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Frederick Hemke
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Frederick Hemke From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia This article is about Frederick L. Hemke, the Northwestern University saxophone professor. For the Professor of woodwinds and saxophonist at Northern State University, Aberdeen,SD. see Frederic Hemke. Frederick Hemke Born July 11, 1935 Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S. Genres Classical Occupation(s) Saxophone artist Music pedagogue Instruments Saxophone Years active 1962–present Associated acts Northwestern University Website www.fredericklhemke.com Frederick L. Hemke, (né Fred LeRoy Hemke Jr.; born July 11, 1935 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) is an American virtuoso classical saxophonist and influential, long-standing professor of saxophone at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. Although an ardent admirer of Jazz, Hemke choose to present the concept of the classical saxophone, particularly among leading American composers. Through performance and lecturing, he strived to raise the recognition of classical saxophone in solo, chamber, and major orchestral repertoire. Hemke was a full-time faculty music educator at Northwestern University’s Bienen School of Music. In 1996 Hemke was named Senior Associate Dean of the School of Music and Acting Dean in 2002 [1][2][3][4][5][6][7] Hemke retired from Northwestern University in 2012. From the start of his career in the late 1950’s, Hemke helped build American concert saxophone repertoire through the performance and presentation of composers that included Benson, Creston, Dahl, Hartley, Husa, Karlins, O’Riordan, Stein, Stout and Syverud. and.[9][10] Journalist and author Michael Segell, in his 2005 book, The Devil’s Horn,  called Hemke “The Dean of Saxophone Education in America.”[11][12]

Contents •	1 Formal education •	2 Teaching career •	3. Selected former students •	4. Performing career •	5. Selected performances •	6. Selected Honors and awards •	7. Selected discography •	8. Selected publications •	9. Miscellaneous •	10. Audio samples and videography •	11. Advocacy for Soprano and Tenor Saxophones •	12. Notes •	13. References Formal education

Paris Conservatory (2007)

Hemke began playing the saxophone in the fourth grade under Anthony Erickson, Director of the unique Burdick Public Grade School Band. While in high school, he studied with Milwaukee band director and saxophonist Edwin Schmidt, a close friend of the composer and musician songwriter Ralph Joseph Hermann. (1914-1994) Hemke was highly influenced by Schmidt’s recordings library of Marcel Mule and the English saxophonist, Freddy Gardner. Because of his height and leadership qualities, Hemke served as a Drum Major throughout high school and college, including several seasons with the Lake Concert and Marching Band. During these years he formed his own Kenton style dance band, “Fred Hemke’s Band: The Band With A Style.” He also performed as solo saxophonist in the professional touring Millar High Life Concert Band, sponsored by the Miller Brewing Company, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

From 1953-1958 Hemke was a student at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, where he earned a BS degree education in music education. Because there was no formal saxophone teacher at UWM, Hemke studied clarinet literature with Jay Morton and Jack Snavely. During his junior year in college in 1955, he auditioned for and was accepted as a student of Marcel Mule at the Conservatoire National Superieur de Musique et de Declamation in Paris France, earning in 1956 the coveted Premier Prix as a regular member of the class of twelve. Hemke holds the distinction of being the first American to earn a Premier Prix in Saxophone from the Paris Conservatory. After returning to Milwaukee, he continued to work toward his teaching degree at UWM. In 1958 he began teaching as a band director in the West Allis Wisconsin Public Schools.

After two years of teaching in Public School Music, Hemke attended the University of Rochester, Eastman School of Music in 1960, where he was the principle saxophonist of and recorded with the Eastman Wind Ensemble, under the direction of Frederick Fennell. At Eastman, he earned a Master of Music degree in 1962 and began doctoral studies. Again, because there was no formal saxophone instructor at Eastman, he studied music education with Everett Gates, reed making and clarinet repertoire with Stanley Hasty (1920-2011), flute repertoire with Joseph Mariano (1911-2007) and oboe repertoire with Robert Sprenkle (1914-1988). [12][13] Hemke made his performing debut in 1962 at New York’s storied Town Hall concert venue, Accompanied by Dr. James Edmunds, pianist and the Amarillo Woodwind Quintet. Among many others, Sigurd Rascher, Benny Goodman and Sonny Stitt were in attendance. The positive reviews of the recital in prominent New York newspapers prompted the then Dean of the Northwestern University School of Music, George Howerton, to offer Hemke a part-time position teaching saxophone on the same day that the reviews came into print.

