Carnival of Venice - Alto Sax Solo - Hemke edition

My performance of The Carnival of Venice in the recital hall of the University of South Carolina School of Music during the 2010 USC Summer Music Conservatory.
Piano accompaniment played by Aimee Fincher (graduate student of USC).
This piece was composed by Jules Demersseman, and edited by Fred Hemke.

[@jodlua]

I remember seeing this in 8th grade in 2011 and getting so inspired to play the sax. I then played this song for my high school senior year culminating in 2015 and received 100%. Sometimes I watch this every now and then and I wonder how the hell did I pull it off. It all seems like a dream to me. Hope you are doing well and thank you for the gift of inspiration

[@ZekSanchez]

👏👏👏👏👏 🙌

[@patfio2539]

What a beautiful rich full tone. Sounds like a Selmer. When I was 11 my father bought me a used 1937 Balanced Action Selmer Alto Sax...Thats was over 60 years ago, it sounds better every time I play. I wish the best of luck in your musical career.

[@chelseyparker9232]

And this is why we practice the chromatic scale. Great job!

[@joshuaasplund8748]

Accurate

[@Seiishomi]

This is glorious, I cannot even fathom the years of practice it must have taken to have gotten to this level. Perfection is on the mark of the talent in this piece. I play, yet I have absolutely no idea how you make it sound like two saxophones in the end. The double high F was also so in tune I just listen amazed at how you could have played it on the fly like that. This was great, I loved it!

[@DillonAshby]

+Eric Domanico Thanks man, that means a lot. I still play, but I'm probably not as good as I was in high school haha

[@travislebleu6443]

Easy song to play

[@saxmast3r]

Same. Haha. My peak was definitely in highschool. AS a junior in college, I play in a community band just to keep it up, but I don't practice anymore. I'm still really good, but my scales are rusty. xD

[@haysonfeesher]

It was an altissimo c

[@hadesa5810]

@@DillonAshby how could you throw away such musical talent 😠💀🤬 you would be in a much better place rn if you had stuck to music

[@matthewhock2924]

I played this piece last year, and this video gave me a ton of inspiration for musicality. Thanks for getting me honors level!

[@Sarah-jm6ei]

Do you know where I could find the sheet music for this piece? I love it so much! I've played some by ear but it's not the same

[@DillonAshby]

I started learning it a month and a half before this performance.

[@hideki5617]

I don’t think so but Good Job

[@ericratliff217]

@@hideki5617 with proper time and dedication I’m sure it’s possible

[@benniwoozle8238]

Still learning?

[@keananok]

@@hideki5617 You don’t think so? 😂

[@bonejuice225]

@@hideki5617 a month and a half with daily practice is definitely possible to reach this level if you're already an intermediate or advanced player. If you're a beginner or were when you wrote this it makes sense that you'd think that but it's not impossible

[@DavidMacaraBrownUK]

I have watched this countless times since discovering it. just absolutely mindblowing performance. Amazing tone, so clear and lyrical in the melodic parts. You are truly a gifted player!

[@hojimoo4189]

I always find myself coming back to this video and rewatching it. Great job

[@jazminealden]

This is a really impressive performance. I've been looking around on KZbin for some different performances of this piece as I'm playing it for my end of year uni recital and yours is the best so far! Fantastic work.

[@adrienborlan3929]

Très grand talent, au niveau de la perfection dans tous les domaines ! Merci pour l'interprétation de JB Arban, merci pour le ravissement que procure le saxophone, merci pour la sonorité et la subtilité de votre vibrato, merci pour tout ! Un admirateur de France qui a appris le saxophone mais malheureusement tout oublié. Je vous admire !

[@cocoKittyRANDOMNESS]

i'm buying a alto sax tommorow i'm gonna start playin on tuesday! i'm pumped

[@ryansutton628]

Danielle Ravensbergen how is it?

[@gerryboy3999]

it’s been 8 years

[@saxophoneonmymind2186]

What saxophone do you recommend?

[@solsar3011]

Saxophone On My Mind Ask a professional

[@artymis2459]

tell us how was your experience!!

[@edwinsylvain2497]

breath support is so important in this piece.

[@andrewsilver7048]

Holy shit I can only imagine how difficult it was to silence those notes to bring out the higher ones. It makes sense on piano, but on sax, that takes some serious skill.

