NASA 2017 Region 3 Program

2017 REGION 3 CONFERENCE
NORTH
AMERICAN
SAXOPHONEREGION 3
ALLIANCE CONFERENCE
SOUTH DAKOTA
STATE UNIVERSITY
BROOKINGS, SD
MARCH 17-18, 2017

www.sdstate.edu/music/nasa-sdstate
NORTH AMERICAN
SAXOPHONE ALLIANCE
2017 REGION 3 CONFERENCE
WELCOME
On behalf of South Dakota State University, it is my pleasure to welcome you to the 2017 Region 3
Conference of the North American Saxophone Alliance. I am looking forward to all of the perform-
ances and presentations throughout the weekend. Of course, I am excited to see many old friends and
to meet those of you whom I do not yet know.
This conference would not happen without the support and assistance of several people. I would like
to thank the chair of our SDSU Department of Music, Dr. David Reynolds, whose generous support
helped make this event possible. I would also like to thank the SDSU saxophone studio and the Beta
Psi chapter of Tau Beta Sigma for volunteering their time.
I hope that you will take the opportunity to explore the area during your time in Brookings. I appreciate your time and ded-
ication to this conference. Your participation helps make this event special!
Cordially,
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The NASA Region 3 Conference wishes to acknowledge:
South Dakota State University Department of Music
Dr. Carl Spaeth
Conference Host Dr. David Reynolds, Chair
Jay Vanduch, Performing Arts Center Manager
For Providing Financial Support for the Conference
SDSU College of Arts and Sciences, Dennis Papini, Dean
TABLE OF CONTENTS The Cecilia Beirne Endowment in Support of the Arts,
held in perpetuity with the SDSU Foundation
Page 1 Overview Exhibitor
Page 2 Campus Map
Schmitt Music
For Providing Financial Support for their Artists
Page 3 March 17 Yamaha
Performing Arts Center:
Vandoren and Dansr Inc.
Larson Memorial Concert Hall
Fishback Studio Theatre Competition Judges
h2 quartet
Page 6 March 18
Performing Arts Center: For their Advice and Assistance
Fishback Studio Theatre Dr. Matthew Patnode
Larson Memorial Concert Hall Colin Young
McCrory Gardens Education Conference Pianist
and Visitor Center Dr. John Walker
Page 11 Featured Artists Biographies Graphic Design
Jim Taggart, University Marketing and Communications
Page 15 Performer and Lecturer Biographies
Support Staff
Back Page Advertisements Tau Beta Sigma, Beta Psi Chapter
NASA: 2017 REGION 3 CONFERENCE: OVERVIEW
Friday, March 17, 2017 McCrory Gardens
Larson Memorial Concert Hall, PAC 10:00 a.m. Brian Hanegan: Lecture
10:00 a.m. Registration 11:00 a.m. Zak Pischnotte: Lecture

11:00 a.m. Exhibits Open 2:00 p.m. Paul Haar: Lecture
1:00 p.m. UND Saxophone Quartet 3:00 p.m. Randall Hall: Lecture
Minot State University Saxophone Quartet
4:00 p.m. Patrick Brown: Lecture
2:00 p.m. Tower Saxophone Quartet
Nexus Duo
Larson Memorial Concert Hall, PAC
3:00 p.m. Scott Sandberg, Tenor Saxophone;
9:00 a.m. Zak Pischnotte, saxophone
Keith Teepen, Piano
The Additive Color Ensemble
Cehuai Zhang, alto saxophone
Carl Spaeth, alto saxophone;
4:00 p.m. Ann Bradfield, saxophone; Aaron Ragsdale, percussion
Chris Dickhaus, saxophone
10:00 a.m. SDSU Saxophone Quartet
Ann Bradfield, saxophone;
Augustana Saxophone Quartet
Cayla Bellamy, bassoon
TCBSQ
Christopher Kocher, alto saxophone;
Alessandra Feris, piano 11:00 a.m. Gold Star Saxophone Quartet
UNO Saxophone Quartet
5:00 p.m. Aaron M. Durst, saxophone
The Anemoi Quartet
James Fusik, tenor saxophone
1:00 p.m. h2 quartet Master Class
7:30 p.m. Featured Concert:
SDSU Jazz Ensemble I with 2:00 p.m. Jason T. Laczkoski, saxophone;
Jonathan Campbell, tenor saxophone Anna E. Draper, violin
Paul Haar, tenor saxophone Jason T. Laczkoski, saxophone;
Brian Hanegan, alto saxophone Nick Meyers, marimba
Christopher Kocher, alto saxophone Jason T. Laczkoski, saxophone;
Matthew Patnode, tenor saxophone Nick Meyers, cajon
3:00 p.m. Matthew Patnode, saxophone;
Fishback Studio Theatre, PAC Cassie Keogh, clarinet;
1-5:00 p.m. Student Competition Tyler Wottrich, piano
John Cummins, saxophone
Elissa Kana, saxophone;
John Walker, piano
4:00 p.m. Evan Sammons, saxophone
Saturday, March 18, 2017 Lexie Aguilar, alto saxophone;
Fishback Studio Theatre, PAC Joshua Iyer, piano
Lincoln Havranek, saxophone
9:00 a.m. Benjamin Cold, soprano/alto saxophones
Jacob Lemons 5:00 p.m. Andrey Floryanovich, alto saxophone
Gage Schmitt, alto saxophone Paul Haar, tenor saxophone;
Nicholas May, tenor saxophone;
10:00 a.m. Kate Pisarczyk David von Kampen, piano
2:00 p.m. Don Norton, saxophone; 7:30 p.m. Featured Concert: h2 quartet
SDSU Jazz Combo Rhythm Section
NASA 2017 Region 3 Conference | South Dakota State University 1

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6 Animal Resource Wing, SAW, B3 29 Foundation Seed Conditioning, SFSS, C4 54 Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity (Men), G8 97 Coolidge Sylvan Theatre, SSY, F3
7 Animal Science Complex, SAS, C3 30 Grove Hall, SGH, E5 55 Solberg Hall, SSO, E3 98 Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium, SDDS, C5
8 Architecture, Mathematics 31 Harding Hall, SHH, F4 56 Stanley J. Marshall Center, SPE, D6 99 Doner Auditorium, SAD, E3
& Engineering Building, SAME, E4 32 Horse Unit ,SHU, B2 57 Student Wellness Center, SSWC, D5 100 Erv Huether Field B6
9 Avera Health & Science Center, SAV, E3 33 Horticulture Greenhouse, SHG, C4 58 Intramural
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11 Berg Agricultural Hall, SAG, D3 35 Jerome J. Lohr Building 60 University Arbor Day Park, B2 103 Jackrabbit Softball Field, B6
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36 Library (Hilton M. Briggs), SBL, D4 B3 62 University Police Department, SUPD, C6
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16 CCrothers Engineering Hall, SCEH, F3 39 Medal of Honor Park, D4 65 Warren E. Williamson IM Fields, D6 107 Roberts Reception Hall, SPAC, D6
17 Daktronics Engineering Hall, SDEH, F4 40 Morrill Hall, SAD, E3 66 Wecota Annex, SWX, D2 108 Rodeo Grounds, B2
18 Davis Dairy Plant, SDSP, D3 41 Motor Pool, SMP, B4 67 Wecota Hall, SWC, E2 109 South Dakota Art Museum, SMU, E3
42 North Headhouse, SNHH, B3 68 Wenona Hall, SWE, D2 B6
19 DePuy Military Hall, SDP, D4 110 Volstorff Ballroom, SSU, D5
20 Design Studio SCSD, C2 43 Old Horticulture, SOHO, E3 69 West Hall, SWH, E2 F
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22 East Headhouse, SEHH C4 Fishback Studio Theatre 71 Wintrode Student Success Ctr., SWSC, F3 B6
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FRIDAY, MARCH 17, 2017
Larson Memorial Concert Hall, PAC
10:00 a.m. Registration | Performing Arts Center Lobby
11:00 a.m. Exhibits Open | Performing Arts Center Lobby
1:00 p.m. Opening Concert
University of North Dakota Saxophone Quartet

Jake Schettler, soprano saxophone; Josh Gratton, alto saxophone
Michaela Meland, tenor saxophone; Sadie Cochrane, baritone saxophone
Modern Art Suite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rusty Dedrick
I. Impressionism
II. Purism
III. Mysticism
IV. Surrealism
V. Realism
Quartet in G Major for Strings, Op. 18, No. 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ludwig van Beethoven
IV. Allegro molto quasi presto trans. Robert Frascotti
Minot State University Saxophone Quartet

Lindsey Eliasen, soprano saxophone; Jesse Johnson, alto saxophone
Kat Siebert, tenor saxophone; Natalie Stivers, baritone saxophone
Quator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pierre-Max Dubois (1930-1995)
I. Ouverture Brillante
II. Doloroso
III. Spirituoso
IV. Andante
2:00 p.m. Recital Series
Tower Saxophone Quartet

Josh Bergman, soprano saxophone; Christian Gauvin, alto saxophone
Ellie Jacobson, tenor; Ellen Plumb, baritone saxophone
Andante et Scherzetto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pierre Lantier (1910-1998)

Nexus Duo
Lisa Perry, clarinets; Brian Rodesch, saxophones
Divertimento for clarinet and saxophone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . P. Gustav Westin II
I. Prelude
II. Lullabies
III. Parody
IV. Waltz
V. Scherzo
VI. Blues
VII. Danzon
Premiere Performance
Scott Sandberg, tenor saxophone; Keith Teepen, piano

Classical Concerto for Tenor Saxophone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Eric Ewazen (b.1954)
I. Allegro Energico
II. Adagio
III. Lento-Allegro vivace
Cehuai Zhang, alto saxophone

Mai. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ryo Noda (b.1948)
Ann Bradfield, saxophone; Chris Dickhaus, saxophone

Arc of Solitude (1991) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mark Engebretson
Ann Bradfield, saxophone; Cayla Bellamy, bassoon

Killer Scones and Clotted Cream . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rebecca Burkhardt
Susurrus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Katherine Bergman
Christopher Kocher, alto saxophone; Alessandra Feris, piano

Desafio VIII . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marlos Nobre (b.1939)
Poema XIV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marlos Nobre

Aaron M. Durst, saxophone

News Flash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Andrew Hannon
James Fusik, tenor saxophone

Sakana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dai Fujikura
7:30 p.m. Featured Jazz Concert
South Dakota State University Jazz Ensemble I, directed by Dr. Carl Spaeth, with featured artists.
The program will include the following with other selections announced from the stage.
Dr. Jonathan Campbell, tenor saxophone

And Then There’s That . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jonathan Campbell
Dr. Paul Haar, tenor saxophone

Sail Away . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tom Harrell
arr. Eric Richards
Brian Hanagen, alto saxophone
I’ll Remember April . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Raye/DePaul/Johnson
arr. Mike Tomaro
Dr. Christopher Kocher, alto saxophone
Stella by Starlight. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Washington/Young
arr. Bill Holman
Dr. Matthew Patnode, tenor saxophone
Paint it Black . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rolling Stones
arr. Tim Ries
SDSU Jazz Ensemble I: Trombone: Dan Pengra
Alto Saxophone: Andy Horst Trombone: Joel Kocer
Alto Saxophone: Brittany Kruger Trombone: Greg Albing
Tenor Saxophone: Martin Jackson Bass Trombone: Stuart Elliot
Tenor Saxophone: Rebecca Van Regenmorter Guitar: Matthew Rice
Baritone Saxophone: Daniel Ostraat Vibes/Aux: Ryan Hoag
Trumpet: Nate Thomas Piano: Jenna Harrison
Trumpet: Tanner Goodall Bass: Neil Schlimgen
Trumpet: Amber Schuster Drums: Jim McKinney, guest artist
Trumpet: Matthew Avenson Sound: Ryan Hurt
Fishback Studio Theatre, PAC

1:00 p.m.- Student Competition
5:00 p.m.