Teaching career Hemke taught saxophone at the Bienen School of Music for fifty years. He began in 1962 as a Teaching Associate. teaching saxophone. In 1963 he taught saxophone, theory, sight singing and Chairman of the newly created Department of Winds and Percussion. In 1964 he was appointed an Assistant Professor. In 1972 Hemke was elevated to Associate Professor. In 1975, Hemke earned an A.Mus.D degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.[1] He then was advanced to the position of  Full Professor on September 1, 1976. He served as Chairman of the Department of Music Performance Studies from September 1, 1991. While teaching full time, he served as the Senior Associate Dean for Administration from 1995 to 2001. In 2001, he served as Acting Dean of the School of Music. In 2002 Hemke was named the Louis and Elsie Snydaker Eckstein Professor of Music and the Charles Deering McCormick Professor of Teaching Excellence in 2004. He retired from full-time teaching in 2012. He was awarded Senior Fulbright Fellowships to the Royal College of Music in London, England and the Kunitachi College of Music in Tokyo, Japan. Hemke has served as an adjudicator on numerous national and international competitions including the Jean Marie Londeix International Saxophone Competition, The Dinant, Belgium International Saxophone Competition, the Arvika, Sweden International Saxophone Competition and the Tokyo, Japan National Woodwind Competition. He also served on the juries of the two Geneva Concours International that included saxophone.

As a long-time music educator in higher education, Hemke has taught hundreds of saxophonists, many of whom continue to flourish as prominent performers and music educators throughout the world. Other of his students continue to play the saxophone, support music and the arts in general, while serving important positions in Law, Medicine, Arts Management, Theater, Business, Government and Education. A listing of former Hemke students may be viewed at: FrederickLHemke.com Hemke is well known as the designer of a line of reeds which bear the trademark “Frederick L. Hemke Reeds” The La Voz Corporation began making the brand in 1982. They are presently manufactured and distributed by the D’Addario Corporation for whom he serves as an Artist- Clinician. Hemke is also an Artist-Clinician for the Conn- Selmer Corporation[b], the North American distributor based in Elkhart, Indiana, of premium crafted saxophones made in France by the firm, Henri Selmer, Paris. He is an editor for the Hemke Series of Saxophone Solos, (formerly published by the Southern Music Company), published by the Lauren Keiser Music Publishing Company and distributed through the Hal Leonard Music Corporation. For several years, he taught at the Ingesunds musikhögskola in Arvika, Sweden and at Olavsfestdagene in Trondheim, Norway. He currently teaches each summer at the Frederick L. Hemke Saxophone Institute at Snow Pond, Sidney, Maine.

Frederick L. Hemke Reeds

Performing career Hemke is an internationally acclaimed performing artist. He has appeared extensively as a solo artist and Master teacher/Lecturer throughout the United States, Canada, Central America, Europe, Scandinavia, New Zealand, Fiji, Australia, Korea, Thailand, Malaysia, Laos, and Japan. Hemke made his New York debut on April 16, 1962, at the Town Hall, where he was only the second saxophonist to present a classical recital. The first-ever classical saxophone performance on February 5, 1937 was presented by Cecil Leeson. Hemke succeeded Leeson at Northwestern University. On Hemke’s Town Hall recital, he performed compositions by Pascal, Lantier, Rueff, Hartley, and Stein and arrangements by Mule of Bach and Leclair.[15] Hemke has performed and recorded with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra as well as many other orchestras throughout the world. He has premiered many works for saxophone and symphony orchestra and symphonic winds, including:

Selected performances

•	Premier performance of Allan Pettersson’s Symphony No. 16, a concerto for Alto Saxophone and Orchestra with the Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Yuri Ahronovitch, conductor. This work was dedicated to Hemke. (Swedish Discophile Records) •	Premier performance of the Concerto for Saxophone and Wind Orchestra by Ross Lee Finney with the Northwestern University Wind Ensemble, conducted by John P. Paynter. (New World Records) •	Premier Performance of Dream Net, by Warren Benson with the Kronos Quartet. (CRI Records) •	Premier performance of Incantations by Ralph Shapey with University of Chicago Contemporary Players and Bethany Beardslee. Ralph Shapey, conductor (CRI Records) •	Premier performance of the Concerto for Alto Saxophone and Wind Orchestra by Robert Jaeger with the Northwestern University Wind Ensemble, Frederick Miller, conductor. •	Premier performance of the Symphony for Alto Saxophone and Wind Orchestra by Gerald Kemner with the Eastman Wind Ensemble, Frederick Fennell, conductor. •	Premier performance of the Quintet for Saxophone and String Quartet by M. William Karlins. Hemke with the Vermeer Quartet. •	 Premier performance of the Hemke Concerto, (Prisms of Light) for Alto Saxophone and Orchestra by Augusta Reed Thomas, recorded with the New Haven Symphony Orchestra on February 27, 2014[17]. The Concerto was recorded at Woolsey Hall, New Haven, Connecticut, with the New Haven Symphony Orchestra, William Boughton conducting. The work had been commissioned as a retirement gift for Hemke by his then current and many former students. Thomas, had been Hemke's colleague at Northwestern Nimbus Records (CD) (2014); OCLC 889352260 1.	"Illuminations" (sample at 1:14 on YouTube) 2.	"Sunrise Ballad" 3.	"Chasing Radiance" Selected Honors and Awards

