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West Point Saxophone Quartet
The West Point Saxophone Quartet is comprised of members from the saxophone section of the United States Military Academy Band at West Point, New York. The quartet has performed at various saxophone conferences in the United States and regularly presents clinics and recitals for schools and communities. The West Point Saxophone Quartet performs art music from various historical periods as well as jazz and rock transcriptions. Advocates of new music, the quartet has recently recorded and premiered new works by Perry Goldstein and David Kechley, and arrangements by Mark Vinci and Joseph Abramo. The West Point Saxophone Quartet can be heard on the compact disc Fault Lines, which has received praise throughout the world. MASTER SERGEANT WAYNE TICE is the Concert Band's principal saxophonist, section leader and a frequent soloist with the United States Military Academy Band. Since joining the band in 1995, he has performed extensively at home and abroad. In October 2004, MSG Tice traveled to Beijing to become the first saxophone soloist to perform with the People's Liberation Army Band, the only state-level professional military band in the Chinese Republic. Other international performances that featured Tice as a soloist include the 2003 World Association of Symphonic Bands and Ensembles conference in Jonkoping, Sweden and the 12th World Saxophone Congress in Montreal at which he performed the world premiere of David Kechley's award-winning Restless Birds Before the Dark Moon. As the soprano saxophonist with the West Point Saxophone Quartet, Tice also premiered Perry Goldstein's Abundant Air. This saxophone concerto was commissioned by the USMA Band, dedicated to the West Point Saxophone Quartet and performed at the 2004 Biennial North American Saxophone Alliance conference. Tice has also performed with the Virginia Wind Symphony, the Long Island Symphonic Winds and the Berkshire Symphony, and has given performances at Bargemusic, the New England Saxophone Symposium, the 13th World Saxophone Congress and the Asparagus Valley New Music Festival. MSG Tice can be heard performing soprano and alto saxophones on the compact disc Fault Lines with the West Point Saxophone Quartet and also on his debut solo CD, Wayne Tice Plays the Music of Yusef Lateef. MSG Tice earned his bachelor’s degree in music from Old Dominion University and a Master of Music at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. His saxophone teachers include Dennis Zeisler, Lynn Klock and Yusef Lateef. SERGEANT FIRST CLASS CHRISTOPHER RETTIE is a native of Hopkinsville, Kentucky. He received a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from Louisiana State University in Saxophone Performance with a minor in Wind Conducting. Additionally, he holds a Masters Degree from LSU and a Bachelor’s Degree from Murray State University, both in Saxophone Performance. His primary teachers and mentors include Griffin Campbell, Frank Wickes, Scott Erickson, and Dennis Johnson. Chris has been a member of the West Point Saxophone Quartet since his arrival to the band in 2001 and is also a co-founder of the award-winning Red Stick Saxophone Quartet. As both a soloist and a chamber musician, he has performed in recitals and concerts and given masterclasses throughout the country. His performances of world and American premieres include works by Paul Hayden, Jacob Ter Veldhuis, Perry Goldstein, Stephen David Beck, and Dinos Constantinides. Additionally, Chris has been a featured performer with the United States Military Academy Band, University of North Carolina-Greensboro Wind Ensemble, Long Island Symphonic Winds, Virginia Wind Symphony, Louisiana Sinfonietta, Louisiana State University Wind Ensemble, Louisiana State University Orchestra, and the Murray State University Wind Ensemble. His recordings can be heard on the West Point, Louisiana State University, New Tertian, and Caliente labels. Chris’ other musical interests include frequent conducting of chamber ensembles from the USMA band in repertoire from the harmoniemusik era to the present day. In addition, he is the instructor of saxophone, clarinet, and woodwind ensemble at Marist College in Poughkeepsie, New York. STAFF SERGEANT BRIAN BROELMANN has been a member of the United States Military Academy band since 2001. He holds degrees in music education and music performance from the Crane School of Music at SUNY Potsdam, where he studied with Dr. Timothy Mcallister. SSG Broelmann has appeared both as a soloist and in chamber settings at numerous professional conferences throughout the country. Recent projects include performing with New York City cabaret sensation Jenna Esposito. SSG Broelmann appears on her debut compact disc recording 13 Men and Me! In addition to his duties as saxophonist, SSG Broelmann frequently performs with the United States Military Academy Concert Band on plucked strings, including guitar, banjo and mandolin. STAFF SERGEANT JAMES MCCAIN joined the U.S. Military Academy Concert Band in November of 2005. He holds degrees from the University of Michigan and the Peabody Conservatory, where he studied with Don Sinta and Gary Louie, respectively. Staff Sgt. McCain has appeared nationally as a competition winner, recitalist and chamber musician, and has been involved in community outreach as a member of Delaware Classical Artists and Peabody Outreach. Under the auspices of the Center for Chinese Studies and the School of Music at the University of Michigan, he performed as a member of the school's inaugural Chinese Ensemble at the Ann Arbor Asian Festival.
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