Bio:
Scott Granlund
was born in Port Angeles in 1959. He performs regularly with La Banda Gozona, Northstar Saxophone Quartet, and a number of orchestras and chamber ensembles in the greater Seattle area. Scott has performed as soloist with Brass Dragon Saxophone Band, Cascade Symphony, Foss High School Concert Band, Philharmonia NW, Puget Sound Music Society Concert Band, Volunteer Park Conservatory Orchestra and Washington Wind Symphony. Past musical projects include several Vodvil Theater productions, FR3D (an “art-rock” ens.), Anti-Fascist Marching Band, Raging Maggots and many works with various dance troupes. He can be heard on recordings with Black Cat Orchestra, David Byrne, Land and Soundgarden. His performances have included most sizes of the saxophone, tiny sopranino to the mighty basso.Scott has studied with saxophonists Patrick Meighan, John Moore, Lee Patrick and Sigurd Raschèr at their respective summer workshops, with Michael Brockman at the University of Washington and with Gary Edighoffer at Spokane Falls Community College. One workshop at Yale University featured a saxophone orchestra 56 members strong.
Mr. Granlund owns and operates Granlund Woodwind Repair in the Belltown neighborhood of Seattle.
Scott plays older saxophones built at a time when musical instrument manufactures prided themselves in building a “modern” saxophone while still complying with the original acoustic specifications and mouthpiece design of the instruments inventor, Adolphe Sax.
Résumé:
Scott Granlund - Saxophone / Guitar
8612 Wabash Avenue South
Seattle, WA 98118-4749
206-448-9627
Born in Port Angeles, Washington, 1959
Recordings
Black Cat Orchestra, "Black Cat Orchestra"CD - Irene Records
Black Cat Orchestra, "Mysteries Explained"
CD - Irene Records
Black Cat Orchestra, "Long Shadows at Noon"
CD - Yoyo Records
David Byrne, "Feelings"
CD - Luaka Bop/Warner Bros.
Jeff Grienke, "Land"
CD - Extreme
Man Ray, "Casual Thinking"
CD - Mercury Records
Soundgarden, "Room a Thousand Years Wide"
Single of the Month - SubPop
Soundgarden, "Badmotorfinger"
CD - A&M Records
Currently playing with
Raging Maggotsclassic heavy rock and funk 1985-92, 2012-present
La Banda Gozona
Oaxacan banda 2005-present
Anti-Fascist Marching Band
political tunes 1986 - 93 etc.
have played with in the Past
Assorted:Alter Ego / N. Cognito and the Seclusions
pop favorites and vintage rock 1983 - 85
BAM (BlackAmericanMusic)
Marc Fendel's honk band
Big Bang Band
1930's style swing
Black Cat Orchestra
eastern European cafe orchestra; 1992 - 2002
FR3D
art rock ensemble 1988 - 91
Mellifluous Zephyrs Polka Band
classic German wind band 1985 -
New Art Orchestra
avante-improv orchestra 1985 - 91
Radio Rhythm Orchestra / John Holt
1930's style swing
Soundgarden
hired gun saxophonist: 1989-1991
Valse Café Orchestra - Phil & Vivian version
saxophonist on call; 2001 -
Vodvil
music director
Volunteer Park Conservatory Orchestra
David Mahler's 1920's dance hall 'arkistra' 1993 - 1999
Wigwam Bendix
avante-improv saxophone trio, w/ Craig Flory & Wally Shoup
Wild Rhododendrons
New Orleans jive
Classical:
Belltown Saxophone Trio - Leader
modern composition, renaissance 1998 -
Elysian Saxophone Quartet - Leader
quartet repertoire; 1991 - 1995
Ensemble Klahhane - Leader
new music chamber ensemble
Bellevue Philharmonic Orchestra
saxophonist on call 1994 -
Brass Dragon Saxophone Band
mixed fare
Cascade Symphony
saxophonist on call 2000 -
Federal Way Symphony
saxophonist on call 2001 -
Greenwood Concert Band
concert band
Northstar Saxophone Quartet
mixed fare
Orchestra Seattle
saxophonist on call
Philharmonia NW
saxophonist on call
Puget Sound Music Society Concert Band
traditional concert band 1996 -
Seattle Philharmonic Orchestra
saxophonist on call 1999 -
Seattle Wind Symphony
concert band 2010-2012
University of Washington Wind Ensemble
concert band 1988 - 89
Washington Wind Symphony
concert band I989 - 99
Significant Performances
11/18/2006Solo performance, Brass Dragon Saxophone Band
Rubenola, Rudy Wiedoeft
7th Street Theater, Hoquiam WA
6/10/2006
Solo performance, Washington Wind Symphony
Adagio und Allegro Op. 70, Robert Schumann
Kirkland Performance Center, Kirkland WA
7/3/2004
Horn section with Jeff McGrath
MC5 reunion tour featuring Mark Arm
Neumo's, Seattle
5/16/2004
30-minute solo bass saxophone performance
Prospectiva Plural XIV
CoCA, Seattle
12/7/2003
Solo Performance, Philharmonia NW
Air and Scherzo, Henry Cowell
St. Stephen‘s Episcopal, Seattle
3/10/2003
Solo performance, Cascade Symphony
Concerto in Eb for Alto Saxophone, A. Glazounov
