Summer 2014

Our next public performance will be Saturday, August 2nd, 2014 from 6 to 8 PM.  Location:
Pine Hill Nursery
886 US-31 North, Kewadin, MI
10 Miles North of Elk Rapids on US-31
231-599-2824


Sit on the lovely patio, sip wine and enjoy hand-made pizza baked in their outdoor oven!


Apologies for the stark look of this post!  Blogger keeps freezing up for me.  Cannot post photos.

Petoskey Rocks!

Stop by downtown Petoskey tonight (July 19th) and enjoy the musical stylings of the Charlevoix Sax Quartet!  We'll be parked in front of Sweet Maria's Cupcake Shoppe on Mitchell Street. 



October 2012

Come hear us play at the Charlevoix Marathon,

Saturday morning, June 23rd!

Charlevoix Sax Quartet

members: Gail Baldridge, Claire Rasmussen, Judy Willey, Margie Guyot

Musical entertainment for your next party, business opening, celebration, or wedding!  We play a wide range of music, from standard dance tunes of the 40's and 50's to pop, to traditional wedding pieces.  From Motown and the Beatles to Fats Waller, John Williams, Gershwin to Queen. We're always adding new music.

Join us for the Special Holiday Wine Market, sponsored by Glen's Fresh Market, Sunday, November 18th, from 4 - 7 PM at Crooked Tree Art Center, Petoskey!  What could be better than fine wine, fine art and fine food all shared among friends...Mingle among a backdrop of beautiful art while listening to some of our favorite local musicians and sampling fine wines and food from local purveyors.  $15 advance/$20 door.

For bookings, contact (231) 599-2539 or email: margieguyot@gmail.com

Current repertoire includes:
"Adagio d'Albinoni" - Giazotto, arr. Marillia
"Adios Nonino" - Piazzolla, arr. Marillia
"Ain't Misbehavin'" - Fats Waller, arr. Niehaus
"Air from Suite No. 3 in D Major" - J.S. Bach
"All the Things You Are" -- J. Kern, arr. Higgins
"America the Beautiful" -- Ward, arr. Villanueva
"Americana Suite" -- arr. R. Martino
"American Patrol" - arr. Higgins

"As Time Goes By" - Herman Hupfeld
"Autumn Leaves" - J. Kosma, arr. Higgins
"Ave Maria" - Franz Schubert

"Bandstand Boogie" - Barry Manilow, arr. Marillia
"Beale St. Blues" -- W.C. Handy, arr. Gale
"Besame Mucho" -- Velazquez, arr. Marillia
"Birdland" -- Zawinul, arr. Marillia

"Blue Skies" - Irving Berlin, arr. Yasinitsky
"Bluesette" -- Thielemans, arr. Marillia
"Blues in the Night" -- Arlen, arr. Higgins

"Bohemian Rhapsody" - Freddie Mercury, arr. Murtha
"Bridal Chorus (from Lohengrin)" - R. Wagner
"Bull Frog Blues" -- Brown & Schrigley, arr. Gee

"Candy" -- Alex Kramer, arr. Higgins

"Cantina" (from "Star Wars") - John Williams, arr. Marillia
"Carmen Suite" -- Bizet, arr. Holcombe
"Charleston"--  Cecil Mack & James P. Johnson, arr. Gale

"Chattanooga Choo-Choo" - Harry Warren, arr. Marillia

"Chicago" - Fred Fisher, arr. Gale
"Chopin Favorites" - Chopin, arr. Dedrick
"Cowboy Rhapsody" -- arr. Holcombe

"Deep River" - Ben Bonnell
"(The) Devil and the Deep Blue Sea" -- Harold Arlen, arr. Hyman
"Disco Inferno" -- Green/Kersey, arr. Marillia
"Doe-Eyed" -- Jett Hitt

"Don't Get Around Much Anymore" - Ellington/Russell, arr. Sabina

"Down By the Riverside" - arr. Niehaus

"Eleanor Rigby" - Paul McCartney, arr. Marillia

"Embraceable You" - George Gershwin, arr. Gideon

"The Entertainer" - Scott Joplin, arr. Holcombe

"Fever" - Davenport & Cooley, arr. Marillia

"Fly Me to the Moon" - Cecil Mack/James Johnson, arr. Gale
"Fun, Fun, Fun" -- Wilson & Love, arr. Holmes

"Georgia on My Mind" - Hoagy Charmichael, arr. Higgins
"The Girl with the Flaxen Hair" -- Debussy, arr. Ricker
"Greased Lightnin'" - Casey & Jacobs, arr. Holmes
"Green Dolphin Street" - Kaper & Washington, arr. Marillia
"(The) Girl with the Flaxen Hair" -- Claude Debussey, arr. Ricker

"Happy Birthday" - Hill, arr. Higgins

"Harlem Nocturne" - Dick Rogers, arr. Marillia

"Heartbreak Hotel" - Elvis Presley, arr. Englar
"Hit the Road Jack" -- Percy Mayfield, arr. Higgins

"I Can't Give You Anything But Love" - McHugh, arr. Higgins

"I Feel Good" - James Brown, arr. Marillia
"I Left My Heart in San Francisco" - Cross & Cory, arr. Higgins

"I'm a Believer" - Neil Diamond, arr. Englar
"I'm Just Wild About Harry" - Blake, arr. Nascimben

