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Shockingly Modern Saxophone Festival will be at Augustana College, Rock Island

By Linda Cook,

2026-02-07

Augustana College, Rock Island, will host its annual Shockingly Modern Saxophone Festival on Saturday, Feb. 21, a news release says.

The event, featuring guest artists John Sampen and Mark Bunce, will be held at Bergendoff Hall, 3701 7th Ave. All events are free and open to the public.

The Shockingly Modern Saxophone Festival celebrates new and experimental music for saxophone. It explores the nearly unlimited sonic potential of the saxophone through new composition, improvisation, extended performance techniques, microtonality, electronic music, multimedia and other experimental elements.

https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=1cWbqs_18h46KCy00 — Shockingly Modern Saxophone Festival

Annually, the festival features performances by Augustana saxophone students and faculty, as well as a guest artist. These performances often challenge and expand ideas about music as they push the saxophone to its technical and expressive limits.

Schedule
All events will be held in Larson Hall inside Bergendoff Hall.

10:30 a.m. Augustana Saxophone Studio concert
11 a.m. Saxophone Masterclass with John Sampen
2:30 p.m. Randall Hall, faculty recital
3:30 p.m. Q&A with John Sampen and Mark Bunce
7:30 p.m. John Sampen and Mark Bunce, guest artists recital

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