The Saxophone Quartet

The Saxophone Quartet: Eric Finney(soprano) has performed solo recitals throughout the United Sates and Japan. He earned a master’s degree in music from Ithaca College and a bachelor’s in music from Indiana University. His teachers have included Eugene Rousseau, Steve Mauk, Larry Teal, and Kenneth Fischer. When he is not recording, Finney can often be found performing and teaching contemporary music. Scott Hyslop (alto) is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin – River Falls, where he studied saxophone with Robert Samarotto. He has also worked with Ruben Haugen at Concordia College and the University of Minnesota. Hyslop is alto saxophonist with the Twin Cities Saxophone Quartet, a summer faculty member at Michigan’s Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp, and music director and organist at Berea Lutheran Church in Richfield, Minnesota. Kurt Claussen (tenor) is a Twin Cities woodwind teacher and performer. A member of the Ancia professional saxophone quartet sponsored by The Selmer Company, Claussen has studied with Rube Haugen, John Anderson, and Jean-Marie Londeix. He is currently completing advanced studies in saxophone performance at the University of Minnesota. William Burton (baritone) is a Twin Cities free-lance saxophonist. His performing career includes gigs with the Temptations, Gladys Knight and the Pips, Lena Horn, and Cab Callaway Orchestra.