"In the Mood" - Glenn Miller, arr. Marillia

"Irish Suite" - arr. Elliot Del Borgo

"I (Really) Got Rhythm" - George Gershwin, arr. Marillia
"I Say Yeh Yeh" - Fame & Bianco, arr. Marillia
"It Don't Mean a Thing (if You Ain't Got that Swing)" - Ellington, arr. Marillia

"Jeepers Creepers" - Harry Warren, arr. Higgins
"Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring" - J.S. Bach
"Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho" -- trad., arr. Graef
"Jump, Jive an' Wail" --  Prima, arr. Vinson

"Just a Closer Walk With Thee" - traditional, arr. Gale

"La Cucaracha" - traditional, arr. Marillia

"La Comparsita (Tango)" - Matos Rodriguez, arr. Marillia

"Lassus Saxophone" - Henry Fillmore, arr. Marillia
"Let's Fall in Love" - Arlen/Koehler, arr. Higgins
"Limehouse Blues" - Philip Braham, arr. Gale

"Little Brown Jug" -- Trad., arr. Reinshagen

"Love is Here to Stay" - George Gershwin, arr. Holcombe


"Mancini Digs that Mambo" -- Rick Hirsch
"Maria" -- Irving Berlin, arr. Marillia shua
"Makin' Whoopee" - Donaldson, arr. Higgins

"Marche Militaire" - Franz Schubert, arr. Holmes
"Memories of Stephen Foster" - Foster, arr. Holmes
"Mercy, Mercy, Mercy" - Marvin Gaye, arr. Peterson
"Michael Jackson Medley" - Jackson, arr. Marillia

"Michelle" - Paul McCartney, arr. Marillia

"Mission Impossible" - Schifrin, arr. Wasson

"Misty" - Erroll Garner, arr. Marillia
"Moonlight Serenade" -- Miller, arr. Marillia

"My Funny Valentine" - Richard Rodgers, arr. Marillia

"My Girl" - Smokey Robinson/Ronald White, arr. Englar
"My Wild Irish Rose" -- Olcott, arr. Niehaus


"The Nearness of You"-- Hoagy Charmichael, arr. Sabina
"The Nearness of You" - Hoagy Charmichael, arr. Marillia
"Nice Work if You Can Get It" - Gershwin, arr. Higgins

"A Night in June" - K. L. King, arr. Holmes
"Night Train" - Forrest, arr. Berry

"(An) Old French Song" - unknown, arr. Leonard

"(That) Old Black Magic" - Johnny Mercer/Harold Arlen, arr. Jarvis
"On the Sunny Side of the Street" - McHugh, arr. Higgins
"Opus in Pastels" -- Kenton, arr. Kenton
"Out of Nowhere" -- Heyman & Green, arr. Lewis
"Oye Como Va" - Puente, arr. Marillia

"Peter Gunn Theme" - Henry Mancini, arr. Marillia

"Petite Musique de Nuit K. 525" - W. A. Mozart, arr. Solor
"Play a Simple Melody" - Berlin, arr. Higgins
"Poet and Peasant Overture" - F. von Stuppe. arr. Holmes
"Prelude and Beguine" - Victor Williams
"Pretty Woman" -- Orbison, arr. Marillia

 

 

"Relax! (Rhumba)" - Paul Yoder

"Sabre Dance" - Aram Khatchatourian, arr. Marillia
"Salute to Glen Miller" -- Glen Miller, arr. Meacham, Holcombe
"Satin Doll" -- Ellington, arr. Sweeny
"September" - Earth, Wind & Fire, arr. Peterson
"The Shadow of Your Smile" - Mandel, arr. Higgins
"Sh-Boom" - Keyes, Feaster, McRae, Edwards; arr. Higgins

"Singing in the Rain" -- Brown, arr. Marillia

"Sir Duke" - Stevie Wonder, arr. Marillia

"St. Louis Blues" - arr. J. Nowak
"Soul Bossa Nova" -- Jones, arr. Marillia

"Stardust" - Hoagy Carmichael, arr. Sabina
"Stars and Stripes Forever" - Sousa, arr. Marillia
"Star Spangled Banner" - Key, arr. Nelson
"Star Spangled Banner" - Key, arr. Yingst
"Star Wars (Medley)"-- John Williams, arr. Marillia

"Stella by Starlight" - Victor Young, arr. Niehaus
"Summertime" - Gershwin, arr. Higgins

"Sweet Georgia Brown" - Maceo Pinkard, arr. Marillia


"Take the A Train" -- Strayhorn, arr. Niehaus
"They Can't Take That Away From Me" - Gershwin, arr. Higgins
"Tiger Rag"-- Achille Baquet, arr. McLeod
"Trumpet Voluntary" - Henry Purcell
"Trumpet Tune and Ayre" - H. Purcell

"Turkey in the Straw" - arr. D. Marlatt

"Wall Street Rag"-- Scott Joplin, arr. Martin

"Wedding March" - F. Mendelssohn

"West Side Story (Extraits)" - Leonard Bernstein, arr. Marillia
"What a Wonderful World" - B. Thiele & G. D. Weiss, arr. Marillia
"When I Fall in Love" - Young, arr. Higgins
"When I'm Sixty-Four" - John Lennon & Paul McCartney, arr. Richer
"When Stars Fell on Alabama" - Perkins, arr. Higgins
"When Sunny Gets Blue" - Fisher/Segal, arr. Higgins

"Yesterday" - Lennon & McCartney, arr. Marillia

"Zoot Suit Riot" - Perry, arr. Murtha