{"id":168,"date":"2025-10-27T12:39:03","date_gmt":"2025-10-27T12:39:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sl\/southlanarkshireinstrumentalmusicservice\/?page_id=168"},"modified":"2026-08-24T12:23:26","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T11:23:26","slug":"saxophone-ensemble","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sl\/southlanarkshireinstrumentalmusicservice\/saxophone-ensemble\/","title":{"rendered":"South Lanarkshire Schools Saxophone Ensemble"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignfull size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"414\" data-attachment-id=\"1004\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sl\/southlanarkshireinstrumentalmusicservice\/saxophone-ensemble\/dsc03356\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sl\/public\/southlanarkshireinstrumentalmusicservice\/uploads\/sites\/16877\/2026\/08\/13151020\/DSC03356.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1260,509\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;ILCE-7M3&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1781036140&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;55&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;4000&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.004&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"DSC03356\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sl\/public\/southlanarkshireinstrumentalmusicservice\/uploads\/sites\/16877\/2026\/08\/13151020\/DSC03356-300x121.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sl\/public\/southlanarkshireinstrumentalmusicservice\/uploads\/sites\/16877\/2026\/08\/13151020\/DSC03356-1024x414.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sl\/public\/southlanarkshireinstrumentalmusicservice\/uploads\/sites\/16877\/2026\/08\/13151020\/DSC03356-1024x414.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1004\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sl\/public\/southlanarkshireinstrumentalmusicservice\/uploads\/sites\/16877\/2026\/08\/13151020\/DSC03356-1024x414.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sl\/public\/southlanarkshireinstrumentalmusicservice\/uploads\/sites\/16877\/2026\/08\/13151020\/DSC03356-300x121.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sl\/public\/southlanarkshireinstrumentalmusicservice\/uploads\/sites\/16877\/2026\/08\/13151020\/DSC03356-768x310.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sl\/public\/southlanarkshireinstrumentalmusicservice\/uploads\/sites\/16877\/2026\/08\/13151020\/DSC03356.jpg 1260w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:48px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-base-color has-text-color has-link-color has-rokkitt-font-family wp-elements-78598ff0e3657ac77c1704ff21d96b26\" id=\"paragraph_HKF5yyXH_T8\" style=\"font-size:clamp(19.481px, 1.218rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 1.129), 31px);\">The newly formed South Lanarkshire Schools&#8217; Saxophone Ensemble, consisting of 25 talented young musicians, are the only local authority schools&#8217; saxophone ensemble in Scotland. The group rehearse each term, bringing together pupils from all South Lanarkshire learning communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-base-color has-text-color has-link-color has-rokkitt-font-family wp-elements-71176c0c0b609be4914019bdcd51d5b3\" id=\"paragraph_tXF5yy1I_T8\" style=\"font-size:clamp(19.481px, 1.218rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 1.129), 31px);\">The ensemble has recently acquired a magnificent bass saxophone, the only one of its kind in the whole of Scotland. This rare instrument is adds a rich, warm depth to the ensemble\u2019s sound while inspiring young musicians to learn more about the saxophone family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-base-color has-text-color has-link-color has-rokkitt-font-family wp-elements-c8085adca26a345e36cc954e38513438\" id=\"paragraph_4RF5yynH_T8\" style=\"font-size:clamp(19.481px, 1.218rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 1.129), 31px);\">The South Lanarkshire Schools&#8217; Saxophone Ensemble were recently invited to play at the inaugural &#8216;We Make Music Conference&#8217; run in conjunction with the Music Education Partnership Group.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-base-color has-text-color has-link-color has-rokkitt-font-family has-xx-large-font-size wp-elements-1809505c8a0adb484ae788d77e3a1328\">Key Dates<\/h2>\n\n\n<ul  class=\"eo-events eo-events-shortcode\"><li class=\"eo-event-venue-holy-cross-high-school eo-event-cat-rehearsals eo-event-tag-slc eo-event-tag-saxophone-ensemble eo-event-future\"> SLS Saxophone Ensemble Rehearsals on September 8, 2026 4:30 pm <\/li><li class=\"eo-event-venue-holy-cross-high-school eo-event-cat-rehearsals eo-event-tag-slc eo-event-tag-saxophone-ensemble eo-event-future\"> SLS Saxophone Ensemble Rehearsals on September 22, 2026 4:30 pm <\/li><li class=\"eo-event-venue-holy-cross-high-school eo-event-cat-rehearsals eo-event-tag-slc eo-event-tag-saxophone-ensemble eo-event-future\"> SLS Saxophone Ensemble Rehearsals on October 6, 2026 4:30 pm <\/li><li class=\"eo-event-venue-holy-cross-high-school eo-event-cat-rehearsals eo-event-tag-slc eo-event-tag-saxophone-ensemble eo-event-future\"> SLS Saxophone Ensemble Rehearsals on October 20, 2026 4:30 pm <\/li><li class=\"eo-event-venue-holy-cross-high-school eo-event-cat-rehearsals eo-event-tag-slc eo-event-tag-saxophone-ensemble eo-event-future\"> SLS Saxophone Ensemble Rehearsals on November 3, 2026 4:30 pm <\/li><li class=\"eo-event-venue-holy-cross-high-school eo-event-cat-rehearsals eo-event-tag-slc eo-event-tag-saxophone-ensemble eo-event-future\"> SLS Saxophone Ensemble Rehearsals on November 17, 2026 4:30 pm <\/li><li class=\"eo-event-venue-holy-cross-high-school eo-event-cat-rehearsals eo-event-tag-slc eo-event-tag-saxophone-ensemble eo-event-future\"> SLS Saxophone Ensemble Rehearsals on December 1, 2026 4:30 pm <\/li><li class=\"eo-event-cat-concerts eo-event-tag-big-band eo-event-tag-brass-ensemble eo-event-tag-percussion-ensemble eo-event-tag-saxophone-ensemble eo-event-tag-slc-schools-choir eo-event-future eo-all-day\"> IMS Summer Showcase 2027 on June 8, 2027 <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:64px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-eb524166 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding: var(--wp--preset--spacing--40) var(--wp--preset--spacing--30) var(--wp--preset--spacing--40) var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\">\u00a0<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The newly formed South Lanarkshire Schools&#8217; Saxophone Ensemble, consisting of 25 talented young musicians, are the only local authority schools&#8217; saxophone ensemble in Scotland. The group rehearse each term, bringing together pupils from all South Lanarkshire learning communities. The ensemble has recently acquired a magnificent bass saxophone, the only one of its kind in the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24259,"featured_media":217,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-no-title","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-168","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sl\/southlanarkshireinstrumentalmusicservice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/168","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sl\/southlanarkshireinstrumentalmusicservice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sl\/southlanarkshireinstrumentalmusicservice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sl\/southlanarkshireinstrumentalmusicservice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24259"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sl\/southlanarkshireinstrumentalmusicservice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=168"}],"version-history":[{"count":42,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sl\/southlanarkshireinstrumentalmusicservice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/168\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1098,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sl\/southlanarkshireinstrumentalmusicservice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/168\/revisions\/1098"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sl\/southlanarkshireinstrumentalmusicservice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/217"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sl\/southlanarkshireinstrumentalmusicservice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=168"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}