UMaine Alum to Play Saxophone with BSO, Work with Students

University of Maine alumnus David Demsey will play the saxophone with the Bangor Symphony on Saturday, Feb. 1 and host a master class with six UMaine School of Performing Arts saxophone students on Jan. 31. During his visit, Demsey will also work with the UMaine Jazz Ensemble.

Demsey is a professor of music and coordinator of jazz studies at William Paterson University in Wayne, N.J. After graduating with a bachelor’s degree in music education from UMaine in 1977, he received a master’s in music from the Juilliard School and earned a doctorate at the Eastman School of Music.

For more information and to order tickets for the Bangor Symphony Orchestra’s performance of “The Music of John Williams,” visit the BSO’s website.