FRIDAY, MARCH 18, 2017
Fishback Studio Theatre, Performing Arts Center
9:00 a.m. Recital Series

Benjamin Cold, soprano and alto saxophones (accompanied by electronic tape)
Spontaneous Combustion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . James Mobberley (b.1954)
Jacob Lemons
New York Counterpoint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Steve Reich (b.1936)
arr. Susan Fancher
Gage Schmitt, alto saxophone
Billie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jacob ter Veldhuis (b.1951)

Kate Pisarczyk
Lobuk Constrictor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . François Rossé (b.1945)
Kanente . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . François Rossé

Don Norton, saxophone; SDSU Jazz Combo Rhythm Section
All the Things You Are . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kern and Hammerstein II
arr. Don Norton
Larson Memorial Concert Hall, Performing Arts Center
Dr. Zak Pischnotte, saxophone

Variations on an Irish Tune . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Randall Snyder
The Additive Color Ensemble

David Berrios, alto saxophone; Brian Allred, flute; Kai Ono, piano
A Tibetan Monk in Times Square . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kai Ono
Dr. Carl Spaeth, alto saxophone; Dr. Aaron Ragsdale, percussion

Lhotse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Steve Danyew (b.1983)

South Dakota State University Saxophone Quartet

Brittany Kruger, soprano saxophone; Katie Schlenker, alto saxophone
Andy Horst, tenor saxophone; Martin Jackson, baritone saxophone
Saxophone Quartet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . David von Kampen (b.1986)
I. Agreeable
II. Purplish
III. Flittery
Augustana Saxophone Quartet

Evan Sammons, soprano saxophone; Lexie Aguilar, alto saxophone
Apencer Mason, tenor saxophone; Melissa Hagerty, baritone saxophone
Oboe Quartet in F major . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
I. Allegro
II. Adagio
III. Rondeau, Allegro
TCBSQ
Paul Haar, soprano saxophone; Nicholas May, alto saxophone
Wade Howles, tenor saxophone; Bob Fuson, baritone saxophone
Vortex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Daniel Baldwin
Prelude and Fugue in A Major . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Johan Sebastien Bach
arr. Percy Grainger
Gold Star Saxophone Quartet

Taylor Eichinger, soprano saxophone; Austin Yri, alto saxophone
Lane Flaten, tenor saxophone; Zack Sorenson, baritone saxophone
End Around. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Seth Custer
Introduction and Allegro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Milan Kaderavek (1924-2014)
UNO Saxophone Quartet

Hector Tornez, soprano saxophone; Beth Gunderson- alto saxophone
Skye Junginger, tenor saxophone; Jake Senff, baritone saxophone
Whiskey Tango . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Darren Pettit

The Anemoi Quartet
Jacob Nishimura, soprano saxophone; Miranda Henry, alto saxophone
Todd Johnson, tenor saxophone; Matthew Nicholson, baritone saxophone
Quartet for Saxophones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Elliot Del Borgo (b.1938)
1:00 p.m. h2 quartet Master Class

Ashley Boe, alto saxophone; Farren Rowan, piano
Tableaux de Provence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Paule Maurice (1910-1967)
II. Cansoun per ma mio
III. La bohemienne
Jacob Lemons, alto saxophone

Caprice en Forme de Valse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Paul Bonneau (1918-1995)
NDSU Saxophone Quartet

Zach Arthur, soprano saxophone; Nick Valenzuela, alto saxophone
Nick Bodin, tenor saxophone; Josh Dufrene, baritone saxophone
The Goldrush Suite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jack W. Marshall (1921-1973)
I. Sweet Betsy from Pike
II. Days of 49
III. California Stage Coach
Jason T. Laczkoski, saxophone; Anna E. Draper, violin

Duo alla Paganini for saxophone and violin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . David DeBoor Canfield
Jason T. Laczkoski, saxophone; Nick Meyers, marimba

Loneliness of One . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nicholaus Meyers
Jason T. Laczkoski, saxophone; Nick Meyers, cajon

Funky, Mvt. 1 from Duo for saxophone and percussion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Russell Peterson
Matthew Patnode, saxophone; Cassie Keogh, clarinet; Tyler Wottrich, piano

Joyride . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kyle Vanderburg
Glint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Roshanne Etezady
Sharpie for clarinet, saxophone and piano . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mark Engebretson

John Cummins, saxophone
Lutte . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Thierry Escaich
Elissa Kana, saxophone; John Walker, piano

Domande Senza Risposta II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Petar Bergamo
Renewing the Myth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marilyn Shrude
Evan Sammons, saxophone

Vir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Christian Lauba
Lexie Aguilar, alto saxophone; Joshua Iyer, piano

Sonata for Alto Saxophone and Piano, Op. 44 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Joshua Iyer
I. Rustic
II. Mysteriously
III. Lively
Lincoln Havranek, saxophone

Election Year. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Benjamin Boone
Andrey Floryanovich, alto saxophone
Petite Suite. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Walter Hartley

I. Intrada
II. Tango
III. Scherzo
IV. Nocturne
V. Capriccio
Paul Haar, tenor saxophone; Nicholas May, tenor saxophone; David Von Kampen, piano
Wildflowers of Nebraska . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . David von Kampen (b.1986)
I. Western Wallflower
II. Evening Primrose
III.Leafy Spurge
Dance for two alike saxophones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Walter Hartley

7:30 p.m. Featured Concert
h2 quartet
Geoffrey Deibel, soprano and alto saxophone
Jeffrey Loeffert, soprano and alto saxophone
Kimberly Loeffert, baritone saxophone
Jonathan Nichol, tenor saxophone
Doublethink . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Takuma Itoh

Saxophonquartett . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Georg Friedrich Haas
The Kansas Rapture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Forrest Pierce
I. Cantillation Fanfares
II. Cimarron
III. Bison Zikr
IV. Wichita Vortex Sutra
Ten Years of Silence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jeffrey Loeffert
McCrory Gardens Education and Visitor Center
Recital Series
10:00 a.m. Brian Hanegan

An Improvisational Guide of Movement 2 Ballad (danse d’ amour) from Jazz Sonata by
Ramon Ricker for Concert Saxophonists
11:00 a.m. Dr. Zak Pischnotte

The Saxophone Music of Jacob ter Veldhuis: A Discussion of Pitch Black,
Garden of Love, and Buku
2:00 p.m. Dr. Paul Haar
Building the Bilingual Saxophonist: Incorporating Jazz and Classical Study
3:00 p.m. Dr. Randall Hall
Theurgic Preludes: ritual, non-sense, and music
4:00 p.m. Patrick Brown

Saxophonist Ralph Moore: His Life and Music

FEATURED ARTIST BIOGRAPHIES
h2 quartet
The award-winning h2 quartet has been wowing audiences since 2002. h2 takes advantage of the great expressive capacity
of their instrument by programming traditional, avant-garde, minimalist, and jazz-influenced works in surprising and
compelling ways. h2 has performed throughout the United States, in Europe, the UK, and in Asia.
The ensemble has released five critically-acclaimed recordings: Generations, Times & Spaces, Groove Machine, Hard Line, and
Enrapture. Each of these albums introduces audiences to a different side of the saxophone, with the latter four comfortably
bridging the gap between the popular and avant-garde sides of American music.
The h2 quartet has been featured on NPR and PBS programs, including the nationally-syndicated Backstage Pass. Along with
demonstrating a mastery of traditional quartet repertoire, h2 is dedicated to the commissioning and performing of new works.
The quartet has commissioned works by Drew Baker, Claudio Gabriele, Takuma Itoh, Igor Karaa, David MacDonald, Victor
Marquez-Barrios, Roger Petersen, Forrest Pierce, David Rakowski, Jesse Ronneau, Bill Ryan, Matthew Schoendorff, Aleks Stern-
feld-Dunn, Daniel Wohl, and has premiered works by John Mackey, Marc Mellits, Mari Takano, and Amy Williams.
The h2 quartet has won prizes at the Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition (First Prize, Gold Medals) and the North
American Saxophone Alliance Saxophone Quartet Competition (First Prize), among others. The group was a finalist in the
prestigious Concert Artists Guild Competition and the recipient of several Aaron Copland Fund Grants. Their album titled
Groove Machine (BG 245) was named to the 2012 American Record Guide Critics Choice List.
The h2 quartet is a Vandoren and Yamaha Artist Ensemble. Members of the h2 quartet are Geoffrey Deibel, Jeffrey Loeffert,
Kimberly Goddard Loeffert and Jonathan Nichol.
Dr. Geoffrey Deibel

A Washington, D.C. native, Geoffrey Deibel is emerging as an important voice for the saxophone and contemporary music. He
maintains a multi-faceted career as performer, teacher, and researcher. Recent concert highlights include performances at
Merkin Hall and Zankel Hall (NYC), and recitals in Stuttgart, Germany, Cortona, Italy and in Wichita, Kansas. Geoff has been
an invited guest lecturer at Die Staatliche Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst, Stuttgart, at University College Cork,
Ireland, and many Universities in the US. He has appeared at the Internationale Ferienkurse für Neue Musik, Darmstadt, the
International Iannis Xenakis Festival in Athens, Greece, and World Saxophone Congresses in the United Kingdom, Europe,
and Thailand.
Geoff is also a seasoned orchestral performer, and serves as principal saxophonist with the Wichita Symphony. He has also
performed with the New World Symphony (Miami) and Grant Park Symphony, as well as numerous regional orchestras in
Michigan, and has worked with conductors such as David Robertson, Roberto Abbado, and HK Gruber. As a jazz musician,
Geoff has performed with the Grand Rapids Jazz Orchestra and the Truth in Jazz Orchestra, and has performed locally on the
Fisch Haus Jazz Series. He has also had the opportunity to perform alongside Ruben Alvarez, Ron Blake, Allison Miller, James
Moody and Matt Wilson. He currently serves as the executive director of the Wichita Jazz Festival.
Geoff holds degrees in history and music from Northwestern University, and a doctoral degree from Michigan State University.
His principal teachers have included Joseph Lulloff, Frederick Hemke, Leo Saguiguit and Reginald Jackson. Geoff has held
teaching positions at Grand Valley State University, Alma College and the University of Florida. He currently serves as assistant
professor of saxophone and director of jazz studies at Wichita State University. Geoff is a Vandoren performing artist, and per-
forms on Vandoren reeds, ligatures, and mouthpieces exclusively.
Dr. Jeffrey Loeffert

Jeffrey Loeffert serves as associate professor of saxophone at Oklahoma State University. During the summer months, Loeffert
teaches at the Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp in Michigan, the Great Plains Saxophone Workshop in Oklahoma, New Music on the
Point in Vermont, and the Cortona Sessions for New Music in Cortona, Italy. A dedicated teacher, Loeffert recently received
the Oklahoma State University College of Arts & Sciences Junior Faculty Award for Scholarly Excellence, the Wise-Diggs-Berry
Award for Teaching Excellence, and the Friends of Music Distinguished Music Professor Award.

