2022 SAXOPHONE MEGA DAY ARTISTS
Katia Beaugeais is an Australian-French composer and saxophonist based in Sydney. She is a Vandoren Paris and Selmer Sax Artist.
Since winning the prestigious International Society for Contemporary Music Young Composer Award, her music has been performed throughout Europe, UK, America, Canada, Asia, Peru and Australasia, and featured on Boulevard des Productions French TV, ABC’s The Music Show, BBC Radio 3 and by the legendary Jean-Marie Londeix at the Strasbourg Conservatoire.
Recent ABC Classic releases include her solo saxophone album, Breath by Breath, named after her circular breathing soprano sax piece, and Women of Note Vol. 3 and 4. Both her solo saxophone and string orchestra music are currently the main theme music for ABC New Waves and ABC Classic Breakfast radio.
Beaugeais’ music has been performed by didgeridoo virtuoso William Barton, Royal Australian Navy Band, Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Central Band, Kansas City Chamber Orchestra, Grammy-nominated Sony artist Amy Dickson, Australian Chamber Orchestra Collective, Zagreb Biennale, Scotland, France and Croatia World Sax Congresses, and by Beaugeais herself in her own 40 min. saxophone concerto recorded by ABC Classic.
Beaugeais recently graduated with a PhD in Composition at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. Her composer-performer research is currently featured in Vandoren Paris, LA-based Voyage KC and Clarinet and Saxophone Society of Great Britain magazine.
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Margery Smith is a Sydney-based performer, composer and improviser. She has studied clarinet and saxophone at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, as well as in Europe and the USA. Smith has performed with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, the Australia Ensemble and the Canberra Wind soloists. Recently, she has written for Orchestra Victoria, Continuum Sax, and PACT Youth Theatre. Her career incorporates time spent lecturing at University of Newcastle Conservatorium of Music, composing, and various projects involving the use of improvisation and collaboration in educational and community contexts.