The Metropolitan Saxophone Quartet
About The MSQ
From Mozart to Glenn Miller to Journey, the family-friendly Metropolitan Saxophone Quartet and their energetic mix of music arrangements have been entertaining audiences and wedding guests in the New York and New Jersey metropolitan area since 2004.
The Metropolitan Saxophone Quartet can be seen regularly performing for audiences at weddings, churches, community functions, libraries, street and rural fairs, and universities. In 2009, the group released their first album, Holiday Classics. Their sophomore jazz and pop album, Close Enough…, followed in 2011. The Quartet's second Christmas album, Hark!, was released in 2015. In 2019, the group dropped When We Dance, a collection of their favorite rock and pop arrangements.
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The quartet’s light humor, precise musicianship, and passion for performing always leaves their listeners yelling, “Encore!”
Members
Deanna Loertscher
alto saxophone
Deanna Loertscher, alto saxophone, holds degrees from Ithaca College (BM) and Penn State University (MM). Her teachers include Dr. David Stambler, Dr. Steven Mauk, and Dr. Connie Frigo.
Engagements have brought her to diverse venues such as Carnegie Hall, Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center, the Kimmel Center, Woodstock Playhouse, Hangar Theatre, Nyack Library Carnegie Room, and Columbia University, in addition to other venues in the New York metropolitan area.
Regionally, Deanna performs with the Ridgewood Concert Band, New York Wind Symphony, and the Ramsey Wind Symphony. Deanna has the privilege of working with the students at Harrison Central High School in New York State, where she teaches band.
Erik Donough
soprano saxophone
Erik holds his Bachelor of Music degree in Education from Ithaca College, and his Master of Arts in Performance degree from Montclair State University. His teachers include Dr. Paul Cohen, Dr. Steven Mauk, William Shadel, and Peter Potosky. Additionally, he has studied under Charles Pillow.
As a conductor and instrumentalist, Erik has performed in productions from the scholastic level to Broadway, Carnegie Hall, and Lincoln Center, and has performed with local concert bands and orchestras. Currently, Erik teaches middle school band in New Jersey.
James Aslanian
baritone saxophone
James graduated from Rutgers University Mason Gross School of the Arts with a Bachelor of Music degree in Music Education and Performance with a concentration in Saxophone.
He has performed with the Ridgewood Concert Band, Rutgers Wind Ensemble, Rutger Saxophone Quartet, Rutgers Saxophone Ensemble, and Rutgers Symphony Band.
He is currently the band director at High Point Regional High School and keeps a private saxophone studio. He is an active composer and arranger.
John DiEgidio
tenor saxophone
John has been a featured soloist with the New Sussex Symphony, the New Philharmonic of New Jersey, the Rutgers Symphony Band, the Rutgers Saxophone Ensemble and The Hawthorne Symphony Orchestra.
A graduate of the Manhattan School of Music Precollege Division, John received his B.M.E. from Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University and his M.M. at Montclair State University.
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After a successful career as a music educator, John now works as the Supervisor of Fine and Performing Arts in Randolph, New Jersey.​
Ken Adessa
drums & percussion
Ken Adessa, drums, has performed with well-known artists Frankie Avalon, Darlene Love, Little Anthony, Gary US Bonds, Little Anthony, Three Irish Tenors, The Chi-Lites, The Trammps, Bobby "Brooks" Wilson, Eddie Holman, and many more.
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Ken teaches middle school students in Mount Olive, New Jersey
Discography
Holiday Classics
2009
Close Enough...
2011
Hark!
2015
When We Dance
2019
Available on all major electronic music services
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Contact
Want to learn more about Metropolitan Saxophone Quartet, our music, and our tour dates? Don’t hesitate to get in touch.
Morristown, New Jersey
(973) 874-9MSQ