Alto saxophonist Steen Jorgensen brings a whole lifetime of musical experience to the Kimberley Community Band. He took up the drums at age five after attending an orchestra concert and finding himself mesmerized by the percussionists. He has toured with rock bands, played the piano, guitar, and even the vibraphone. Steen joined the KCB in 2000 as a drummer, but four years ago decided to give the saxophone a try. “There’s a difference between being the rhythm section and making music,” he explains.
(Readers: Please note that, contrary to conventional wisdom, the KCB conductor considers drummers to be musicians too.)
Steen’s talents extend far beyond the KCB—he has attended a jazz camp in Sacramento, California for three summers, is studying composition online with Gary Lindsay, a professor of jazz at the University of Miami, and is also an accomplished painter—but he stays with it for the sheer enjoyment of making music with the band: “It’s an art form, and I love being a part of it.”
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