•	Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians, Nicholas Slonimsky, editor •	International Who's Who in Music and Musicians’ Directory •	New Grove Dictionary of Music, Stanley Sadie, editor •	New Grove Dictionary of American Music, H. Wiley Hitchcock and Stanley Sadie, editors •	Who's Who in America, 41st edition 1980-81 •	Who's Who in American Music •	Encyclopedie de la Musique, Francois Michel, editor •	1956 - Conservatoire National de Musique et de Declamation -- Premier Prix du Saxophone, •	1966 The United States Office of Cultural Presentations -- Three-month concert tour of the Far East. •	1976 Founding Coordinator and Life Member of the North American Saxophone Alliance (NASA)hb •	1999 Kappa Kappa Psi -- Distinguished Service to Music Award •	2010 The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee -- Music Alumni Achievement Award •	2011 The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee – Lifetime Achievement Award •	2012 The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee -- Hugo Anhalt Music Achievement Award •	2013 Conn-Selmer Corporation -- Centerstage Lifetime Achievement Award •	2013 Henri Selmer Corporation, Paris, France -- Lifetime Achievement Award •	2013 Augustana College – Honorary Alumnus Award •	2014 North Shore Concert Band -- Lifetime Achievement Award •	Northwestern University Alumni Association -- Excellence in Teaching Award •	Northwestern University School of Music -- Music Alumni Service Award •	Northwestern University School of Music -- Professor of the Year Award

