Saxophone

Shane is a founding member of the Portland Saxophone Ensemble and the Portland-based Quartet 321 saxophone quartet. He regularly performs with the Portland Wind Symphony on soprano, alto, and tenor saxophones and has been featured as a soloist in Saxophone Quartet concertos by Maslanka, Colgrass, and Bolcom.

David Maslanka
Recitation Book - Movement 5

Quartet 321 performs a truncated version of David Maslanka’s Recitation Book - Movement 5 as an encore after performing his Concerto for Saxophone Quartet with the Portland State University Wind Symphony in June 2019.

Soprano: Sean Fredenburg
Alto: Amanda Chan
Tenor: Shane Valle
Baritone: David Decker

More from Quartet 321

Soprano: Sean Fredenburg
Alto: Ken Fukumoto
Tenor: Shane Valle
Baritone: David Decker

Saxophone Quartet concertos

Soprano: Evan Smith
Alto: Melissa Winstanley
Tenor: Shane Valle
Baritone: Leif Gustafson

Soprano: Melissa Winstanley
Alto: Shane Valle
Tenor: Evan Smith
Baritone: Leif Gustafson

Saxophone ensemble

Three Images - Joel Love

The Portland Saxophone Ensemble (Shane on tenor) performs Joel Love’s Three Images at Chamber Music Northwest Summer Fest 2024 at Reser Auditorium.

Portland Wind Symphony highlights

Symphony No. 3: III Mesto - James Barnes
Soprano (Shane Valle) / Alto (Shelbey Evans) duet