[@nicchips]

Your playing is so so so beautiful. I'm captivated!

[@hajnalkaklieman3434]

I don't know if you still read the comments, but I wanted you to know that I use this video in my classroom to show my preschool students what an alto sax sounds like. Your tone is gorgeous. Thank you!

[@redskytitan]

outstanding performance! this is what classical saxophone is all about.

[@Ramah71]

Wonderful! You have such a warm and whimsical sound that carries clearly, and your ability to fly up and down the chromatic scale is downright meditative hahaha... I am really impressed and inspired! (Btw how much chapstick have you gone through in your life lol)

[@samg8368]

I'm in 9th grade and my bd wants me to (try) to learn this. She's the type of teacher that gives her students hard pieces way beyond their experience and make them play it. That's how I get better I guess. It definitely helps when it comes to stuff that's actually at my level! This has really helped me understand more about the technicality of the piece! Amazing performance.

[@lollipop78789]

Really impressive! Beautiful tone and sound. That's hard to achieve under pressure. It's all in the nerves.

[@barnaldbocker2863]

Beautiful performance, the sounds is so good, and at the end how it sounded like two saxophones was impressive, my goal is to achieve this level of playing, respects

[@doobles13]

Those staccatos and runs in that cadenza? Very nice. I like that ending.

[@zklaus26]

Bravo. Outstanding performance.

[@yaorongdai8454]

Great job! Know this from a friend that studies in Xi'an Conservatory of Music.

[@landonguzman2513]

Does anyone have any tips for 5:11? Im trying to play this, but I just can’t seem to play this without breaking, (let alone not being able to take it up to a tempo anywhere near his)

[@MrAndersonneo88]

You sir. Are. Amazing.

[@edepillim]

Very good! Must try and get this music.

[@03Venture]

Like your tone, execution, and vibrato.

[@CEpagan96]

iv just started playing alto sax 2day, and i can already play merry had a little lamb

[@00musika]

beautiful all!!!!!!!!!!!

[@myhrcat]

Very impressive, nice!

[@saxtherapists]

This is a great piece for my first time hearing it. You are a amazing saxophone player and have great sound. I want to play this piece for my junior recital. the variation is phenomenal and you displayed very well

[@NicolasMiquel]

is perfect!!

[@RandomZachness]

Fantastic, great job, man. I played this solo last year, I absolutely LOVE this piece. :)

[@jacobiblair0]

I'm about to do this piece for a junior recital in college. I like the way you articulated everything so I think I might just copy your articulation.

[@the0elite]

plenty of hours put into this I can tell. good job. I hope to play this one day. I've been playing alto for 5 or more years. I'm pretty good, and I should look into this. need to learn altissimo though Lol.

[@turtl3_195]

Nice comment

[@scott5322]

Great sound

[@HotLicksSmoothJazz]

Hey I was there! -Archie

[@a.t5559]

Now I really want to play this solo.

[@kalebjacobs5473]

Well as a sophomore ima going to attempt this for issma solo and ensemble. If you any remarks that could help me it would be much appreciated

[@phantomelite426]

I didn’t even know a saxophone could sound like this

[@parkerlasala3793]

Never have I had such a love/hate relationship with this piece. Last summer, I found this recording and decided to try and learn it for our district solo and ensemble competition. The piece itself is amazing, especially if you can get all of the runs, but there lies my only issue that I personally have with the piece: the runs. As of right now, the competition is only a few days away, and I'm (unfortunately) taking the last 4 pages at half the tempo because I can barely even play some of the runs, much less make them sound musical. Hopefully later on in life I'll have the time to sit down and really work on this piece again. There's only so much I can do on it being a junior in high school... xD

[@parkerlasala3793]

+Hunter Gray Thank you, and when I mentioned I was a junior, I wasn't implying my age, I was implying I have much less time to work on solos like this (ACT, SAT, standardized tests, AP Classes, etc.).

[@bearclaw]

great sound!

[@brandoncarle]

Nice Job!

[@DrSiddharthaGoswami]

great saxophone played....

[@KeithMosherSifu]

Very well done.

[@briankocheraabcdt4628]

Who is this?

[@briankocheraabcdt4628]

Oh I know this, it's "My hat it has three feathers!"

[@KeithMosherSifu]

Brian Kochera This the son of one the students at the Martial Arts school where I teach - Dillon Ashby.