Selected discography •	Contest Music for Saxophone, Lapider Records M 249-04, distributed by H. & A. Selmer, Elkhart (LP) (1962)[c] OCLC 70304864 (stereo) (LP) OCLC 34006752 (mono) (cassette) OCLC 9439934 (mono) (LP) OCLC 82478166 (mono) (LP) OCLC 682038662 (LP) OCLC 3249596 (LP) James Jacobs Edmonds (1931–2002), piano. Hemke performed on a Selmer Mark VI Alto Saxophone Side 1 Matrix N° XCTV-87627[d] (mono) Matrix N° RG 576A (stereo) 1.	Chanson et Passepied, Op. 16, by Jeanine Rueff, Leduc (©1951); OCLC 3643353, 70350851 2.	Sicilienne, by Pierre Lantier, Leduc (©1944); OCLC 2513787, 220710420, 494480544 3.	Chant Corse, by Henri Tomasi, Leduc (©1932); OCLC 1693762, 65054912, 60574040, OCLC 2788030 4.	Elegie, by Hermann Reutter, Leduc (©1957); OCLC 4319498, 17711417 5.	Villageoise, by Marcel Bitsch, Leduc (©1953); OCLC 2520728, 659257906 6.	Suite, by Paul Bonneau, Leduc (©1944); OCLC 1042470 iii. "Plainte" iv. "Espieglerie" 7.	Variations on a Theme by Claude Le Jeune, by Franz Tournier (1923–2010), Leduc (©1955); OCLC 4245478, 222890465 8.	Cantilena et Danse, by Denis Joly (fr), Leduc (©1949); OCLC 4257200, 77295149 Side 2 Matrix N° XCTV-87628[d] (mono) Matrix N° RG 576A (stereo) 9.	An Abstract, by David Ward,[e] Southern Music Co. (©1963); OCLC 271801728, 4026579, 878470044 10.	Cantilena, by Warren Benson, Boosey & Hawkes (©1954); OCLC 70345845, 5910326, 743342657 11.	Petite Suite, by Walter Hartley, Fema Music Publications (©1962); OCLC 461584790, 3958081 12.	Violin Sonata No. 2, Op.1, by Jean-Marie Leclair iii. "Gigue," arr. Marcel Mule Leduc (©1951); OCLC 80882751, 4700064 See: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project 13.	Prelude to Cantata No. 12, by Bach, arr. by Sigurd Raschèr, Chappell (©1938); OCLC 1881486, 33309682 "Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen" 14.	Orchestral Suite No. 3, BWV 1068, by J.S. Bach iii. "Gavottes I & II", arr. by Marcel Mule Leduc (©1939); OCLC 4451340 See: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project 15.	Adagio, by Arcangelo Corelli, arr. by Marcel Mule, Leduc (©1939); OCLC 7301376 16.	Le Fete du Village, by François-Joseph Gossec, arr. by Marcel Mule, Leduc (©1937); OCLC 317456709 Music for Tenor Saxophone, Brewster Records[f] BR 1204 (LP) (1971); OCLC 5111369, Milton Lewis Granger (born 1947) piano, Album cover art: Frederick Hemke, Notes by Charles Brewster Hawes, (born 1945)  Re-issued as a compilation under the title: The American Saxophone, EnF Records[g] 1203-2 (CD) (2006); OCLC 111103801 1.	Sonata, for tenor saxophone and piano, by James Di Pasquale 2.	A Ballad in Time and Space, by William Duckworth 3.	Poem, for tenor saxophone and piano, by Walter Hartley 4.	Music for Tenor Saxophone and Piano, by Martin William Karlins •	The American Saxophone, Brewster Records[f] BR 1203 (LP) (1971); OCLC 4256573, Milton Lewis Granger (born 1947) piano. Album cover art: Frederick Hemke. Notes by Alan Burrage Stout (born 1932) 1.	Concerto, for alto saxophone, by Ingolf Dahl 2.	Farewell, by Warren Benson 3.	Concerto, for alto saxophone, Karel Husa 4.	Aeolian Song, by Warren Benson •	Simple Gifts, EnF Records[g] (CD) (2006); OCLC 64770800, Douglas Cleveland, organ, Recorded at Alice Miller Chapel, Northwestern University on the Æolian-Skinner Organ and at Trinity United Methodist Church, Wilmette, Illinois, on the 2001 Reuter Organ. Notes by Frederick Hemke. Cover art by Frederick Hemke 1.	Simple Gifts I, arranged by Frederick Hemke 2.	Nebulae, by Frank Ferko 3.	Elegy and Dances,by Pamela Decker 4.	Three Russian Folk Song, arranged by Frederick Hemke 5.	Simple Gifts II, arranged by Frederick Hemke 6.	Suite, by Alan Stout 7.	Memento, by Michael Johanson 8.	The Seventh Seal, Mischa Zupko 9.	Musette-Chaconne-Forlorn-Time’s Telling True, by Timothy Broege 10.	Fantasy on “Veni Creator Spiritus”, by Richard Proulx 11.	Cathedral, by Kirk O’Riordan 12.	Two Norwegian Folk Songs, arranged by Frederick Hemke 13.	Simple Gifts III, arranged by Frederick Hemke •	Fascinating Rhythm, Sins Of My Old Age, EnF Records[g] (CD) (2010); OCLC 696220898, The Music of George Gershwin. Frederick Hemke, Alto Saxophone. Figard String Quintet: Tracy Figard, violin; Catherine Price, violin; Kristin Figard, viola; Sam Norlund, cello; Douglas Nestler, double bass. Arrangements by Jonah L. Blum (born 1976) (in English). Notes by Frederick Hemke. Cover art by Frederick Hemke 1.	Prelude I 2.	Someone to Watch Over Me 3.	A Foggy Day 4.	Cuban Overture 5.	Fascinating Rhythm 6.	Prelude II 7.	Scenes from Porgy and Bess 8.	I Go Rhythm 9.	The Man I love 10.	Embraceable You 11.	Prelude III •	Premier, February 27, 2014, Augusta Read Thomas, Hemke Concerto, Prisms of Light, for solo alto saxophone and orchestra 1.	"Illuminations" (sample at 1:14 on YouTube) 2.	"Sunrise Ballad" 3.	"Chasing Radiance" 4.	"Solar Rings" Hemke, saxophone, with the New Haven Symphony Orchestra, William Boughton, conducting Recorded at Woolsey Hall, New Haven, Connecticut, February 27, 2014[16] Commissioned as a retirement gift to Fred Hemke by current and former students; the composer, Thomas, had been Hemke's colleague at Northwestern. From the album, A Portrait of Augusta Read Thomas, Nimbus Records (CD) (2014); OCLC 889352260

