Rick Sadlon is an actively performing professional musician on saxophone, clarinet and flute. He performs jazz, classical and pop music for multiple events each year and provides a high level of musicianship and professional service to ensure that your event is a success. He has a rich background of professional performance experience and performed the musical "Cats" for three years at Musical Theater Zurich Orchestra in Zurich, Switzerland, played multiple musicals as a member of the Goodspeed Opera House Orchestra, was lead alto saxophone in the S/S Norway Orchestra, where he performed for acts such as Rita Moreno, Jack Jones, Lionel Hampton, Henry Mancini, Johnny Mathis, Vic Damone, and Ray Charles.
Rick is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Parkside, the University of North Texas, and the University of Hartford, and continues to maintain an active schedule of performances in the greater CT/RI/NY area as solo performer, with jazz duo Gomez & Sadlon, and for multiple musicals and shows in the region. Rick offers a high level of musicianship and personal professional service for each of his musical services. All of the proceeds from Rick's musical performances are donated to provide food for people from CT through the CT Foodshare Program.
As a Music Educator, Rick was the Director of Music in the Darien, CT Public Schools for 25 years and frequently works as a consultant with several school districts on music and arts education curriculum development. Some school districts would include Norwalk, Ridgefield, Easton-Redding Region 9, Waterford, CT and Tuckahoe, NY.