[@rafaelenriqueagurtocondezo78]

Wonderful :D Very good

[@mariana__mpb]

Showwww !! Very Good :)

[@speedmarts]

The last note is actually a high G in the altissimo range I believe. I own the sheet music but I'm not too familiar with anything above third octave of F# on the alto. I'm currently in ninth grade and let me tell you this piece becomes technical after the main theme is played. Bravo to you my friend, who was able to pull of such a beautiful muse. I hope to hear more from you and to Duran, the third octave of G is a difficult note to hit, from my experience (:

[@yellemusic-2476]

The last note is a high c in the altissimo range

[@jacobpatterson9440]

Wow this is incredible

[@Zester141]

At like 5:30 or something you made it sound like 2 saxophones were playing.... nice job!

[@Sarah-jm6ei]

I discovered this piece a couple days ago, and wow! Your playing and technique are amazing! By any chance could you please tell me where the sheet music for this is from? I would LOVE to learn it on my alto!

[@alukoopeyemifolajimi]

whaT a great performance...please i am trying to remember the name of this piece can you pls remind me

[@isabellaviljoen3223]

do you have any idea where to get the sheet music from? Coz this is fab

[@johnlockhart2683]

I've been trying to learn this solo for about a month and I'm barely holding up until the 3rd page of the solo.Nice job.

[@Sarah-jm6ei]

Where did you get the sheet music from? I'd love to learn this solo

[@glazedbullet]

Nice!! I play alto and tenor, I've been playing for about 4 years now. My band teacher told me i was going to go far, because I could play super mario bros. theme my first year.

[@naskosax8330]

bravo

[@daniellee8945]

Good player!

[@pinkflower2601]

Wow pretty impressive.

[@ENsaxist]

Instead of sounding chauvinistic, I'll say that you sound good! Because you do. Sometimes I think that people go onto youtube and bash the hell out of people, regardless of skill or age or anything. You have a good foundation, and I really hope you keep up with it. I'm a saxophonist looking at grad schools now, and... I'm a bit of a snob. But I enjoyed listening to you play. Are you looking at pursuing music in college?

[@bill3837]

well done

[@adammclaughlin845]

Fred Dibnah would approve :)

[@siennachild]

@boringdude23 actually since the tone of the mouthpiece is pretty distinct, a trained ear can tell :D

[@justinknighten]

W.O.W...

[@thomascarter8833]

Does anyone hear Donna lee in the first chord changes the piano plays?

[@azsxw2]

Step1. search on Google Carnival de venise.midi Step2. have muse score installed (or some music writing software) Step3. open the medi in the music writing software -------------------optional------------------------------------------------- step4. edit some of the notes so that it looks easier to read Step5. Print it Step6. Learn it Step7. play it

[@DecemberRayne1]

@Duran1234100 It starts out in Gflat then moves to Eflat for the sixeight part .

[@hayleyandrews88]

amazink

[@sofiamindra5742]

How long have you been playing!??!! This is amazing! Do you have any advice on how to have such a clear tone as that?

[@lucvanvliet879]

Wow this is great! What model saxophone were you playing on?

[@dimitriosavouris8453]

wooooooow

[@MrStaven88]

Your pretty amazing the hardest thing I can play is Raiders March and its my second year playing Ive got all the articulations down I am just easily confused

[@Misi0815]

let me say: youre an excitingdude ! nothing is boaring in your playing ! I'd like to link your vid to my students - if you dont mind !? would you please reveal to me when you started learning the sax !?

[@Duran1234100]

what is the last note that you hit is ?

[@dachipmunk05]

Does anyone know what the arrangement of the band accompaniment is?

[@ana22207]

amazing. what a beautiful tone. what reed type are you using?

[@phantomc2014]

Where did u get the sheet music for it?

[@niyakool]

What mouthpiece, reed, and ligature are you using?

[@ammontaylor5489]

dang...

[@Duran1234100]

@ speedmarts What key is this piece written in?

[@austinehrhardt4870]

Would this be a good piece for a competitive audition?

[@phoeberebecca4]

I love your tone and your vibrato. What year are you? And what horn do you play on?

[@123JohnFtw]

@boringdude23 Hey you have pretty good tone :) do you know ways to improve someones tone? i play the alto sax too but i feel my tone is lacking

[@StewieFan411]

Do you know where I can get a recording of just the piano accompaniment?