•	Hemke, as principle saxophonist. has recorded with the Eastman Wind Ensemble, and The University of Chicago Contemporary Chamber Players. •	Symphony No. 16, by Allan Pettersson, Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Yuri Ahronovitch conducting, Swedish Society Discofil (LP) (1985); OCLC 13762831 and (CD) (1994) OCLC 45586363 Recorded at the Stockholm Concert Hall, October 17 & 18, 1984[h] •	Winds of Change – American Music for Wind Ensemble From the 1950s to the 1970s, New World Records NW-211 (LP) (1977); OCLC 276861490, 3213973, 179723476, OCLC 221635446, 855950059 Northwestern University Wind Ensemble, John Philip Paynter (1928–1996) (nl) conducting Recorded November 1976 4th work: Concerto for Saxophone and Orchestra of Wind Instruments, by Ross Lee Finney, Hemke, alto saxophone •	Music by Warren Benson, CRI Records SD-433 & SD 418 (LP) (1981); OCLC 7584165, 604060123, 317743723 Hemke, E♭ alto saxophone With the Kronos Quartet: David Harrington, violin; John Sherba, violin; Hank Dutt, viola; Joan Jeanrenaud, cello Recorded November 27, 1978, Kresge Recording Studios, Eastman School of Music First work: The Dream Net, quintet for saxophone and string quartet, commissioned by Hemke 1.	"Slow" (audio) 2.	"Quick" (audio) 3.	"Flexing" (audio)[17] •	Incantations (in four movements), by Ralph Shapey, CRI Records 232 (LP) (1969); OCLC 830762, 80385473, 19685002, OCLC 221615298, Notes by Carter Harman For soprano, violoncello, trumpet, E♭ alto saxophone, French horn, piano, tympani, cymbals, tomtoms, irons, and gongs Bethany Beardslee, soprano, Contemporary Chamber Players of the University of Chicago Ralph Shapey ,conductor Re-released CRI Records (CD) (1995); OCLC 33428323 Re-released CRI Records (CD) (2007); OCLC 793773808, 842067254 •	Concerto for Saxophone and Winds by Paul Creston, Interlochen Arts Academy Records (1978) Interlochen Arts Academy Wind Ensemble, Dennis L. Johnson (born 1946) conducting 33rd Annual Midwestern Conference on School Vocal and Instrumental Music Performed live, January 21, 1978, Hill Auditorium, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 2.	"Meditative" 3.	"Rhythmic"[18] •	Concerto for Saxophone and Wind Orchestra by Ingolf Dahl, University of Wisconsin–Madison Wind Ensemble, (H. Robert Reynolds) conducting •	 University of Wisconsin–Madison Records (1972); OCLC 49941229 Chicago Symphony Orchestra •	Pictures at an Exhibition, by Mussorgsky, orchestrated by Ravel, Ozawa conducting (1968); OCLC 10201160 "The Old Castle" on YouTube •	L'Arlésienne Suites Nos. 1 and 2, by Bizet, RCA Red Seal LSC-2939 (LP) (1967); OCLC 8454572, 226408757, 833224471 Jean Martinon conducting Re-released RCA Camden Classics Victrola CCV 5011 (LP) (1971) Re-released RCA VICS 1593 (LP) (1971); OCLC 6033704, 221592686 Re-released RCA (LP) (1977); OCLC 4310870 Re-released RCA LPS 9845 (LP) •	Age of Gold (ballet suite), by Shostakovich, RCA Red Seal GL 42916 (LP) (1968); OCLC 16697745 Stokowski conducting Recorded February 20–21, 1968, Medinah Temple, Chicago Re-released RCA Red Seal LSC 3133 (LP) (1970); OCLC 79804294, 4663689 Re-released RCA Red Seal (LP) (1975); OCLC 11646599 Re-released RCA Red Seal (LP) (1979); OCLC 16697745 Re-released RCA Red Seal (CD) (1997); OCLC 39096777 Also re-released with several various compilations •	Boléro, by Ravel, Quintessence PMC1017 (1977); OCLC 4624235, 77650271 Martinon conducting •	Boléro, by Ravel, Decca Matrix N° ZAL 14720[i] (LP) Solti conducting Recorded May 1976, Medinah Temple, Chicago Original release Decca (1977) Original release London Records (LP) (1977); OCLC 869375711 Re-released Decca (CD) (1996); OCLC 23366204 Boléro on YouTube Re-released Universal Classics (2003); OCLC 52087462 Re-released Deutsche Grammophon (2003); OCLC 178786394 Boléro on YouTube and orchestral scores of Boléro at: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project •	Final Alice, by Del Tredici, Decca, London (LP) (1981); OCLC 7840194, 638614581 Barbara Hendricks, soprano; Fred Hemke, Robert Black, soprano saxophones; Fred Spector, mandolin; Frederic Chrislip, tenor banjo; Herman Troppe, accordion; Solti conducting Recorded January 1980, Medinah Temple, Chicago Re-released on Decca Eloquence 442 995, Australia (CD) (2008); OCLC 226380109 Selected publications Selected Educational publications •	The Early History of the Saxophone (DMA dissertation), by Hemke, University of Wisconsin (1975); OCLC 19033726, 65652818, 164782566 The dissertation explores in depth the saxophone's history and gradual acceptance in the realm of symphonic music •	On Reading Music: An Information Processing Analysis, by Gilbert Koreb Krulee (born 1924) & Hemke (1980); OCLC 30499976 •	Frederick Hemke Saxophone Series Hemke has edited works for saxophone solos and saxophone ensembles, twenty-five of which are part of the Frederick Hemke Saxophone Series published by the Southern Music Company.[j] •	The Selmer Series, Elkhart, Indiana 1.	"Teacher's Guide to the Saxophone," by Hemke, Elkhart, Indiana: Selmer[b] (1977); OCLC 6549827 2.	The Orchestral Saxophone, by Hemke & Walker L Smith, Elkhart, Indiana: Selmer (1975); OCLC 9051582 3.	A Comprehensive Listing of Saxophone Literature, by Hemke, Elkhart, Indiana: Selmer (1975); OCLC 2987346 Selected Commissions and dedications •	"Music for Tenor Saxophone and Piano," by M. William Karlins (1969, ©1972); OCLC 1951589, 70345764 •	Symphony No. 16, for orchestra with bravura alto saxophone, by Allan Pettersson, commissioned by Hemke (1979, ©1989); OCLC 36855336 •	The Dream Net, 1974, revised 1978, by Warren Benson, commissioned by Hemke, dedicated to Alec Wilder, premiered by Hemke May 23, 1975, with the Eckstein Quartet, Lutken Hall, Northwestern University; OCLC 9579996 •	"Wind Rose", by Warren Benson (1966), commissioned by Hemke and the Northwestern University Saxophone, dedicated to Hemke and the Northwestern University Saxophone Quartet on their tour of Asia, Spring, 1966; OCLC 2992504, 157036679, 435949517 •	Little Suite, by Walter Hartley, for Hemke, for baritone saxophone and piano (1974); OCLC 51963415, 5377209 •	5 Etudes for Alto Saxophone, by Robert Lemay (fr), Courlay: Éditions Fuzeau 2000; OCLC 63046841 Revised 2006; OCLC 76879383, 76879383, 658778115, OCLC 878432573, 658778115, 658778164, OCLC 76879388 Commissioned by Jean-François Guay Homage to Marcel Mule, Jean-Marie Londeix, Eugene Rousseau, Fred Hemke, Daniel Deffayet Funded in part by the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec •	Episode, for saxophone quartet, by Jared Tozier Spears (born 1936), commissioned by Hemke (1969); OCLC 28207501 •	Symphony for Saxophone and Wind Band, by Gerald Eugene Kemner (1932–2006) (composed around 1962 for Hemke) Miscellaneous Information

