Young musician hoping sax appeal turns into cutting-edge Valley career

To Bradley Fergin, it was easy to decide to be a musician.

I knew I wanted to do something with music since I was a freshman in high school, "he said. I could be as creative as I wanted with music.

This senior teaching music plays saxophone, piano, guitar, drums and sings.

He said he started with piano lessons, there are 19 years and started learning the saxophone when he was in fourth grade.

He got his first saxophone of his uncle, who had stopped playing in school. Fergin still has this instrument.

I was lucky, he said.

Many schools don t have the budget to allow students to play the saxophone, he said. He was given a free of charge.

Fergin now has a collection of three saxophones: his first, he plays in, and that was donated to give a student in need.

Fergin lesson plans, focusing in their own presentations. He said he wants to make his senior recital next semester. It will make the student teaching next year and expects to graduate in may 2012.

For most, he had to learn to play every instrument up to a level of sixth grade.

Right now, Fergin said he has performed at least once a month between their groups. He participates in a classic rock band, a band of New Orleans style, an acoustic duo, sax Quartet SVSU s, SVSU s jazz combo, jazz band, SVSU s and Cardinal singers.

He said that each offers a different style of music.

I like them so that they bring specifically, he said.

He said he is excited by his performance with the street saxophone quartet of the Court of justice. Will be at 7: 30 p.m. Thursday, March 17, in Hall, recital Rhea Miller.

He said he is perfectly comfortable playing saxophone or guitar in bars where is more relaxed.

For SVSU administration here, there's a bit of nervousness, "he said.

Fergin said the ideal backdrop for an intimate performance is something where people liked the music he was playing.

If I could get up to about 20 people who genuinely enjoy jazz, that would be ideal, "he said.

Apart from playing the saxophone, Fergin sings. He will perform in Dido and Aeneas, the first opera to be performed at SVSU. It is a tragic love story of three acts. It's all in English and will show in April.

He said that he discussed with him on whether he should take one year after the first law school, teach or go to graduate school. He decided to try to teach focusing on its own musicality.

My performance is a big part of my life that I have to continue with this, "he said.

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