Loeffert’s saxophone students at Oklahoma State University have advanced to the national final round of the Music Teachers
National Association competition in five out of the last six years, most recently placing second in the chamber music division
and third in the young artist soloist division nationally. His student chamber ensembles have placed in the final round of the
North American Saxophone Alliance Saxophone Quartet Competition and recently received an invitation to perform at the
Midwest Clinic in Chicago.
Loeffert graduated Summa Cum Laude from Northwestern University with a Bachelor of Music double major in saxophone
performance and jazz studies. At Northwestern, Loeffert won the Program Honors Award for his graduating class. A Frank
Huntington Beebe Scholar, Loeffert studied in Paris at the Conservatoire à Rayonnement Régional de Cergy-Pontoise where
he received the Médaille d’Or à l’Unanimité - Saxophone, and the Médaille d’Or à l'’Unanimité - Musique de Chambre. Loeffert
also studied at the Conservatoire à Rayonnement Régional de Boulogne -Billancourt where he received the diploma Cycle
d’Orientation Professionnel with an emphasis in contemporary music. Loeffert completed graduate studies at Michigan State
University (MSU) as the recipient of a University Distinguished Fellowship. He received a Master of Music degree and a Doctor
of Musical Arts degree in Saxophone Performance as well as a Master of Music degree in Music Theory Pedagogy. At MSU, he
was awarded the Paul Harder Award for music theory and composition.
Loeffert is a Yamaha and Vandoren Performing Artist and plays exclusively on Yamaha saxophones and Vandoren reeds, mouth-
pieces, and ligatures.
Dr. Kimberly Goddard Loeffert

Dr. Kimberly Goddard Loeffert serves as clinical assistant professor of music theory at Oklahoma State University. Her current
research interests include performance and analysis of chamber music, musical gesture, and the theory and analysis of music
since 1980.
Loeffert has taught music theory, saxophone, and chamber music at Michigan State University and music theory and aural
skills at Florida State University where she earned a Ph.D. in Music Theory. Loeffert holds a D.M.A. and M.M. in Saxophone
Performance, as well as an M.M. in Music Theory Pedagogy from Michigan State University, and she completed a B.M. in Sax-
ophone Performance and Jazz Studies at Northwestern University. Her primary saxophone teachers have included Joe Lulloff,
Frederick Hemke, and Joseph Wytko.
Loeffert has performed at prestigious venues around the world, including the Cankar Dom (Slovenia), the Guarnerius Center
for the Performing Arts (Serbia), Merkin Hall (New York City), the National Concert Hall (Ireland), the Sarajevo Music Academy
(Bosnia), the Siam Paragon (Thailand), the University of St. Andrews (Scotland), and the Walt Disney Concert Hall (Los An-
geles), in addition to university recital halls across the country.
Loeffert is a Vandoren and Yamaha Performing Artist.
Dr. Jonathan Nichol

Jonathan Nichol is the associate professor of saxophone at the University of Oklahoma. He holds both a Doctor of Musical
Arts degree (2010) and Master of Music degree (2007) from Michigan State University, and a Bachelor of Music Education de-
gree from Central Michigan University (2005). Nichol’s primary teachers have been John Nichol, Joseph Lulloff, Rob Smith,
Diego Rivera and Rodney Whitaker.
Jonathan Nichol was a semi-finalist in the 2009 International Concert Artist Guild Competition and a finalist in the 2012
International Concert Artist Guild Competition with h2 quartet. He is a recipient of the prestigious Michigan State University
Distinguished Fellowship and is a Presser Scholar. Nichol was the winner of the Central Michigan University Concerto
Competition and two-time winner of the Michigan State University Concerto Competition. He has performed Michael Torke’s
Saxophone Concerto with the Alma Symphony Orchestra and William Bolcom’s Concert Suite with the Grand Valley State
University Symphonic Wind Ensemble.
Dr. Nichol has also recorded with Billband, a New York based mixed-chamber group dedicated to realizing Grand Valley State
University Professor Bill Ryan’s compositions. Sparkle, from Billband’s album Towards Daybreak (Innova 841) was selected by
NPR music as one of the Best 50 Songs of 2013.
Jonathan Nichol is a Yamaha Performing Artist and a Vandoren Performing Artist.

Dr. Jonathan Campbell
Jonathan Campbell currently serves as the director of jazz studies and professor of saxophone at University of Minnesota, Mor-
ris. Before joining the faculty at UMM, he has previously served as the Director of Jazz Studies at University of Utah and the
Director of Instrumental Music at Olympic College in Bremerton, Washington. His high level of artistry and commitment to
music advocacy has led him to become increasingly recognized as a performer, educator, and composer in both professional
and academic realms of music. Because of his commitment to jazz research and education, Jonathan was previously selected
as a presenter for the 2016 Minnesota Music Educators Association Mid-Winter Clinic in Minneapolis, the 2014 national Jazz
Education Network conference in Dallas, and the 2015 Utah Music Educators Association annual conference in St. George,
Utah. Jonathan is a 2017 recipient of the Minnesota Arts Board Artist Initiative Grant and will be using the award to record an
album with Chris Bates, Bryan Nichols, JT Bates and New York trumpeter Clay Jenkins. He has performed alongside several
nationally known jazz musicians such as Ingrid Jensen, Jon Stowell and Geoff Keezer. In addition to receiving two DownBeat
awards for jazz performance, he performed with the nationally acclaimed Jazz Lab Band I and Vanguard Combo while studying
at University of Northern Colorado. Jonathan was also the collegiate saxophone winner of the 2003 Lionel Hampton Jazz
Festival Soloist Competition. His musicals endeavors have led him to perform globally in countries such as Spain, Croatia,
Italy, and Thailand. Jonathan received a Doctor of Arts Degree in Jazz Studies from University of Northern Colorado, and his
dissertation is titled “Beyond Harmony: Incorporating Non-Harmonic Elements of Jazz Improvisation through Curriculum
and Pedagogy.” He also holds a Master of Music degree in composition and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Central Washington
University.
Dr. Paul Haar

Acclaimed saxophonist Paul Haar has contributed his notable talent to numerous projects in both the jazz and classical genres
and is recognized as being one of the most versatile saxophonists today. As an active classical musician he has performed
throughout the United States, Canada, Europe and South America performing in such noted venues as Carnegie Hall, Spivey
Hall, The Shanghai Conservatory, The Theatro da Paz (Brazil) and the Tanglewood Institute. As a soloist he has commissioned
and performed featured works by Jack Cooper, Jessie Krebs, Leslie Hogan, Ben Boone, Kenneth Fuchs, Randal Snyder and has
been a featured artist with wind ensembles from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, The University of Texas at Austin, The
University of Tennessee, Pacific Lutheran University and The University of South Carolina. In the jazz idiom he has performed
with such artists as Gary Foster, Dave Brubeck, James Moody, The Manhattan Transfer, Toshiko Akiyoshi, Phil Woods, and has
backed such personalities as Lou Rawls, The Chiffons, Tony Bennett, Michael Buble, Glades Knight and the Temptations.
Brian Hanegan
Brian Hanegan is the director of jazz studies and athletic bands at Augustana University in Sioux Falls. He conducts the North-
landers Jazz Ensemble and jazz combos, supervises the annual Jazz on the Upper Great Plains Festival, and teaches studio sax-
ophone, the history of jazz, blues and rock as well as jazz improvisation. Hanegan is finishing a Doctor of Musical Arts degree
in saxophone performance at North Dakota State University and holds degrees from the University of South Dakota (Master
of Music in saxophone performance) and Northern State University (Bachelor or Arts in music education). During his time
as a student, Hanegan was a regional finalist in the MTNA Young Artist Competition (2007-08), NSU Concerto Competition
winner (2008), received an Award of Musical Distinction from NSU for outstanding musical achievement and contribution
(2008), and has been inducted into the Roosevelt High School Fine Arts Hall of Fame (2008), and Tau Beta Sigma (National
Honorary Band Sorority) as an honorary member (2016). He began his professional career as the saxophonist in a summer
revue show at Valleyfair Amusement Park in Minneapolis (2006-08). Prior to beginning his graduate studies, Hanegan worked
for Carnival Cruise Lines as a multiple-woodwind artist in a seven-piece show orchestra. With Carnival, Hanegan performed
nightly alongside musicians from all over the world and served as musical director of the Carnival Elation in 2012. He draws
on these experiences to communicate the language of jazz to music students, both as a jazz educator and ensemble director.
Prior to his appointment at Augustana, Hanegan served on the faculties at Morningside College in Sioux City, and the Inter-
national Music Camp (North Dakota-Manitoba border). Additionally, he has held graduate assistantship positions at both
NDSU and USD. He is actively performing across the Midwest with his band Goodroad and several other jazz projects.

