{"id":163970,"date":"2026-07-01T20:02:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T01:02:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/?p=163970"},"modified":"2026-07-01T20:02:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T01:02:12","slug":"ole-miss-students-spread-sax-appeal-on-statewide-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/ole-miss-students-spread-sax-appeal-on-statewide-tour\/","title":{"rendered":"Ole Miss Students Spread Sax Appeal on Statewide Tour"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Quartet uses Stamps Impact Prize to record chamber music album, perform in high schools<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Four University of Mississippi<\/strong> students are on a mission to share their love for the saxophone and turn high school students across the state on to chamber music.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Performing as the Shades of Blue Quartet<\/strong>, the group used a\u00a0Stamps Impact Prize<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0to record an album and conduct a concert tour to six Mississippi high schools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The students applied for the Stamps award in consultation with Adam Estes<\/strong>, Ole Miss<\/strong> professor of\u00a0music<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“I’ve discovered a lot of benefits from playing chamber music,” said Sinquefield<\/strong>, of Senatobia. “Chamber music has allowed me to develop my score study abilities a lot more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Since it (the ensemble) is so student-led, a lot of the music is stuff that we personally really enjoy, and because of that I’ve found myself to be much more interested in listening to professional recordings, studying the scores and using both of those to inform how we want to shape the music.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Studying chamber music has also helped Sinquefield learn to listen to all the instruments in an ensemble, rather than just his own.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“But most of all, it has just been one of the most enjoyable ensembles I’ve ever played in, and I wanted to encourage others to get involved too so that they can hopefully fall more in love with music like I did,” he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Shades of Blue Quartet, a student performance group from the University of Mississippi, performs a selection of chamber music for students in the Senatobia High School band hall. The group used a Stamps Impact Prize for a performance tour of Mississippi high schools to promote music performance and chamber music. Submitted photo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Besides Sinquefield, the Shades of Blue Quartet includes three other juniors:<\/p>\n\n\n\n