[@ana22207]

You're from Alaska? As am I. first tenor sax this year.

[@rebeccasbroggi1001]

Where can i find the sheet music for this?

[@turtl3_195]

Rebecca-Jacob-John Broggi yeah I'm asking same question I searched it up on Google but just found one sheet idk where to find full thing

[@chantegraham17]

probably jwpepper

[@ilyakarakotov4065]

Rebecca-Jacob-John Broggi i find lota of sources when i search up "carnival of venice hemke"

[@pearspeedruns]

You'll likely need to buy it off a sheet music website.

[@javierfonseca569]

What Brand sax you using?

[@Boyx06]

how can i get this song sheets for free?

[@r1s3nl1zard6]

That's a yannigisawa right? I've got one and the g breaks on every yani which happened here :)

[@DillonAshby]

R1S3N L1ZARD nope, selmer series II, that was just me and my shitty technique

[@Slimebiter]

Aw, you're such a nice person

[@treverthetree]

Gosh that’s some good tone I feel ashamed now.

[@morganaursula5650]

Does someone has the partiture?

[@extratroppo437]

Do you still play?

[@DillonAshby]

Not really, more into messing around on drums and guitar now. Also just started my job as an airline pilot, so everything leading up to that has been taking most of my attention.

[@extratroppo437]

@@DillonAshby I can relate to that, man. Played sax in college too, and now mostly mess around with a noise band every now and then, and play guitar. btw, impressive technique in that video

[@xxbabyvampxx]

omg... bro you fudgin killed the crap out of that... you are amazing... like seriously, wtf were you on to do tht because i need some of that too... i think its a name called talent? lol share your awesome skills with a fellow player?

[@TheDarkHipster7]

You're amazing at sax. What's your set up?

[@immasingitall]

How did you get vibrato?

[@medicalcheeze787]

i live in south caralina, and i play the alto sax =)

[@Judedudeman]

Hey u spelled wrong dumbass either you are a little kid or U don't live there

[@dazydabber3901]

Jude Dude you type like a kid.

[@PrideforLyfe1]

Which one is higher, an alto sax, a tenor sax, or a soprano sax?

[@sydandis3084]

Soprano sax is the highest, followed by alto, and then tenor.

[@keananok]

8 year comment lmao, either way think of it this way, the bigger it is the lower, the smaller it is the higher.

[@a.khairulakmal]

may i have the music sheet ?

[@kal715]

you're hair is great

[@edwinsylvain2497]

Starting at 3:45 your notes could be a little cleaner on the descent 4:03 the arpeggios start out ok. Until 4:13, big breath taken there breaks the continuity. 4:21 the scales are little rushed and are not real clean 4:50, 4:53 missed notes because of bad place to breathe. 5:21…ugh. You heard it. 5:20 on You could bring out the staccato notes a little more in this section. 5:38 rushed pickup note 5:44 left out note to breathe. i'm sure you heard and knew these areas as you performed. i love your tone and technical ability though. Good luck.

[@ENsaxist]

Instead of being nitpicky over every little error (which I'm sure he was already quite aware of), why not just sit back and enjoy the performance of a younger player? I enjoyed it, and I know that over time he'll only become an even better player. The tone is good and centered, and the intonation is great. I also like that your low C's don't bark - indicates good control and comfort over your setup! If I wanted to give "professional advice" over KZbin... I'd probably make a comment along the lines of making sure to always blow through the musical line, and make sure that every note connects. But really, there's a lot to like already. It's a great piece of music to keep under your belt, and the longer you sit with it, the more you'll be able to do musically. Once you've hit a point where you're very comfortable with the piece (even to the point of near-memorization), you can really start to play around with the nuances of the piece. Then you can make it your own, and really sell it to whomever you play for. *****, how long have you been playing/what year in school are you? Edit: Just realized I already asked you before! Didn't realize how old the video was. I hope your studies are going well! My sister is a chemical engineer, and she says it's been a very rewarding career thus far.

[@scottsmith1272]

This is awesome feedback for the player!

[@edwinsylvain2497]

give me the music and a horn and a month. it's not about me playing it's about critique so he can get better.

[@edwinsylvain2497]

and further more i played this in high school

[@miguelticas7384]

Jacob Patterson its perfectly fine to give feedback, he's just trying to help someone out, not trying to get him to give up