PSCC, Edmonds, Washington
4/25 - 27, 5/2 - 4/2002
Belles Bloom, A Spring Ballet with The Rollvulvas
Music director, arranger, performer
works by Lassus, Sweelinck, Gulielmus and Aston
The Jewelbox Theater, Seattle
11 - 12/2001
"Shades of Parkland", a Curtis Taylor production
Arranger, performer
works by Barber, Britten and Rorem
Vodvil Theater, Seattle
10/13, 14/2001
Black Cat Orchestra, film score for silent movie
"Spies", director - Fritz Lang
PICA, Portland
6/16, 17, 23, 14/2000
"Rome", a Curtis Taylor production
works by Donizetti and Giordani
CoCA, Seattle
2/19 - 21, 25 - 27/1999
Composer/Choreographer 4
"Knitting" - Joseph Zajonc with Juliet Waller
Freehold's East Hall Theater, Seattle
1/29 - 31/,2/5 - 7/1999
Black Cat Orchestra, film score for silent movie
Seashell and the Clergyman, director - Germaine Dulac
On the Boards, Seattle
5/27/1998
Belltown Saxophone Trio;
music of Bach, Denhoff, Hartley, Kox and Mark Taggart
Speakeasy Cafe Backroom, Seattle
4/1998
Solo performance, Washington Wind Symphony
Concerto in Eb for Alto Saxophone and String Orchestra - A. Glazounov
Medanbauer Center, Bellevue Washington
4/1997
Solo performance, Washington Wind Symphony
music of David Lamb, Maurice Whitney and Rudy Wiedoeft
Kane Hall, Seattle
1995
Premier performance, "Scramble"
Elysian Saxophone Quartet
On the Boards, Seattle, composer - Dave Hollinden
1993
Run Remain's "Sit Still"
music for dance theater, composer - Amy Denio
On the Boards, Seattle
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis
1992
Run Remain's "the Sherman Preludes"
music for dance theater, composer - Amy Denio
On the Boards,Seattle
12/1991
w/ Soundgarden, Madison Square Garden, NYC
Education
Saxophone study with Lee PatrickThe Saxophone Institute
Transylvania University, Lexington Kentucky
7/1994, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 00
Saxophone study with Sigurd Raschèr
Yale University 1992
Saxophone study with Michael Brockman
University of Washington, Seattle 1991
AAS; Musical Instrument Repair
with Gerald Leininger
Spokane Falls Community College
Spokane, Washington 1979 - 81
Saxophone study with Gary Edighoffer
SFCC, Spokane 1980 - 81
Orchestral Repertoire Performances
An American in Paris, Selections from Porgy and Bess - GershwinTacoma Symphony Orchestra
3/21/2004
Earthmakers - Janice Giteck
Orchestra Seattle
2/15/2004
Bolero - Ravel
Seattle Symphony Orchestra
11/6, 7, 8 & 9/2003
Alexandre Nevsky Cantata - Prokofiev
Orchestra Seattle
10/27/2002
Lieutenant Kijé Suite - Prokofiev
Philharmonia NW
10/20/2002
An American in Paris - Gershwin
Federal Way Philharmonic
10/5 & 6/2002
L'Arlésienne Suites No.1 & No.2 - Bizet
Seattle Philharmonic Orchestra
6/8 & 9/2002
Háry János Suite - Kodály
Cascade Symphony
3/11/02
L'Arlésienne Suite No.1 - Bizet
Symphonic Dances Op.45 - Rachmoninoff
Cascade Symphony
3/19/2001
Lieutenant Kijé Suite - Prokofiev
Port Angeles Symphony Orchestra
3/17/2001
Lieutenant Kijé Suite - Prokofiev
Cascade Symphony
1/15/2001
Alexandre Nevsky Cantata - Prokofiev
Seattle Choral Company
2/26/2000
The Three Penny Opera - Weill
Shoreline Community College Opera Dept.
2/20, 21 & 22/1999
Romeo & Juliet, Suite No.2 - Prokofiev
Northwest Symphony Orchestra
2/13/1999
Bolero
Bellevue Philharmonic Orchestra
???
Le Creation Du Monde - Milhaud
Philharmonia NW
12/13/1998
Tree - Janice Giteck
Seattle Philharmonic Orchestra
10/18 & 25/1998
Suite from The Three Penny Opera
Bellevue Philharmonic Orchestra
5/ 12 & 14/1998
Rhapsody in Blue - Gershwin
Bellevue Philharmonic Orchestra
4/1 & 3/1997
Songspiel Mahagonny - Weill
Shoreline Community College Opera Dept.
2/20, 21 & 22/1997
Romeo & Juliet Suites - Prokofiev
Bellevue Philharmonic Orchestra
2/4 & 6/1997
On the Town - Bernstein
Bellevue Philharmonic Orchestra
11/19 & 21/1996
Pictures at an Exhibition - Moussorgsky
Bellevue Philharmonic Orchestra
2/6 & 8/1996
Romeo & Juliet Suites No.1 & No.2 - Prokofiev
Seattle Philharmonic Orchestra
10/15 & 22/1995
Pictures at an Exhibition - Moussorgsky
Northwest Symphony Orchestra
5/17/1995
Rhapsody in Blue - Gershwin/Grofé
Volunteer Park Conservatory Orchestra
12/5/1994
On the Town - Bernstein
Celebration with Bells - Schickle
Bellevue Philharmonic Orchestra
10/18/1994
Symphony No.1 - Carol Sams
Northwest Symphony Orchestra
4/6/1994
Hin und Zarück - Hindemith
Shoreline Community College Opera Dept.
2/20-12/1994
Lieutenant Kijé Suite - Prokofiev
Northwest Symphony Orchestra
2/9/1994
Songspiel Mahagonny - Weill
University of Washington Opera Dept.
11/10, 12, 13 & 14/1993