Dr. Christopher Kocher
Dr. Christopher J. Kocher is associate professor of saxophone and jazz studies at the University of South Dakota, where he has
taught since 1999. Kocher, who is active as both a performer and educator, has an extensive background in both classical and
jazz saxophone. As a classical saxophonist, he has performed with the South Dakota Symphony, Sioux City Symphony, Colorado
Music Festival Orchestra, and others. He also performs with the Sempre Saxophone Quartet, which recently recorded a CD
released on Centaur Records. He is a member of the Kocher Duo with his wife Stephanie, which specializes in literature for
flute and saxophone. Kocher has premiered new works at the World Saxophone Congress and other North American Saxophone
Alliance events. As a jazz performer, he regularly plays with his own quartet, the South Dakota Jazz Orchestra, USD Faculty
Jazz, and others. He toured Japan two times, in 2013 and 2014, playing lead alto with the Billy Vaughn Orchestra. He has also
played with Frank Mantooth, Steve Wiest, Matt Wilson, Scotty Barnhart, Denis DiBlasio, Al Jarreau, Mercedes Ellington, the
Temptations, the Les Brown Orchestra and the Jimmy Dorsey Big Band. Kocher was featured on NPR playing the Adolphe Sax
saxophones from the National Music Museum. He completed the Doctor of Arts degree in saxophone performance and ped-
agogy at the University of Northern Colorado and also holds degrees from Wichita State University (M.M., saxophone per-
formance) and Washburn University (B.M., music education and saxophone performance). He has studied the saxophone and
jazz with top performers and educators such as Roger Greenberg, Eugene Rousseau, Jean Lansing, Ken Ticknor, Gene Aitken,
Chuck Tumlinson, Tom Fowler and Dan Haerle.
Dr. Matthew Patnode

Saxophonist Matthew Patnode is associate professor of saxophone at North Dakota State University, and has earned degrees
and certificates from the SUNY Potsdam, the Conservatoire de Bordeaux and Arizona State University. His mentors have
included James Stoltie, Joseph Wytko and Jean-Marie Londeix. He has performed with the Phoenix Symphony, the Fargo-
Moorhead Symphony, and has appeared as soloist with many high school and college groups throughout the Midwest. He has
performed at music conferences in the U.S., Canada and Scotland, and has also been featured on Minnesota Public Radio’s
regional spotlight. As a clinician he has presented saxophone and jazz pedagogy clinics at many state music educator conferences,
and taught in residence at the University of Macedonia in Thessaloniki, Greece. Dr. Patnode has also been named the 2013
North Dakota Jazz Educator of the Year, and has also been a member of the faculty of the International Music Camp since
1994. He has appeared in concert with jazz names Buddy DeFranco, Jimmy Heath, Slide Hampton, Ken Peplowski, Allen
Vizzutti, Phil Woods, Kurt Elling, Monty Alexander and Bud Shank. He performs with Trio Carrefour, (a saxophone, marimba
and piano trio); Ensemble Boreas (clarinet, saxophone, and piano), the hot-jazz sextet Carluster Crumplebee Orchestra, and
the Post Traumatic Funk Syndrome. Matthew Patnode is a Conn-Selmer artist, and performs on Selmer Paris saxophones.
SDSU Jazz Ensemble

There are four jazz ensembles (two big bands, two combos) at SDSU under the direction of Dr. Carl Spaeth, and all are open
by audition to students from any major on campus. Presenting the best in both traditional and contemporary jazz literature,
the jazz ensembles perform a fall concert in November and a spring concert in April. Student ensembles also perform locally
at venues throughout the year. SDSU also offers courses in jazz improvisation, jazz pedagogy and jazz appreciation. In 2012,
SDSU Jazz Ensemble I performed at the Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland. Many world-class musicians have performed
with the ensembles through the years, including: Gary Burton, Louis Bellson, Dizzy Gillespie, Carl “Doc” Severinsen, Dick
Oatts, Dana Landry, Paul McKee, Jim White, Phil Wilson, Clayton Cameron, Bobby Shew and Gary Foster. The SDSU jazz
program hosts instrumental and vocal ensembles throughout the region during the annual SDSU/Brookings Optimist Jazz
Festival. The next SDSU/Optimist Jazz Festival is scheduled for Thursday, April 6, 2017, and features Tom Walker (trombone),
Marsha Walker (voice) and Tommy Poole (saxophone).

PERFORMER AND LECTURER BIOGRAPHIES
The Additive Color Ensemble likes all things new. Comprised of flutist Brian Allred, saxophonist David Berrios, and pianist
Kai Ono, the trio was formed at the University of Kansas to create and perform unique programs of new music, with an
emphasis on stylistic diversity and community outreach. Despite being a freshly formed group, the trio has already engaged
in multiple projects, including a performance at the Society of Composers, Inc. Student National Conference, premiering
Kai’s piece written specifically for the Additive Color Ensemble “A Tibetan Monk in Times Square.” The trio has taken its
disadvantages of uncommon instrumentation and turned them into advantages, organizing a call for scores, arranging pieces
written for other instruments to create unique renditions, and introducing improvisation as significant elements of their pro-
grams. Currently, the trio is collaborating with the Lied Center of Kansas’ educational outreach program to expose elementary
school children to the performer’s career, a composer’s life, the unique blend of saxophone-flute-piano, and what new music is.
As for the additive colors, Brian is red, David is green and Kai is blue. For now.
Lexie Aguilar is 19 years old and grew up in LeClaire, Iowa. She graduated from Pleasant Valley high school in 2015, and is
currently studying saxophone performance at Augustana College under Dr. Randall Hall. After she graduates from Augustana,
she intends to continue her study of saxophone performance, eventually receiving a doctorate, and then continuing to perform
and teach at a university level.
The Anemoi Quartet, which gave their performance debut in December 2016, strives to provide audiences exciting perform-
ances of saxophone quartet repertoire. Formed in August 2016, Anemoi consists of these undergraduate music majors at the
University of Iowa: Jacob Nishimura, Miranda Henry, Todd Johnson, and Matthew Nicholson. A future electrical engineer
and saxophonist, Jacob Nishimura has enjoyed participating in honor bands and competitions throughout his career. In 2014,
Jacob was the third-place participant in the Quad City Symphony Youth Ensembles Concerto Competition, and participated in
the West Central Division MTNA Regional Competition in the Senior Woodwind division. In the Iowa Solo & Ensemble festival,
Jacob has received Division 1 ratings both as a soloist and in a saxophone duet. Jacob was a member of the Iowa All-State jazz
band as a junior, and the Iowa All-State band three times. In high school, Jacob studied with Dr. Jane Williams and John Cummins.
At the University of Iowa, Jacob is a freshman majoring in Electrical Engineering and Music. He currently studies with Elissa
Kana and performs with the Anemoi Quartet and the saxophone ensemble. Miranda Henry, an avid musician, started saxophone
in St. Louis when she was 10. She began studying with Dr. Nathan Mandel in high school and began to further excel as a musician
and has participated in many music festivals and competitions. Over the summer of 2015 she studied music in New York for two
weeks, courtesy of the GRAMMY Foundation. She is an Illinois All-State musician and participated in the NAfME All-National
Honor Concert Band in October 2015. Miranda was awarded the John Philip Sousa Award in May 2016, and she graduated
Belleville East High School as cum laude. Presently, Miranda is a member of the Iowa Saxophonists’ Workshop and the Anemoi
Quartet. She is a saxophone performance and music education major at the University of Iowa and is studying with Dr. Kenneth
Tse and Elissa Kana. A future saxophonist and current podcast audio editor, Todd Johnson has participated in many honor bands
and competitions. In the Iowa Solo & Ensemble festival, Todd has received Division 1 ratings both as a soloist and in saxophone
ensembles. As a previous member of both Iowa All-State and Iowa All-State jazz, Todd is now a core member of the Jazz Repertoire
Ensemble as well as participates in many combos and ensembles at the University of Iowa. At the University of Iowa, Todd is a
junior majoring in musical performance. Currently performing in the Anemoi Quartet and studying with Dr. Kenneth Tse, Elissa
Kana, and Damoni Phillips. A future music educator, active saxophonist and Eagle Scout, Matthew Nicholson has a passion for
music and all things saxophone. In January 2016 and in high school, Matt received an honorable mention from the MTNA West
Central Division Regional Competition under the senior woodwind category. Matt was awarded the “Semper Fidelis” Award for
Music Excellence by the United States Marine Youth Foundation Inc. and the United Stated Marine Corps League. He was drum
major of his high school’s marching band his senior year, a two-time Iowa All-State Musician who studied with Dr. James Romain
and Colin Young. Currently, Matt is a freshman music education major at the University of Iowa. A member of the Iowa Saxo-
phonists’ Workshop and the Anemoi Quartet, Matt studies with Dr. Kenneth Tse.
Augustana Saxophone Quartet Evan Sammons is a freshman at Augustana College in Rock Island, Illinois, where he is
pursuing a degree in saxophone performance and music education. At Augustana, Evan studies with Dr. Randall Hall and plays
in the Augustana Symphonic Band. Before coming to Augustana, Evan attended Geneseo High School where he was involved in
honors, marching, and jazz bands. Evan was also selected as a member of the 2015 and 2016 Illinois All-State Honors Band. After
completing his undergraduate degree, Evan plans on attending grad school for wind band conducting. Lexie Aguilar, is 19 years

old and grew up in LeClaire, Iowa. She graduated from Pleasant Valley high school in 2015, and is currently studying saxophone
performance at Augustana College under Dr. Randall Hall. After she graduated from Augustana, she intends to continue her
study of saxophone performance, eventually receiving a doctorate, and then continuing to perform and teach at a university
level. Spencer Mason is a freshman at Augustana College. Mason began playing saxophone in 2008, and currently studies with
Dr. Randall Hall. Mason holds the lead tenor chair in Augustana’s Jazz Ensemble, and aspires to join the Symphonic Band as
well. Mason plans on studying both music and neuroscience at the undergraduate level, and he also plans to study music therapy
as a graduate student upon receiving his undergraduate degree. Mason is a prospective member of the Phi Mu Alpha music fra-
ternity and he hopes to work in hospice once he completes his education. Melissa Hagerty is a freshman at Augustana College
and has not yet declared a major. She takes private lessons with Dr. Randall Hall and is a member of the concert band and sax-
ophone chamber group at Augustana. She is a graduate of Rock Island High School, where she played in the symphonic and
marching bands. Melissa played in the ILMEA District bands during her junior high and high school career. She spent her senior
year of high school in Spain as a Rotary Youth Exchange Student, with the opportunity to play saxophone in a foreign country.
Cayla Bellamy is assistant professor of bassoon at the University of Northern Iowa School of Music, where she performs
with the UNI Reed Trio and teaches courses in applied bassoon, woodwind chamber music, woodwind literature, instrumental
techniques, and liberal arts core. As a bassoonist, she has been a frequently invited performer with orchestras and opera
companies throughout the United States and is currently the contrabassoonist for the local wcfsymphony. Bellamy believes
wholeheartedly in the community building power of music, which led her to co-founded the touring bassoon duo Double or
Nothing in 2014 and the Bloomington, Indiana, chapter of the chamber music collective Classical Revolution in 2012. Her
passion for education has also resulted in positions with the Georgia public school system, an Atlanta-based youth orchestra,
Interlochen Arts Camp and Indiana University Student Academic Center. She now spends her summers as associate conductor
and chamber music coordinator for the New York Summer School of the Arts.
Dr. Ann Bradfield is currently assistant professor of saxophone at the University of Northern Iowa. An advocate for new music,
Ann Bradfield commissions and premieres new works for saxophone. Most recently, she worked with composer Jonathan
Schwabe to premiere two new works in 2016, and premiered and recorded Wink for alto saxophone and marimba, with and by
renowned percussionist Mark Ford. In the Lone Star Wind Orchestra and the University of North Texas Wind Symphony under
the direction of Eugene Corporon, Bradfield performed and recorded as principal saxophonist on projects including the educa-
tional series,“Teaching Music through Performance in Band.” She has been featured in performance at the World Saxophone
Congress, North American Saxophone Alliance Biennial Convention, and North American Saxophone Alliance Region 2 and 4
Conventions. Ms. Bradfield completed her doctorate in saxophone performance at the University of North Texas, and her dis-
sertation, “An Annotated Bibliography of Selected Music for Saxophone by Charles Ruggiero with an Analysis of Interplay for
Soprano Saxophone and Piano,” has since been published. At UNT, she also earned a Master of Music in saxophone performance
and Bachelor of Music in jazz studies, and had the opportunity to work with artists including Maria Schneider, Michael Brecker
and Bob Brookmeyer. Ms. Bradfield has served on the faculty of Eastern New Mexico University, Cameron University, Oklahoma
State University and Oklahoma Christian University.
Patrick Brown received his Bachelor of Music in saxophone performance and a certification in jazz studies from Appala-
chian State University and a Master of Music in multiple woodwind performance (flute, clarinet and saxophone) from Winthrop
University. Before coming to the University of Nebraska at Omaha, Patrick served as instructor of saxophone and/or jazz studies
at Davidson College, Wingate University, Lenoir-Rhyne University, Union College and Mitchell Community College. Patrick
has also taught elementary and middle school band and directed jazz ensembles at the high school and collegiate level. Some of
his performance highlights include sharing the stage with Aretha Franklin, Glenn Miller Orchestra, Nelson Riddle Orchestra,
and The Four Tops, among others. Patrick is currently completing a Doctorate of Musical Arts in jazz studies from University
of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Benjamin Cold, adjunct professor of saxophone at Bemidji State University, is completing his D.M.A. at the University of Min-
nesota, Twin Cities as a recipient of the prestigious Berneking fellowship under world renowned saxophonist and pedagogue,
Eugene Rousseau. Mr. Cold has received international recognition as a gifted saxophonist, resulting in performing and teaching
obligations in 25 U.S. states as well as Ireland, London, Canada, France, Germany, Russia and Belgium. Benjamin Cold has per-
formed in masterclasses hosted by renowned saxophonists and composers including Jean-Marie Londeix, Eugene Rousseau,
Kenneth Tse, Otis Murphy, Libby Larsen and Don Freund. Mr. Cold is a regular guest lecturer, performer and participant during
the NASA regional and biennial conferences and the U.S. Navy Band Saxophone Symposium in Fairfax, Virginia. As a Conn-

