Harvey Pittel

Harvey Pittel

Harvey Pittel (born June 22 1943) is an American saxophonist who performs principally in North America, and is currently the professor of saxophone at the University of Texas at Austin. Mr. Pittel studied with Fred Hemke and Joe Allard. He performed a solo recital at Carnegie Hall in 1973 as a winner of the Concert Artists Guild competition. He has edited the Saxophone and Piano reduction of the Ingolf Dahl Concerto for Saxophone and Band based on his work with Dahl during his studies at the University of Southern California. His version of the Concerto is the standard version of this piece played today.

Notable works written for Harvey Pittel include the Paul Chihara Saxophone Concerto and Milton Babbitt's Images for Saxophone and Tape.

Former students of Harvey Pittel include Jeffrey Benedict and Dan Goble.

External links

* [http://www.harveypittel.com/ Harvey Pittel's website] : contains information as well as selections of his music.


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