Xavier's Digital Music RST
Biography:
Xavier is a 17 year old student who was born on November 23rd, 2001. When Xavier was in elementary school, his teachers noticed that he had a gift for music, later on in life Xavier would use this gift to start playing the Alto Saxophone, and later the Baritone Saxophone. Xavier hopes to improve his skills in order to be a better instrumentalist.
Xavier is a 17 year old student who was born on November 23rd, 2001. When Xavier was in elementary school, his teachers noticed that he had a gift for music, later on in life Xavier would use this gift to start playing the Alto Saxophone, and later the Baritone Saxophone. Xavier hopes to improve his skills in order to be a better instrumentalist.
Repertoire:
- Alto Sax: "Your Moma Don't Dance" by Loggins and Messina, "I Feel Good" by James Brown, "I Heard It Through The Grapevine" by Marvin Gaye, "Hip To Be Square" by Huey Lewis and the News, "The Motown Song" by Rod Stewart, "Mustang Sally" by Mack Rice, "Mercy" by Duffy, "24 Or 6 To 4" by Chicago, "The James Bond Theme" by Monty Norman, "Christmas Time With Charlie Brown" by Vince Guaraldi, "Bazaar" by Randall Standridge, "Aggressivo" by Randall Standridge "Skyfall" by Adele, "Game Of Thrones Theme" by Ramin Djawadi.
- Bari Sax: "Get Ready" by The Temptations, "Heatwave" by Martha and the Vandellas, "Rescue Me" by Fontella Bass, "Footloose" by Kenny Loggins, "Ghostbusters" by Ray Parker Jr, "(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher" by Jackie Wilson
- Tambourine: "Forget You" by Cee Lo Green.
Performance:
- "R&B Summit", St.Patrick's, Apr 19 2017.
- "Final Concert", All Saints, May 2017.
- "Performance Test #1/#2/#3", All Saints, Sept-Dec 2018.
- "Christmas Concert", All Saints, Dec 2018.
- "Christmas Rave", All Saints, Dec 2017.
Related Experiences/Musical Accomplishments:
- "All Saints Instrumental Class", 2017-2019.
- "Private Alto Sax Lessons", 2015-2016.
- "All Saints After School Band", 2017-2019.
My Song Introduction:
- Title: Come and Get Your Love
- Instrumentation: Drew (Vocals), Rafka (Backup vocals/woodblock), Yusuf (Bass), Chris (Guitar) Darien (Drums), Krista (Trumpet), Xavier (Bari Sax)
- Story Behind The Song: Come and Get Your Love by Redbone peaked at number 5 on the billboards hot 100, and spent 18 weeks in the top 40 in 1974. It was also featured in Marvel’s hit movie Guardians of the Galexy.
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