Selmer and E-Rousseau Mouthpieces performing artist, Benjamin Cold has given lectures, recitals and guest performances at
various universities including, but not limited to, UW-River Falls, UW-Eau Claire, Kansas State University, the University of
Minnesota, the University of North Texas, Drake University, Minot State University and North Dakota State University. Mr. Cold
has a strong passion and dedication to saxophone pedagogy. In addition to serving as faculty at Bemidji State University, his
professional affiliations include: the Kansas State University Summer Music Camp, the Shell Lake Arts Center in Shell Lake, Wis-
consin, the K&S Music Conservatory in Woodbury, Minnesota, and Modern Day Music in St. Paul, Minn. Mr. Cold currently
maintains a private studio of over 30 students of all ages.
John Cummins has appeared throughout the U.S., Europe, and Asia in a variety of solo and chamber music performances.
Recent performances include the Hong Kong International Saxophone Symposium, NASA Biennial Conference in Lubbock,
Texas, the World Saxophone Congress in St. Andrews, Scotland, and the International Marimba Festival in St. Paul, Minnesota.
He has commissioned or premiered new works by Marilyn Shrude, David Smooke, Ian Dicke, Nima Hamidi and Alexandros
Spyrou. In 2009, John was awarded National First Prize in the MTNA Young Artist Woodwind Competition. Currently pursuing
a DMA at the University of Iowa, John studies with Kenneth Tse. John holds degrees from Bowling Green State University and
the University of Minnesota, and his past teachers include John Sampen, Eugene Rousseau and Jane Williams.
Hailing from Miami, saxophonist Chris Dickhaus has garnered a reputation for his performances and teaching. Since 2006,
Chris has built an active performance schedule throughout Dallas-Fort Worth and has had the chance to perform in all the
major venues in the area. As a current member of the Lone Star Wind Orchestra and former member of the North Texas Wind
Symphony, Chris has performed the best contemporary wind orchestra literature and, under the baton of Eugene Corporon,
has been included on 15 recording projects. In addition to being an integral player in the freelancer scene, Chris was a two-time
MTNA National Chamber Music Competition finalist (2008-09) as part of the North Texas Saxophone Quartet, won first place
at the North Carolina MTNA solo competition (2005), second place at the MTNA regional solo competition (2006), and has
performed as soloist throughout the U.S. and abroad, including at the XVI World Saxophone Congress in Scotland. During this
time in Texas, Chris grew and maintained a robust studio of over 65 pre-college students each year, over 70 of whom have gone
on to success at All-Region, with five All-State placements, and many more receiving superior ratings and awards at solo, and
ensemble competitions. Chris holds performance degrees from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and the University
of North Texas, having studied with Steven Stusek and Eric Nestler, respectively. While attending UNT, Chris was awarded a
three-year teaching fellowship that allowed him to teach 10-13 college saxophonists per semester, and coach quartets. Currently
residing in Cedar Falls, Chris joined the faculty at the University of Northern Iowa as the adjunct saxophone instructor in 2016.
Anna Draper has performed in the United States, Europe, Africa and Southeast Asia. Anna’s eclectic repertoire includes music
from the American folk tradition as well as Indian, Bulgarian and Western classical music. In the summer of 2009 she received
a grant allowing her to travel, study and perform throughout Bulgaria as a participant in the International Chamber music
Festival where she studied the performances of Bulgarian classical music. She made her concerto debut in the United States
performing Bulgarian composer, Michail Pekov’s Double Violin Concerto. Anna received her Bachelor of Music in violin per-
formance from the University of Michigan studying with internationally-acclaimed performer and teacher Yehonatan Berick,
and the Master of Arts degree in violin performance from the University of Iowa where she studied with Dr. Scott Conklin and
held a three year fellowship allowing her to perform, premiere and record works with the Center for New Music and Orchestra
Iowa. In recent years Anna has also had the opportunity to work with prominent teachers including Paul Kantor, Donald
Weilerstein and members of the Cavani String Quartet among others. Anna is a registered Suzuki instructor and a member of
the Suzuki Association of the Americas and the American String Teacher Association.
A native of Spencer, Iowa, Aaron M. Durst has earned the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in saxophone performance at the Uni-
versity of Georgia, a Master of Arts in music (wind conducting) at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks, and a Bachelor of Music
in music education from the University of South Dakota. He has studied saxophone with Kenneth Fischer and Kenneth Carroll,
and been a saxophonist in the United States Army, stationed with the 9th Army Band at Fort Wainwright, Alaska. Durst is an ex-
perienced performer on soprano, alto, tenor and baritone saxophones as a soloist and as a chamber musician. He is a past member
of the Kenneth Fischer Saxophone Quartet and the University of Georgia Saxophone Quartet. He pursues performance oppor-
tunities throughout the Midwest and currently collaborates with percussionist David Kile to perform saxophone and percussion
compositions as Duo Eigentone. Dr. Durst is director of instrumental music at the University of Wisconsin-Stout.

Following undergraduate studies at the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Brazilian pianist Alessandra
Feris received a fellowship from KAAD (Katholischer Akademischer Ausländer-Dienst) to study at the Hochschule für Musik
“Franz Liszt” in Weimar, Germany, where she received the artist diploma under the tutelage of Thomas Steinhöfel and the
legendary Lazar Berman. As a student in Weimar, she was awarded a Liszt Foundation fellowship to attend the Bela Bartók
International Festival and Seminar in Szombathely, Hungary, and also participated in projects such as the entire performance of
Bach’s Das Wohltemperierte Klavier. In 2001, she came to the United States as a student and teaching assistant of Rene Lecuona
at the University of Iowa. At Iowa she earned a master’s degree in piano performance and was awarded the Becker Piano Schol-
arship as well as the prestigious John Simms Piano Award For Outstanding Achievement in the Study of Music. Under the di-
rection of Carolyn Bridger and Read Gainsford, Alessandra Feris received a doctoral degree in piano performance at Florida
State University in 2009. A devoted doctoral teaching assistant at FSU, she was the recipient of the 2008 Outstanding Teaching
Assistant Award. Dr. Feris served as piano faculty and artist-in-residence of Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College for seven
years, where she worked with a wide diversity of students. Committed to excellence in teaching, she received the Mississippi
Humanities Council Teacher of the Year Award in 2012. A sought-after pedagogue, Dr. Feris has been actively adjudicating com-
petitions on both national and international levels, as well as conducting masterclasses at major universities in the U.S. and
abroad. She has also been a faculty member and performer at Festival Internacional de Pianistas in Mar del Plata, Argentina,
since 2011. Alessandra Feris has as an extensive career as soloist and chamber musician. She has performed widely in Brazil,
Argentina, Mexico, Costa Rica, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Portugal, Serbia and in the United States, making successful solo debuts
in major venues such as Theatro São Pedro, in Porto Alegre (Brazil) and Palácio de Bellas Artes (Sala Manuel M. Ponce), in
Mexico City. She has recently been a guest artist/teacher at institutions such as Louisiana State University.
Andrey Floryanovich is from the small town of Tiffin, Iowa,, and attends the University of Northern Iowa. He is a freshman
music education major and enjoys both jazz and classical saxophone. He studies under Dr. Ann Bradfield and Chris Merz, and
is a member of the GLAM Saxophone Quartet, Wind Symphony, Jazz II and Jazz Combo.
Dr. James Fusik has garnered numerous accomplishments worldwide. Fusik has commissioned and/or premiered many
works by composers including Karlheinz Stockhausen, Marilyn Shrude, Walter Mays, Nathan Davis, Christopher Cerrone, Robert
Honstein, Ryan Carter, Ravi Kittappa, Juan-Camilo Hernandez Sanchez and artist Matthew Barney. Fusik’s performance honors
include co-first prize at the 2011 Stockhausen Courses and Concerts-Kürten, Germany, advancing to the semi-finals of the 5th
Adolphe Sax competition in Dinant, Belgium, and first prize in the 2010 Richardson competition in the U.S. He has also been
named a winner of the Concerto Competitions of Central Michigan University, Bowling Green State University and the staff
competition of Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp. Fusik currently serves as assistant professor of woodwinds at Minot State University
(North Dakota), and has previously taught at Wayne State University in Detroit. He has degrees from Bowling Green State Uni-
versity (M.M., DMA), and Central Michigan University (B.M. theory/composition, B.M.E. music ed.), with studies under John
Sampen, John Nichol, Marilyn Shrude and David Gillingham.
Bob Fuson is the adjunct instructor of saxophone at Doane College in Crete, Nebraska, where he teaches applied saxophone
and directs the Doane Saxophone Quartet. He received his Doctor of Musical Arts in jazz studies with a related area in music
theory from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, as well as a master’s degree in saxophone performance with an emphasis in
jazz studies. He also holds a Bachelor of Science degree in music from the University of the Cumberlands. He has studied with
Baltimore saxophonist Howard Burns, David Threlkeld and Paul Haar, and pursued additional studies with Jeff Coffin and
Donald Brown. His compositions are published by UNC Jazz Press.
Gold Star Saxophone Quartet Taylor Eichinger (soprano), Austin Yri (alto), Lane Flaten (tenor), and Zack Sorenson (bari-
tone) are third and fourth year music education majors from NDSU and study saxophone under Dr. Matthew Patnode.
Acclaimed saxophonist Paul Haar has contributed his notable talent to numerous projects in both the jazz and classical genres
and is recognized as being one of the most versatile saxophonists today. As an active classical musician he has performed through-
out the United States, Canada, Europe and South America performing in such noted venues as Carnegie Hall, Spivey Hall,
The Shanghai Conservatory, The Theatro da Paz (Brazil) and the Tanglewood Institute. As a soloist he has commissioned and
performed featured works by Jack Cooper, Jessie Krebs, Leslie Hogan, Ben Boone, Kenneth Fuchs, Randal Snyder and has been
a featured artist with wind ensembles from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, The University of Texas at Austin, The University
of Tennessee, Pacific Lutheran University and The University of South Carolina. In the jazz idiom, he has performed with such
artists as Gary Foster, Dave Brubeck, James Moody, The Manhattan Transfer, Toshiko Akiyoshi, Phil Woods, and has backed such
personalities as Lou Rawls, The Chiffons, Tony Bennett, Michael Buble, Glades Knight and the Temptations.

