For our first episode of 2021, Declassify welcomes onboard a good friend and extraordinary performer, Paris-based Australian saxophonist, Mary Osborn. Having completed a Bachelors of music performance at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, a performance diploma and Masters of music at the Versailles Conservatoire and Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin, Mary is forming her career as a classical and contemporary performer, creator and teacher. Mary has won numerous awards at international music competitions, she has worked closely with many composers and premiered their works, and enjoys developing multi-disciplinary projects. She is currently studying chamber music at the Conservatoire de Paris with her saxophone quartet, Quatuor Loriot. This week Mary and Victoria unpack working as a performer, the importance of transcriptions, the agency of being an artist and the emerging musicians stage, and the ‘isms’ of the classical music world. 

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Resources
Mary Osborn 

Syrinx Revisted: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y99s_RnHSz0 

Quatuor Loriot

https://www.facebook.com/quatuorloriot/about/ 

Mary’s Arragmenet of Tallahatchie Concerto by Jacob Ter Veldhius (JacobTV):  https://www.boomboxshop.net/tallahatchie---ensemble.html

Merism Duo

https://singaporesaxophonesymposium.com/2018/performers/merism-duo/