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Staff Sgt. Gregory D. Ridlington
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Staff Sgt. Gregory D. Ridlington

New England Conservatory graduate Staff Sgt. Gregory D. Ridlington leads the newly formed saxophone quartet of the US Marine Band when it performs at MIT on Wednesday, Jan. 23 at 8 p.m. in Killian Hall. The Washington-based ensemble will present the Boston premiere of "Quartet for Saxophones" by MIT Lecturer Curtis Kneeland Hughes, as well as arrangements of works by Duke Ellington and bluegrass standards.

A version of this article appeared in MIT Tech Talk on January 16, 2002.

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