•	While in graduate school at the Eastman School of Music, H. & A. Selmer [b} had sent one of their original Adolphe Sax saxophones to Hemke for publicity shots. In order to safeguard the instrument, which arrived in a large cardboard packing box, it was kept over the weekend in one of the Eastman professor’s studio. The following Monday morning the instrument was found missing from the office. The night janitor had mistakenly assumed the packing box was empty and discarded it along with other trash. Neither the box nor the instrument were ever found. •	Hemke had been a design consultant for the Selmer Mark VII and the Series II saxophones. His performance instrument is a standard issue, but gold-plated, Series II alto saxophone. His mouthpiece is a standard issue metal C Star mouthpiece with a square chamber. •	Hemke chaired the committee at Northwestern that planned and constructed seven new “residential college” dormitories on the NU campus. •	Hemke has been a lifelong visual artist, who employs the medium of oils. Over the years he has shared his paintings with many relatives and friends. He has never wished to sell any of his paintings. He has included several of his paintings on covers for his CDs and exhibits them at special exhibitions and showings. •	Hemke performed as soloist on the Meredith Willson Texaco Star Parade TV show in 1964, along with Jack Jones and Vikki Carr. •	Hemke’s father was a machinist engineer. His family background includes artist painters and theater professional actors and actresses. •	The anagram ENF, represents E (Elizabeth, daughter), N (Nita, wife), F (Frederic, son). ENF is the logo for ENF Publications. (Hemke recordings and musical arrangements)) •	For twenty years Hemke served as the Northwestern University’s Faculty Athletic Representative to the Big Ten Conference and the NCAA. •	Hemke has served as the President of the North American Saxophone Alliance (NASA). In 1979 he hosted the Sixth World Saxophone Congress at Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois. •	Hemke has served as President of the Northwestern University Emeriti Organization (NEO). Audio samples and videography •	My Teacher, the Fred Hemke Legacy on YouTube, Eric Howell Music (DVD) (2012); OCLC 853456426 •	Symphony No. 16 on YouTube, by Allan Pettersson,  Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Yuri Ahronovitch conducting, Swedish Society Discofil (1994); OCLC 45586363 •	Coefficient on YouTube, by Claudio Gabriele (composed 2005) For 12 saxophones, North American premier.  Northwestern University Saxophone Ensemble, Hemke conducting •	Illustration Analytique Supergelatineuse on YouTube, by Claudio Gabriele (composed 2011) For 9 saxophones World premiere, 2008, Pick-Steiger Concert Hall, Evanston, Illinois Northwestern University Saxophone Ensemble, Hemke conducting •	Hemke Legacy Tribute: May 29 – June 3, 1912. Performed June 3, 2012, Pick Staiger Concert Hall. Northwestern University Alumni Saxo Orchestra, Concerto for Orchestra by Bela Bartok, arranged for Saxophone Ensemble by Frederick Hemke. Stephen Alltop, conductor: 105 saxophones: 3 E♭ sopraninos, 23 B♭ sopranos, 35 E♭ altos, 25 B♭ tenors, 12 E♭ baritones, 6 B♭ basses, and 1 E♭ contra bass tubax[k] •	Hemke's final performance at Northwestern University on YouTube 2012, 7:30 pm, May 31, Pick-Staiger Concert Hall, Northwestern University Songs by Gershwin, arranged by Jonah L. Blum (born 1976) Northwestern University Chamber Orchestra, Robert Hasty conducting Scenes from Porgy and Bess 1.	"Summertime" (prologue on YouTube) 2.	"Bess, You Is My Woman Now" (at 2:30 on YouTube) 3.	"I Got Plenty o' Nuttin' " (at 4:42 on YouTube) 4.	"Gone, Gone, Gone" (at 6:40 on YouTube) 5.	"I Loves You, Porgy" (at 9:00 on YouTube) 6.	"Summertime" (epilogue at 11:49 on YouTube) •	Northwestern University Hymn (alma mater), "Hail to Thee Northwestern" on YouTube (Brahms's Variations on the St. Anthony Chorale by Haydn) Arranged by Gary S. Bricault (born 1952) at the request of Fred Hemke Northwestern University Alumni Saxo Orchestra, Stephen Alltop conducting Performed June 3, 2012, at Northwestern University 105 saxophones: 3 E♭ sopraninos, 23 B♭ sopranos, 35 E♭ altos, 25 B♭ tenors, 12 E♭ baritones, 6 B♭ basses, and 1 E♭ contra bass tubax[k]

