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the Awakening Orchestra

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About Me



The Awakening Orchestra is an 18-piece jazz orchestra led by Kyle Saulnier and performing his music. Featuring young, virtuosic musicians with a flair for the dramatic, the orchestra is devoted to the ideal that music can and should be used not only as a source of entertainment but also as a catalyst for thought and change. Heavy handed yet remarkably agile and adaptable, the orchestra's weight lies in its ability to interpret thoughts rather than to recreate them.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 11/30/2005
Band Website: kylesaulnier.com
Band Members: THE AWAKENING ORCHESTRA

Kyle Saulnier - conductor

reeds
Rob Mosher
Vito Chiavuzzo
Sam Ryder
Dr. Fellipe Salles
Papa Dave Richards

trumpets
Dan Urness
Volker Deglmann
Nadje Nordhuis
Phillip Dizack

trombones
Michael Boscarino
Barbara Hamilton
Ben Griffin
Max Siegel

rhythm
Tim Collins (vib)
Michael MacAllister (guit)
Aaron Kotler (pno)
Pascal Niggenkemper (bass)
Joe Saylor (drums)
Influences: Brahms, Coltrane, Davis, Ellington, Hollenbeck, Mayfield, McMorrin, Mingus, Orwell, Pierson, Schneider
Sounds Like: Your Conscience - but louder
Type of Label: None

My Blog

ALBUM INFO - Live at the Bowery Poetry Club, 19 May 2007

the Awakening OrchestraLive at the Bowery Poetry Club, 19 May 2007Solos:Prelude & Fanfare (the Prophet)    (none)Myself, as to a Naked Mind    Samuel Ryder, tenor sax...
Posted by the Awakening Orchestra on Fri, 08 Jun 2007 01:38:00 PST

As It Were

If I were a Dead Russian Composer, I would be Dmitri Shostakovich!I am a shy, nervous, unassuming, fidgety, and stuttery little person who began composing the same year I started music lessons of any ...
Posted by the Awakening Orchestra on Sun, 28 Jan 2007 06:30:00 PST

Freud would have something to say....

.... no, really. Freud was famous for never shutting his damn mouth.   Your results:You are BatmanBatman 80%Hulk 65%Green Lantern 60%Superman 55%The Flash 55%Iron Man 55%Robin 54%Supergirl 52%Cat...
Posted by the Awakening Orchestra on Thu, 22 Jun 2006 09:33:00 PST

True Art

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Posted by the Awakening Orchestra on Fri, 14 Apr 2006 07:29:00 PST

knew it.....

According to the "Which Big Lebowski character are you?" quiz: Why don't you check it out? Or we cut off your Johnson!...
Posted by the Awakening Orchestra on Mon, 02 Jan 2006 07:38:00 PST