Richard Brasseale
Faculty: Saxophone
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Richard Brasseale is a freelance saxophonist in the Chicago area. He has played with numerous ensembles, including the Milwaukee Symphony, Madison Symphony, Folks Operetta, Fulcrum Point New Music Ensemble, Camerata Chicago, Civic Orchestra of Chicago, and others. He is currently the Classical Saxophone Instructor at Merit School of Music, as well as North Park University, an Advisor at the Vandoren Chicago Studio, and is Production Manager of Twickenham Fest in his hometown of Huntsville, Alabama. He recently won the 2021 People’s Choice Award for the National Saxophone Museum’s Creative Saxophone Expression Prize.
He received his masters and bachelors degrees in Saxophone Performance from DePaul University, where he won the Symphony Orchestra Concerto Competition. He has also been to Brevard Music Festival, where he was a fellow of the ITCH New Music Ensemble and performed with the symphonies there.