Advocacy for the soprano and tenor saxophones

While a student in Paris, Hemke had the unique opportunity to hear a live performance of the Marcel Mule Saxophone Quartet. Florent Schmitt was present to hear his own Quartet performed. While most of the American quartets were at that time comprised of alto, alto tenor and baritone saxophones, the Mule quartet employed a soprano saxophone in place of the first alto. Upon returning to the United States, Hemke immediately established a SATB quartet. This quartet was made up of Hemke on soprano and three other interested reed players from the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. The SATB Saxophone Quartet has now become the standard saxophone ensemble in United States colleges and universities.

Hemke focused on the B♭ tenor as a classical solo instrument, as evidenced by the release of his 1971 solo album, Music for Tenor Saxophone, which features new music especially written for the classical tenor saxophone. In orchestral music, the tenor is known as one of the three saxophone voices in Ravel's Boléro. Boléro is today usually performed with two saxophonists. The E♭ sopranino part is played by the soprano player who transposes the E♭ sopranino part and plays it on the soprano saxophone. The second saxophonist plays the tenor saxophone part.

Academic offices Preceded by Cecil Leeson Full-time faculty, saxophone Bienen School of Music Northwestern University 1962–2012 Succeeded by Timothy McAllister, Taimur Sullivan (Present) Notes

