baritone)--
aka the "Sassy Saxes"--are led by Lisa Maule, Head of
Performing Arts at Saltus. The talented ensemble began
playing wind instruments in Upper Primary; after gaining
experience in both the Secondary Department's Wind
and Concert Bands, they joined the saxophone section
of the renowned Saltus Jazz Band.
Now they're off to Copenhagen just before Winter
Term wraps up--for a six-day educational and perform-
ance trip. While the girls will explore historic corners of
the 800-year-old Scandinavian capital, including
Renaissance palaces and mediaeval streets, the visit
also includes a tour of the Royal Danish Academy of
Music, the Radio Concert Hall and the Conservatory of
Rhythmic Music. They will visit both Tivoli Gardens--
famous for its jazz entertainment--and Montmartre, the
legendary Copenhagen jazz club, which in the 1960s
and '70s was home to jazz greats Dexter Gordon, Ben
Webster, Stan Getz and Kenny Drew.
"One of the objectives of this trip is to network and
introduce the quartet to other students and musicians,"
says Mrs. Maule, whose daughter Shona is a member.
"The girls will visit Rygaards International School, and
hope to give performances at two Danish schools,
Rysensteen High School and Krebs School. They'll join
a local saxophone group's Christmas concert at a music
school just north of Copenhagen. Overall, the girls will
gain insight into studying in the UK and Europe and the
many opportunities offered to European Union students."
The trip came about thanks to Mrs. Maule's contacts
in the Danish music community--as well as the fact one
of the quartet, Mira Hartwig, was born in Denmark.
Mira's mother Christina will accompany the group and
give them an inside look at life in Copenhagen.
"The city has such a rich cultural history and is the
music centre of Scandinavia and Northern Europe,"
says Christina Frost-Hartwig, who grew up in the town of
Horsens, west of Copenhagen, and played alto sax in
her own high school's big band. "The music, entertain-
ment, lights and people all contribute to create a most
memorable atmosphere at Christmas time. It will be the
perfect setting for their trip."
Sassy Saxes off to Denmark
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From left: Tashae Trott, Shona Maule, Eva Frazzoni and Mira Hartwig