Randall Hall is a leading interpreter of contemporary music for saxophone. Equally at home in concert halls and alternative
venues, his performances of new compositions and improvisations feature his mastery of extended techniques and cutting edge
electronics. Innova Recordings describes his music as “high-octane, supercharged sax” while The Wire says he plays with “utter
confidence,” “fire and teeth” and “unexpectedly tough beauty.” Internationally active as a performer and clinician, Hall has given
concerts throughout North America, Europe, and Asia, including concerts at the Karnatic Lab (Amsterdam), Logos Foundation
(Belgium), Werstatt für improvisierte Musik (Zürich), Zeitgeist Gallery (Boston), Center for New Music (Iowa City), Electronic
Music Midwest (Chicago), Outside the Box Festival (Carbondale), and the Electro Acoustic Juke Joint (Mississippi). An active
educator, he has given lectures and master-classes on the aesthetics and techniques of new music at institutions around the world,
including Harvard University, Cornell University, the Eastman School of Music, New England Conservatory, Bowling Green
State University, University of Illinois, University of Iowa, the Luxembourg Conservatory, Concervatorio Superior de Música de
las Islas Baleares and the World Saxophone Congress. Dedicated to the continued development of new music, Randall Hall
collaborates closely with composers and has premiered pieces by James R. Carlson, Joann Cho, Stuart Duncan, Kevin Ernste,
Figure, Stephen Gorbos, Jing-Jing Luo, Colin J. P. Homiski, Jonathon Kirk, Christian Lauba, Nicolas Scherzinger, Mary Stiles
and Paul Swenson. Randall Hall is the recipient of numerous honors including a Fulbright Grant, Frank Huntington Beebe
Grant, Presser Music Award and the Premier prix in the Concour Région Ile-de-France. He studied saxophone with Claude
Delangle, Jean-Yves Fourmeau, Jean-Michel Goury, Kenneth Radnofsky and Ramon Ricker. Dr. Hall holds degrees from the
Eastman School of Music (DMA), the New England Conservatory (MM), the Conservatoire National de Région de Boulogne-
Billancourt, France (Premier prix), and Warner Pacific College (B.S.). He is associate professor of music at Augustana College
in Rock Island, Illinois, where he teaches saxophone, improvisation, music theory and liberal studies.
Brian Hanegan is the director of jazz studies and athletic bands at Augustana University in Sioux Falls. He conducts the North-
landers Jazz Ensemble and jazz combos, supervises the annual Jazz on the Upper Great Plains Festival, and teaches studio saxo-
phone, the history of jazz, blues and rock as well as jazz improvisation. Hanegan is finishing a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in
saxophone performance at North Dakota State University and holds degrees from the University of South Dakota (Master of
Music in saxophone performance) and Northern State University (Bachelor of Arts in music education). During his time as a
student, Hanegan was a regional finalist in the MTNA Young Artist Competition (2007-08), NSU Concerto Competition winner
(2008), received an Award of Musical Distinction from NSU for outstanding musical achievement and contribution (2008), and
has been inducted into the Roosevelt High School Fine Arts Hall of Fame (2008), and Tau Beta Sigma (National Honorary Band
Sorority) as an honorary member (2016). He began his professional career as the saxophonist in a summer revue show at Val-
leyfair Amusement Park in Minneapolis, (2006-08). Prior to beginning his graduate studies, Hanegan worked for Carnival Cruise
Lines as a multiple-woodwind artist in a seven-piece show orchestra. With Carnival, Hanegan performed nightly alongside mu-
sicians from all over the world and served as musical director of the Carnival Elation in 2012. He draws on these experiences to
communicate the language of jazz to music students, both as a jazz educator and ensemble director. Prior to his appointment at
Augustana, Hanegan served on the faculties at Morningside College, Sioux City, and the International Music Camp (North
Dakota-Manitoba border). Additionally, he has held graduate assistantship positions at both NDSU and USD. He is actively
performing across the Midwest with his band Goodroad and several other jazz projects.
Lincoln Havranek is currently pursuing a Doctorate of Musical Arts degree at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. During the
past year and a half at UNL, Lincoln has been a member of the top wind ensemble, played in quartets and saxophone choir,
along with performing solo recitals. Lincoln is also the saxophone instructor at the Harris Academy of the Arts, where he teaches
personal lessons and leads a diverse studio. This spring, Lincoln will be one of the guest performers at the Nebraska State Band-
masters Association convention held on the campus of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Havranek received his master’s
degree at the University of South Dakota, where he held a graduate teaching assistantship. Here he would teach personal
saxophone lessons, along with substitute teaching for theory classes. He also was a member of the top jazz band and top
symphonic band. Lincoln earned his Bachelor of Arts degree from Wayne State College, located in Wayne, Nebraska. While at
WSC, he played in both wind ensemble and jazz band, along with playing in saxophone quartets, and many performances in the
public. In 2011, Lincoln was awarded the Outstanding Applied Music Student at WSC. Lincoln has performed for some of the
best saxophone pedagogues in the world including Eugene Rousseau, Otis Murphy, Kenneth Tse and Vince Gnojek. During this
past summer, Lincoln was invited for a live audition with the Army’s “Pershing’s Own” band.
The Heartland Duo is a joint musical venture between Paul Haar (University of Nebraska-Lincoln) and Nicholas May (Uni-
versity of Kansas). Collectively they have performed on four continents and for thousands of listeners. As the Heartland Duo
they are dedicated to promoting the beauty of the saxophone in the chamber setting. The duo made its debut at the 39th Annual

U.S. Navy Band Saxophone Symposium. The ensemble performs a variety of works including transcriptions and original works,
as well as premieres. The pair is active in the commissioning of new works and plans to premiere pieces by David Von Kampen
and Greggory Simon in 2017.
Wade Howles is currently the director of bands for Lakeview Community Schools in Columbus, Nebraska, and a freelance
jazz and classical musician specializing in saxophone and clarinet. He has previously held positions at the University of
Nebraska-Lincoln as a graduate teaching assistant and Doane University as adjunct professor of saxophone and instrumental
jazz where he taught applied saxophone and founded the Doane Saxophone Quartet. Howles has performed and lectured on
numerous occasions at regional meetings of the North American Saxophone Alliance and U.S. Navy Band Saxophone Sympo-
siums. Ensembles under his direction have toured throughout the Midwest and have been recognized with the Nebraska State
Bandmasters Association’s Academic Achievement Award. Howles is also currently a candidate for the Doctorate of Musical Arts
degree in saxophone performance with a related area in jazz at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln under the guidance of
acclaimed saxophonist Paul Haar.
Joshua Iyer is 20 years old and grew up in Aurora, Illinois. He graduated from Waubonsie Valley High School in 2015, and is
currently studying music composition at Augustana College under Dr. Jacob Bancks. He has been writing music for 4 years, and
has played piano for 14 years. In June 2015, his piece “Birds of Prey” was premiered by the Urbana Pops Orchestra. After college,
he plans on attending a graduate school with an emphasis in film composition.
An active saxophonist and music educator, Elissa Kana has performed in festivals and conferences throughout the United States
and Europe. In October of 2014, Elissa was named second-prize winner of the International Saxophone Symposium and Com-
petition (ISSAC) in Columbus, Georgia. She was also selected as a semi-finalist in both the 2012 Fischoff National Chamber
Music Competition and the 2014 North American Saxophone Alliance Solo Competition. Additionally, Elissa was awarded the
Arden J. Yockey Scholarship for Woodwinds by the Tuesday Musical Association of Ohio in 2011 and was a winner of the North-
western University Concerto Competition in 2009. In 2016, Elissa performed at the North American Saxophone Alliance
Biennial Conference at Texas Tech University and toured Asia with the Iowa Saxophonists’ Workshop, giving performances at
the Hong Kong International Saxophone Symposium and at the Sichuan Conservatory of Music in Chengdu, China. Currently,
Elissa is a doctoral student at the University of Iowa where she is a recipient of the Iowa Performance Fellowship and serves as
the teaching assistant for the saxophone studio. Previously based in Chicago, Illinois, Elissa served on the woodwind faculty at
the Merit School of Music and played baritone saxophone in the Northshore Concert Band. Elissa holds a Master of Music in
saxophone performance from Bowling Green State University and graduated cum laude with a Bachelor of Music from North-
western University. Her principal teachers include Frederick L. Hemke, John Sampen, Kenneth Tse and Karen Wylie.
Cassie Keogh is assistant professor of clarinet at North Dakota State University. She teaches applied clarinet , woodwind chamber
music, music theory classes, and in the music education curriculum. Her recent performances include the International Clarinet
Association’s ClarinetFest,® the Sonorities Festival of Contemporary Music in Belfast, Northern Ireland, and the Society for Elec-
troAcoustic Music of the United States (SEAMUS) in Middletown, Connecticut. She recently presented her research on Joan
Tower’s music for clarinet at the National, Pacific Northwest and Rocky Mountain Regional Conferences of the College Music
Society. Dr. Keogh previously served as the assistant director of the University of Oklahoma Clarinet Symposium and currently
serves as volunteer coordinator for the International Clarinet Association. She holds bachelor’s degrees in clarinet performance
and music education from the University of Montana, master’s degrees in clarinet performance and music theory pedagogy
from Michigan State University, and a DMA from the University of Oklahoma. Her teachers include Suzanne Tirk, Elsa Ludewig-
Verdehr and Maxine Ramey.
Dr. Christopher J. Kocher is associate professor of saxophone and jazz studies at the University of South Dakota, where he has
taught since 1999. Kocher, who is active as both a performer and educator, has an extensive background in both classical and
jazz saxophone. As a classical saxophonist, he has performed with the South Dakota Symphony, Sioux City Symphony, Colorado
Music Festival Orchestra and others. He also performs with the Sempre Saxophone Quartet, which recently recorded a CD
released on Centaur Records. He is a member of the Kocher Duo with his wife Stephanie, which specializes in literature for flute
and saxophone. Kocher has premiered new works at the World Saxophone Congress and other North American Saxophone
Alliance events. As a jazz performer, he regularly plays with his own quartet, the South Dakota Jazz Orchestra, the USD Faculty
Jazz Quintet and others. He toured Japan two times, in 2013 and 2014, playing lead alto with the Billy Vaughn Orchestra. He has
also played with Frank Mantooth, Steve Wiest, Denis DiBlasio, Al Jarreau, Mercedes Ellington, the Temptations, Wayne Newton,
the Les Brown Orchestra and the Jimmy Dorsey Big Band. Kocher completed the Doctor of Arts degree in saxophone performance

