As
an orchestral player he reguarly performs with the Long Island
Philharmonic, Greenwich Symphony, Charelston Symphony, RED (Cleveland)
New Jersey Symphony in addtions to chamber groups including Continnum,
Composers Concordance, Locrian Chamber Ensemble and Orpheus.
He has recorded three albums with the Cleveland Symphonic
Winds, a CD of the music of Villa-Lobos with the Quintet
of the Americas,
and recordings with the Saxophone Sinfonia, New York Solisti,
Paul Winter Consort, North-South Consonance and the new
Sousa Band.
His
two most recent recordings include an environmental-jazz CD of
solo improvisation, and the newly discovered saxophone
concerto of the 19th-century American composer Caryl
Florio. His recent recording with the New Hudson Saxophone Quartet
of the Concerto Sinfonico for saxophone quartet and orchetra
is
being released by Naxos in the Spring of 2006.
Dr.
Cohen is on the faculty of Manhattan School of Music, Oberlin,
Rutgers,
MSU
and NYU.
Dr.
Cohen owns one of the world's largest private collections of
saxophones, and his To The Fore Publishing Company
offers an extensive catalog of his arrangements and
settings for
saxophone ensemble as well as original, historical
and contemporary saxophone
works from selected composers.
As
a historian, he frequently presents lectures on saxophone, illustrating
his talks
with rare instruments, manuscripts and archival
material
from
his extensive
private collection.
Cohen
has published numerous articles on saxophone literature and history
in noted publications, including "Saxophone
Journal," "Clarinet and Saxophone Society
Magazine of Great Britain," "The Grainger
Society Journal" and
the North American Saxophone Alliance's quarterly
publication, the "Saxophone Symposium." From
1985 -2002 he authored the informative "Vintage
Saxophone Revisited" column
in the "Saxophone Journal.". |
