Saxophany - About Us

Stuart and myself came together professionally over the love of good music and having the irresistible urge to play it. So back in 2002 we formed what is now known as “Saxophany”. We play for all kinds of functions or events, give us a reason and we’ll be there playing away to our hearts content. The music we play is the music we love, so much more than just hitting the right notes is giving passion and joy of bringing what we do to share with everyone else. We are completely self contained, we bring our own P.A. and are at home in any size of venue. We can be very in obtrusive when needed or alternatively we can lay on more of a performance and get the party started.

Michael Hurst - Although we perform under the name of Saxophany I am versatile on many different instruments and where the piece allows I will pick up my clarinet or flute and breath life into it.
The style that I like to play as one half of Saxophany ranges from modern pop tunes through traditional standards to some of the big band swing and jazz numbers. Working with Stuart gives me a chance to harmonise on the numbers, bringing a greater depth and richness to the music we play.

I started my musical learning when I was about 10 years old joining the local Brass Band with the rest of my family then progressing onto the saxophone, flute, clarinet and keyboards doing exams along the way, as you can guess my favourite being the alto saxophone over the years I have played with different genre of music styles from pop, blues Irish folk through to big band. I work during the week as a private music teacher teaching from 6 year olds to 60 + both for pleasure and also for exams. This I equally love doing as its passes on to others my joy in the wonderful world of music. I also write and arrange music in my spare time. I am actively involved in our local rehearsal big band were I arrange and conduct the band at a number of our village events.

Stuart Andrews - I started to learn the saxophone with Michael from scratch over 15 years ago playing with his saxophone trio, quartet, quintet and also the rehearsal band as I became more proficient on my instrument I was asked by my family if I would play for a golfing dinner, being nervous I asked Michael if he would join me, he agreed, we found that we both enjoyed playing together in this format so we started Saxophony and over the years I have played with other bands to gain more and more experience but still working closely with Michael and Saxophany.