Artist web site: www.briansacawa.com

PCM: Is the piece by Philadelphia composer Richard Belcastro a premiere?

Brian: Yes, it is a cool piece it's called Collage No.1 (Bits of Bowie) It's samples of David Bowie's music, in it he's has taken the samples and added a saxophone line. It's actually a pretty difficult piece. It will be fun to listen to, see if you can pick out the pieces.

PCM: Is there a classical element to the show?

Brian: The classical element is that it's composed music so I am playing from a score. I will be joined by Eric Spangler who is a composer and DJ. He goes under the name DJ Double 8, we are collaborating on every tune. The show is called Hybrid Groove.

PCM: Where you familiar with Chamber Music Now?

Brian: I had heard about the series. I think this is their fourth season. I knew Chamber Music Now was a new music series in Philadelphia that was interested in presenting artists who play contemporary music and do things a little of the beaten path. I wouldn't call this a traditional recital. It is chamber music in that it's a DJ and myself, but it's unconventional chamber music.

PCM: Do you use a click track when are learning or are performing some of the new music?

Brian: Well for some of the electronic music I do use a click track, because I'm playing this show with a DJ I really don't need a click track. However, there is a click track in Richard Belcastro's piece. In Richard's piece there is a lot of space in the electronic part where there in no music and I'm suppose to be playing and lining up with certain events. Because of that and there being no cues in the music I need a click track.

PCM: You have played with the St. Petersburg Philharmonic, and with conductors like Leonard Slatkin, do you also play traditional music?

Brian: Yes, I do a wide range of things. When I played with the Russian orchestra we played Symphonic Dances by Rachmaninoff, probably the most beautiful saxophone solo in the orchestral literature.

PCM: Is your time torn between traditional music and new music.

Brian: New music is my creative passion. I really see the saxophone as being involved in new music. There's going to be a place for it in the future. It is rather a new instrument. It is only one hundred and fifty years old, we don't have the repertoire that the piano , violin or flute has. It's known as a jazz instrument but I think in the world of concert music it will finds it's voice in contemporary music.