and pedagogy at the University of Northern Colorado and also holds degrees from Wichita State University (M.M., saxophone
performance) and Washburn University (B.M., Music Education & Saxophone Performance). He has studied the saxophone
and jazz with top performers and educators such as Roger Greenberg, Eugene Rousseau, Jean Lansing, Ken Ticknor, Gene Aitken,
Chuck Tumlinson, Tom Fowler and Dan Haerle.
Described by Eugene Rousseau as, “a talented saxophonist,” Jason T. Laczkoski has presented numerous solo and chamber
recitals as well as master classes and clinics throughout the United States. Jason’s playing has been described by the Saxophone
Symposium as having “a supple technique, rich sound, and ample musicianship . . . impressive command of his instrument
. . . one wants to hear him again.” Composer Evan Chambers hailed Jason’s playing as “vibrant, energized, sensitive” while Judith
Shatin remarked he is “a master of his instrument, with a rich, warm sound and beautifully detailed approach.” As an advocate
for new music, Jason has had pieces written for him by such composers as David DeBoor Canfield, Baljinder Sekhon, Ian Stewart
and Sy Brandon. Currently, Jason teaches at Valley City State University in North Dakota. His duties include woodwind lessons,
music history and directing the VCSU Jazz Ensemble. He earned degrees from Mansfield University and the University of Iowa.
His primary teachers include Joe Murphy and Kenneth Tse. Jason is Yamaha Performing Artist, Eugene Rousseau Mouthpiece
Endorsing Artist, and a D’Addario Woodwinds Performing Artist. More information may be found at jason-t-laczkoski.net.
Jacob Lemons is a junior saxophone performance major at Drake University in Des Moines. During the academic year, he stays
busy playing in various ensembles, including the Drake University Wind Symphony, Drake University Jazz Ensemble One,
Tiberius Saxophone Quartet and the Chris Walsh Experience jazz combo. He also works as a student manager for the Patty and
Fred Turner Jazz Center on Drake’s campus as well as on a recital recording staff that is collectively responsible for recording all
recitals that take place on campus.
Saxophonist Nicholas May has been recognized as an outstanding musician from a young age. A native of Lincoln, Nebraska,
he has won or been a finalist in numerous state, national, and international competitions including the Lincoln Symphony Or-
chestra’s Young Artist Competition, Nebraska Music Teachers Association Young Artist Competition-Woodwind Division, Sin-
gapore Woodwind Festival–Saxophone Division, University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Undergraduate Concerto Competition, MTNA
Young Artist and Chamber Music Competitions and Arapahoe Symphony Orchestra Concerto Competition. He has appeared
as a guest artist and soloist with the UNL Wind Ensemble, Omaha Symphony Orchestra, Lincoln Symphony Orchestra and Ara-
pahoe Symphony Orchestra. May is a graduate teaching assistant at the University of Kansas where he is a student of Vince
Gnojek. Nicholas earned his bachelor’s degree from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, studying with Dr. Paul Haar, associate
professor of saxophone/jazz studies. He has also studied privately with saxophonists Harvey Pittel and Matt Otto, and Rebecca
Fischer, violinist in the Chiara String Quartet.
Nick Meyers, a native of Georgia, is currently director of bands/percussion and assistant professor of music at Valley City State
University in North Dakota. At VCSU he directs the concert and athletic bands, teaches percussion, composition, and theory. He
is also the assistant director for the North Dakota State University “Gold Star Marching Band” who for the past five consecutive
years have been part of the Division I FCS National Championship football season. Additionally, he is the drumline arranger for
the Northeastern State University “River Hawk” drumline in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, drumline instructor at Jamestown High
School in Jamestown, N.D., faculty member at the International Music Camp and a member of the Fargo-Moorhead Symphony,
Fargo-Moorhead Opera and is the director of the NDSU Governors School Honor Band each summer. Before coming to North
Dakota, Dr. Meyers taught at Augusta State University, Troy University, and Augusta Technical College and was the assistant band
director at Lakeside High School in Evans, Georgia. Other ensembles he has performed with are: Augusta Symphony, Augusta
Opera, Augusta Players, Augusta Chorale Society, Oak Ridge Symphony, Fort Gordon Dinner Theater, and also performs through-
out the year on recitals, masterclasses and adjudicates throughout the state of North Dakota. He is also a commissioned composer
whose works have been performed throughout the United States and Europe. His latest CD “Stepping Away” was released on
September 19, 2016 which features his solo piano music. He is the incoming chair for the Percussive Arts Society (PAS) compo-
sition committee, vice president of the PAS North Dakota Chapter, is a member of the American Society of Composers, Authors,
and Publishers (ASCAP). Dr. Meyers is also a Black Swamp Percussion, Vater Sticks and Mallets, Sabian Cymbals, Gon Bops,
and Aquarian Drumheads Artist. He earned the Doctoral of Musical Arts degree from North Dakota State University, Masters
of Music from the University of Tennessee, and Bachelors of Music from Augusta State University.

The Minot State Saxophone Saxophone Quartet has performed in the Minot Symphony Orchestra, and also has been fea-
tured at the Northwest International Festival of Music. They perform music of all styles and historical periods, representing the
full spectrum and capabilities of the saxophone. Kat Siebert is a freshmen from Luverne, Minnesota, attending Minot State to
pursue Music Education. Natalie Stivers is a senior from Glenburn, North Dakota and a music education major. In addition to
performing as saxophonist and clarinetist, she is an avid instrument collector and repair technician. Jesse Johnson is a
sophomore from Mandan, N.D., involved as a member of every performing ensemble at Minot State. He is an active bassoonist,
saxophonist, jazz bass player and composer. Lindsey Eliasen is a senior from Williston, N.D., and has been active attending
numerous festivals and competitions over her young career. She recently completed her senior honors research thesis presenting
on the Sonata of William Albright. She has studied at festivals in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, and Shell Lake, Wisconsin, having
participated in master classes with Marie-Bernadette Charrier, Otis Murphy, Julia Nolan, Allison Balcetis, Marie-Chantel Leclair
and many others. Recently, Lindsey was the 2016-2017 North Dakota representative at the MTNA Divisional Competition in
Boulder, Colorado. She has performed at regional and national conferences of NASA for the past four years.
Formed in 2015, the Nexus Duo is a Minneapolis-based chamber ensemble comprised of Lisa Perry, clarinets, and Brian Rodesch,
saxophones. The group is dedicated to the creation and dissemination of engaging new works for the medium that are
intended to have appeal to a wide audience. Committed to outreach and education, the group has hosted numerous clinics and
master classes at junior and senior high schools throughout the Twin Cities area. Dr. Lisa Perry is a clarinetist currently based
out of Minneapolis. Lisa has appeared with the North Carolina Symphony Orchestra, North Carolina Master Chorale, the
Mankato Symphony Orchestra and the Stamford International Chamber Music Festival. Lisa currently teaches at the
Mt. Olivet School of Music in Minneapolis and is on faculty at The International Music Camp in Dunseith, North Dakota, and
Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp, in Twin Lake, Michigan. Lisa earned the Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of Min-
nesota in 2016. She holds additional degrees from Florida State University and East Carolina University. Her teachers include
Janice Lipson, Michael Cyzewski, Anne Dervin, Christopher Grymes, Frank Kowalsky and Alexander Fiterstein. Saxophonist
Brian Rodesch is an avid soloist, chamber musician, and improviser. He has appeared with the Boulder Symphony, the Blue Lake
Festival Orchestra, and has been a featured performer at the Aquila New Music Series. Brian currently serves on faculty of the
University of Minnesota-Morris, the MacPhail Center for Music, as well as summer faculty at Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp. He
holds a Doctor of Arts degree from the University of Northern Colorado, where he was a student of Andrew Dahlke. He holds
additional degrees from East Carolina University (M.M.) and the University of Minnesota (B.M.). His teachers have included
Dahlke, Jeff Bair, Brian Grivna and Eugene Rousseau. Brian is a Dahlke Mouthpiece performing artist.
Saxophonist Don Norton has performed in numerous settings as a leader, sideman, and ensemble member, in genres that
include jazz, classical, rock, pop, world music, and musical theatre. He previously lived in Chicago, where he freelanced extensively
throughout the region. This period was highlighted by several tours with world music group Panoramic, including a 2011 tour
to Costa Rica with concerts in San Jose and Palmares. After moving to Colorado in 2012, he remained active as a performer while
completing his doctoral studies. Since moving to Minnesota in 2015, he has continued to perform in different styles as a soloist
and with various ensembles, while maintaining an active teaching schedule. His research interests include pedagogical methods
for saxophone performance and jazz improvisation, as well as jazz history. In January 2016, he presented his dissertation research
on the jazz saxophone style of Charles McPherson at the annual conference of the Jazz Education Network in Louisville, Kentucky.
Don serves as an adjunct instructor at Gustavus Adolphus College, where he teaches saxophone, jazz, and world music, Minnesota
State University, Mankato, where he teaches saxophone and clarinet, and Spoon River College in Macomb, Illinois, teaching
online music appreciation courses. Prior to moving to Minnesota, he taught saxophone at Laramie County Community College
in Cheyenne, Wyoming. He also served as the director of Jazz Lab Band IV and the Smoke Combo at the University of Northern
Colorado, where he was a graduate assistant in the Jazz Studies Department from 2012-2014. Additionally, he has taught at the
Northern Illinois University Community School of the Arts in DeKalb, Ill., and at St. Charles North High School in St. Charles,
Ill., as well as the summer jazz camps of Northern Illinois University, Western Illinois University and the Birch Creek Music Per-
formance Center. Don holds degrees from the University of Northern Colorado, the New England Conservatory, and Northern
Illinois University. His teachers have included Jerry Bergonzi, Andrew Dahlke, Todd DelGiudice, Steve Duke, George Garzone,
John McNeil, Rakalam Bob Moses, John Murphy, John Vana and John Wojciechowski.
Matthew Patnode teaches saxophone and jazz studies at North Dakota State University He holds degrees from the SUNY
Potsdam, the Conservatoire de Bordeaux, and Arizona State University; studying with James Stoltie, Jean-Marie Londeix and
Joseph Wytko. He has performed with the Phoenix Symphony, the Fargo-Moorhead Symphony and been featured on Minnesota
Public Radio’s Regional Spotlight. He has presented masterclasses at universities in the U.S., Canada, and Greece, and saxophone

