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A graduate of the Royal College of Music, Alistair Parnell is based in Nottingham, UK. His busy schedule includes teaching, performing, composing, arranging and conducting.
His very successful private teaching studio has been established for more than 25 years and he is Visiting Scholar of Saxophone at the University of Nottingham.
As a performer, Alistair works with some of the country’s leading saxophone ensembles, including the Flotilla Ensemble, the Northern Saxophone Quartet and the Tribune Saxophone Octet, and he is director of the innovative Equinox Saxophone Ensemble.
As a soloist he has produced two CDs, Going Solo and Winter Solstice, and is in demand as a recitalist. He has performed throughout the UK, USA and Europe and has appeared at two World Saxophone Congresses in Slovenia and Thailand.
Alistair is one of the UK's leading EWI (Electronic Wind Instrument) specialists. With more than 25 years’ experience with midi wind instruments, he has established himself as a highly respected performer and teacher. He is passionate about the potential of technology to enhance music education.
“Alistair Parnell's extraordinary virtuosity in Pequena Czardas left the audience open-mouthed in astonishment.”
William Ruff - Nottimngham Evening Post
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“Like the album, the evening was graced by Philip Robinson's pianistic skills and the instrumental imagination of Alistair Parnell. His saxophone solo in Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence came close to upstaging the singers – no mean feat.
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Peter Palmer - Nottingham Evening Post
“This CD sparkles with energy and the playing is terrific. (Flotiila CD)”
The Observer
“GOING SOLO CD
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"The CBSO played superbly, of course, and there were some wonderful contributions from saxophonist Alistair Parnell and tubist Alan Sinclair in particular."
Tristan Jakob-Hoff - Seen and Heard Prom Review
"(Alistair Parnell's) breathtaking performance"
William Ruff - Nottingham Evening Post