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A First Prize from the Paris Conservatory, in any musical discipline, is an internationally recognized distinction. A First Prize in saxophone from the Paris Conservatory under Marcel Mule holds a unique distinction because of Mule's unprecedented level of virtuosity, his influence in building the saxophone family of instruments in orchestral repertoire, and his role in developing a new generation of highly influential performing artists. Mule's influence upon Frederick Hemke greatly helped transform classical saxophone in America, a country that led the world in the use of saxophone. When Hemke began teaching saxophone in 1962 at Northwestern University, few American universities and conservatories had full-time saxophone-only faculty members. The role was typically filled by other orchestral woodwind experts who doubled on saxophone. By 1980, many reputable music institutions of higher learning had an instructor dedicated to teaching the saxophone. As of 2014, most major universities, and all comprehensive music institutions of higher learning, had at least one dedicated saxophone instructor. 11.	 The E♭ contrabass tubax, made by Benedikt Eppelsheim Instruments in Munich, is pitched one octave lower than a standard E♭ baritone saxophone References 1.	 Frederick L. Hemke Papers, Northwestern University Library    The New Grove Dictionary of American Music (Hemke is in vol. 2 of 4), H. Wiley Hitchcock & Stanley Sadie (eds.) Macmillan Press (1986); OCLC 13184437    International Who's Who in Music and Musicians' Directory, 1990–1991 (12th ed.), International Who's Who in Music (1990); OCLC 632053332    Who's Who in American Music: Classical, R.R. Bowker (1983); OCLC 10206087    Who's Who in Entertainment 1998–1999 (3rd ed.) Marquis Who's Who (1997); OCLC 38740408    Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians (Hemke is in Vol. 2 of 6), Macmillan; Schirmer 6th ed., Slonimsky (ed.) (1978); OCLC 4426869 7th ed., Slonimsky (ed.) (1984); OCLC 10574930 8th ed., Slonimsky (ed.) (1992); OCLC 24246972 9th ed., Laura Kuhn (ed.) (born 1953) (2001); OCLC 44972043    Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Classical Musicians, Nicolas Slonimsky (ed.), Schirmer Books (1997); OCLC 36111932    The Cambridge Companion to the Saxophone, Richard Ingham (ed.), Cambridge University Press (1998), pps. 46, 166; OCLC 38748296    The Saxophone, by Stephen Cottrell, Yale University Press (2012), pg. 256; OCLC 785865144 Cottrell is a saxophonist and professor of music at City University London    The Devil's Horn: The Story of the Saxophone, from Noisy Novelty to King of Cool (first Picador edition), by Michael Segell (born 1951), Farrar, Straus and Giroux (2006), pg. 261; (2005 Farrar, Straus and Giroux edition OCLC 63047414)    Classical Saxophone Transcriptions: Role and Reception (masters thesis) by Kathryn Diane Etheridge, Florida State University (2008); OCLC 668117435    Fostering Artistry and Pedagogy: Conversations With Artist-Teachers Frederick Hemke, Eugene Rousseau, and Donald Sinta, (PhD dissertation), by Julia Nolan, University of British Columbia (2012)    "An Interview with Frederick Hemke," by Jonathan Helton, The Saxophone Journal, Vol. 31, No. 1, pps. 26–31 (2006)    Allan Pettersson: destin, douleur et musique: la vie et l'œuvre, by Jean-Luc Caron, Éditions L'Âge d'Homme (fr) (2007), pg. 106; OCLC 716568162    "Fred Hemke at Town Hall," New York Times April 17, 1962    "A Light Breeze: Premiere Of A New Sax Symphony At NHSO," by Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, February 27, 2014    List of Chamber works with audio mp3 samples, Warren Benson www.warrenbenson.com    Programs: "33rd Annual Midwestern Conference," School of Music, Theatre & Dance Publications, by the University of Michigan, January 19–21, 1978    "The Paris Conservatory: Its Oboe Professors, Laureates (1795–1984)" (explaining First Prize), by George Arnold Conrey, DFA (1919–1994), IDRS Journal, Vol. 14, No. 8, July 1986; ISSN 0092-0827    Guide to Membership for the 2011–2013 Biennium – Chapter: "Distinguished Service to Music Medal," Nick Smith (ed.), Kappa Kappa Psi/Tau Beta Sigma, pps. 57–59    "Dr. Fred Hemke Wins the Conn-Selmer Centerstage Lifetime Achievement Award," Archived October 13, 2014, at the Wayback Machine. (press release), Conn-Selmer, June 12, 2013    "Alumni recognition awards for 2013," Augustana College, June 5, 2013 23.	 "Original Sax Lost in Blaze," Schenectady Gazette (AP), September 20, 1960, pg. 1, col. 6 Authority control •	WorldCat Identities •	VIAF: 79268115 •	ISNI: 0000 0001 1452 2078 •	BNF: cb14026231d (data) •	MusicBrainz: 609d7b0d-0076-4404-8512-fad7311124ef Categories: •	American classical saxophonists •	Musicians from Evanston, Illinois •	Musicians from Milwaukee •	University of Wisconsin–Madison alumni •	University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee alumni •	Northwestern University faculty •	1935 births •	Living people •	Classical saxophonists •	Distinguished Service to Music Medal recipients Navigation menu •	Not logged in •	Talk •	Contributions •	Create account •	Log in •	Article •	Talk •	Read •	Edit •	View history Search Top of Form Bottom of Form •	Main page •	Contents •	Featured content •	Current events •	Random article •	Donate to Wikipedia •	Wikipedia store Interaction •	Help •	About Wikipedia •	Community portal •	Recent changes •	Contact page Tools •	What links here •	Related changes •	Upload file •	Special pages •	Permanent link •	Page information •	Wikidata item •	Cite this page Print/export •	Create a book •	Download as PDF •	Printable version Languages Add links •	This page was last edited on 27 May 2017, at 17:00. •	Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply. 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