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Steve Kenyon, saxophone
Steve Kenyon is a woodwind player and composer who plays saxophone, clarinet, flute and oboe in a wide variety of ensembles and composes music in many genres. He plays often with the NY Philharmonic when saxophones or woodwind doubling is required, and has worked with artists ranging from Philip Glass to Maria Schneider to The Who. Other orchestral credits include The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, American Ballet Theater, Orchestra of St. Luke's and the American Symphony Orchestra. He has performed his original compositions at the Blue Note, Birdland, Carnegie Hall and WNYC radio.
He leads, composes for and plays soprano in the NY Saxophone Quartet, and has written commissions for the International Double Reed Society, Triton Brass Quintet, NJCU, Synchronicity percussion and piano duo and The Pit Stop Players.
He has been in some 25 Broadway orchestras, and appears on dozens of cast albums, as well as recordings with Audra McDonald, Ted Nash Big Band, Maria Schneider, Gil Evans Project, Barbara Cook, Gotham Jazz Orchestra, Judy Collins, Tony Trishka, NYSQ and many others. TV credits include Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Schmigadoon, Smash, Wonder Pets, Letterman, Tony Awards, Kennedy Center Honors. Film credits include West Side Story (2021 with the NY Phil), Hollywoodland, Hail, Caesar (Coen brothers), and What Just Happened, for which he also wrote some of the orchestrations.
Many of his works are published by Ascenda Music and 3-2 Music. He teaches at Hofstra University.
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