and jazz clinics at North Dakota, South Dakota and Minnesota Music Educator conferences. He was awarded NDMEA’s Jazz
Educator of the Year in 2013 and has been on the faculty of the International Music Camp at the Peace Gardens in North Dakota
since 1994. As a member of the FM Jazz Arts Big Band, he has performed with many noted jazz artists, and has also performed
in commercial groups backing up singers Ray Charles, Kurt Elling, Rosemary Clooney, Frankie Valli, Bobby Vinton, Wayne New-
ton, the Temptations and the Four Tops. He can be heard on the Hard Bop Saxophone Quartet’s 2006 recording April in Fargo
and performs with the hot-jazz group Carluster Crumplebee Orchestra; Trio Carrefour, a saxophone, marimba and piano trio;
and the Post Traumatic Funk Syndrome. Dr. Patnode is a Conn-Selmer Artist, and performs on Selmer Paris saxophones.
Kate Pisarczyk was born in Spring Valley, Illinois, and graduated from Saint Bede Academy High School in 2014. Currently,
Pisarczyk is enrolled at Augustana College in Rock Island, Ill. She is studying under the guidance of Dr. Randall Hall, DMA. As
a junior, Pisarczyk is studying music and psychology, and she plans to continue her education after graduation by getting a mas-
ter’s in music therapy. At Augustana, Pisarczyk is involved in: Saxophone Quartet, Kali Yuga (free-improvisation group), Jazz
Ensemble, Augustana Symphonic Band and Sigma Alpha Iota.
Dr. Zak Pischnotte is a freelance musician and educator based in Northeast Kansas. He joined the faculty at Washburn University
as the adjunct instructor of saxophone after completing his DMA in saxophone performance last spring at the University of
Kansas. In addition to his duties at Washburn, he performs in jazz, rock, funk, and experimental groups throughout Lawrence
and Kansas City and maintains a private studio out of his home in Lawrence.
Dr. Aaron Ragsdale is director of percussion at South Dakota State University where he teaches applied percussion and
percussion pedagogy, conducts the SDSU Percussion Ensemble, serves as assistant director with the Pride of the Dakotas Marching
Band, and helps direct and administrate the annual All-State Music Camp. An active performer, he is currently serving as the
Patricia Noeth-Pierce Artist-In-Residence at SDSU. In addition, he has appeared four times at the Percussive Arts Society Inter-
national Convention, twice at both the National Convention on Percussion Pedagogy and the National Association of College
Wind and Percussion Instructors and at the Great Lakes Regional Conference of the College Music Society. Ragsdale has also
appeared as a soloist on PAS “Days of Percussion” in Arkansas, Oklahoma and South Dakota, and as marimba soloist with the
Rutgers University Percussion Ensemble as part of the “Great Music at St. Bart’s” concert series at St. Bartholomew’s Church in
New York City. March of 2017 will see the release of “A Miraculous Tale: Mixed Music for percussion and saxophone,” his collab-
oration with saxophonist Nathan Jorgensen on the Centaur label. Ragsdale’s percussion quartet, Opener for R.H.
co-composed with Barrett Hipes is published by Studio 4 Music and has been performed around the U.S. He is currently the
composer in residence for the Harvey Dunn Collaborative, a work that merges the discrete art forms of poetry, dance, animation,
film and musical composition to create a cross-artistic theatrical performance inspired by the work of South Dakota’s premiere
artist and illustrator, Harvey Dunn. A native of Fayetteville, Arkansas, Dr. Ragsdale holds a DMA from Rutgers University, a
Master of Music degree from the University of Arkansas, and a bachelor’s degree in music education from the University of
Oklahoma. He lives in Brookings, S.D., with his wife, Ashley, and children, Olivia and Harrison.
Dr. Scott Sandberg currently serves as assistant professor of music/coordinator of woodwinds at the University of North
Dakota. He is an active performer, adjudicator and clinician. Dr. Sandberg has performed internationally in China, Switzerland,
Italy, Austria, Ireland, the United Kingdom and Norway as well as across the United States at universities, festivals and numerous
conferences of the North American Saxophone Alliance. A North Dakota native, he received his Bachelor of Music in music ed-
ucation from the University of North Dakota and his Master of Arts and Doctor of Musical Arts in saxophone performance
from The University of Iowa as a student of Dr. Kenneth Tse. His previous teaching engagements include the University of Mary
in Bismarck, North Dakota, the University of Texas at Dallas, the Bloomingdale School of Music in New York City, and St.
Ambrose University in Davenport, Iowa. Dr. Sandberg is a Conn-Selmer and Selmer Paris endorsing artist.
Evan Sammons is a freshman at Augustana College in Rock Island, Illinois, where he is pursuing a degree in saxophone
performance and music education. At Augustana, Evan studies with Dr. Randall Hall and plays in the Augustana Symphonic
Band. Before coming to Augustana, Evan attended Geneseo High School where he was involved in honors, marching, and jazz
bands. Evan was also selected as a member of the 2015 and 2016 Illinois All-State Honors Band. Evan’s performance repertoire
ranges from Bach and Glazunov to Lauba and Noda.
Gage Schmitt is a B.M. music performance major at the University of Northern Iowa where he studies saxophone under
Dr. Ann Bradfield and Chris Merz. Gage is from Des Moines, Iowa, and his past saxophone teachers include Colin Young, Susie
Miget and Randy Hoepker. He has been involved with the UNI Symphonic band, the Inglorious Jazzers, the MTNA 2013-2014

senior woodwind competition, the MTNA 2015-2016 young artist woodwind competiton, various saxophone ensembles and
the MTNA 2016-2017 Wind Chamber Music competition. Gage is currently involved in the GLAM saxophone quartet, the UNI
Wind Symphony and the Jazz Panthers.
The South Dakota State University Saxophone Quartet has participated in the Music Teacher National Association Cham-
ber Ensemble Competition in addition to several local performances. Soprano saxophonist, Brittany Kruger, is a
sophomore music education major. Alto saxophonist, Katie Schlenker, is a junior music education major. Tenor saxophonist,
Andy Horst, is a sophomore music entrepreneurship major. Baritone saxophonist, Martin Jackson, is a senior B.A.-Music major.
The quartet is coached by Dr. Carl Spaeth.
Dr. Carl Spaeth is currently instructor of jazz and saxophone at South Dakota State University, a position he has held since Fall
2014. Spaeth completed his Doctor of Musical Arts degree in saxophone performance at the University of Kansas and his Master
of Music in pedagogy and performance from Oklahoma State University. He earned his Bachelor of Music Education from
Southwestern Oklahoma State University and was director of bands at Fairview Public schools. He is currently a member of the
North American Saxophone Alliance, the Jazz Education Network, Music Teachers National Association, the National Association
of College Wind and Percussion Instructors, and an Honorary Member of Tau Beta Sigma. He has held previous memberships
with Kappa Kappa Psi, Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, Kappa Delta Pi and the Oklahoma Bandmasters Association. His Lecture Recital
Document, A Performer’s Analysis of Selected Jazz Works for Saxophone Quartet, featured an interview with Bob Mintzer. As a
member of KU Jazz Ensemble I, Spaeth performed at the Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland, the Vienne Jazz Festival in France
and performed in several cities in Germany. Recordings by this band resulted in KU winning the DownBeat Student Award
(Graduate College Large Jazz Ensemble Division) in 2015. Spaeth was a member of OSU’s X2End quartet, which performed at
the Navy Band Saxophone Symposium, NASA Regional Conference and won the state and division rounds of the MTNA Cham-
ber Music Competition. The X2End quartet went on to win the third place prize at the national final round of the 2011 MTNA
Chamber Music Competition. Spaeth’s final degree paper at OSU was a study of composer/performer collaboration. He traveled
to Texas, Michigan and Ohio to interview saxophonists and composers including David Dees, Peter Fischer, John Sampen,Marilyn
Shrude, Joe Lulloff and Charles Ruggiero. He has presented his lecture at the Navy Band Saxophone Symposium, NASA Regional
Conference and OSU Single Reed Summit. Spaeth’s primary saxophone instructors have been Vince Gnojek, Dr. Jeffrey Loeffert,
Dr. Ann Bradfield, Dr. Keith Talley and William Rodney Hull. His compositions that have been performed include his big band
arrangement of Cat Battles by Joshua Redman, September in the Refrain (alto saxophone and electronics), Funk-o-matic (jazz
combo), Smooth (jazz combo), and The Deadline Arrives at Dawn (alto saxophone and electronics). As an advocate of new
music involving the saxophone, he has participated in a commissioning consortium for Alone Together by composer David
MacDonald. In 2013, Spaeth performed the premier of Cuento #3 by Nelson Ramirez Diaz. During summer of 2014, he recorded
selections from Dr. John Walker’s “The Alto Saxophone in the Attic,” published by Carl Fischer. At the 10th Annual SDSU/Brook-
ings Optimist Jazz Festival in 2015, Spaeth directed SDSU Jazz Ensemble I’s premier of Dog, Tired by David von Kampen. On
February 6, 2017, Spaeth performed the premiere of Lhotse for alto saxophone and percussion by Steve Danyew with Dr. Aaron
Ragsdale. On Saturday, April 8, 2017, Spaeth will be performing Dreams in the Dusk by David Biedenbender with the SDSU
Wind Symphony, directed by Dr. Jacob Wallace. Dr. Spaeth is a Conn-Selmer Endorsing Artist.
Pianist Keith Teepen has performed in Europe, Asia, South America and throughout North America. He has collaborated with
many of today’s important artists including: Rent star, Anthony Rapp, famous trumpeter, Tine Thing Helseth, and internationally
renowned euphonium virtuoso, Adam Frey. After earning a Bachelor of Music degree in piano performance from DePauw Uni-
versity, he received a scholarship to study with Gerald Stofsky in Vienna, Austria. While working as a graduate teaching assistant,
Keith received his Master of Music degree in piano performance from the University of North Dakota. Keith has held collaborative
piano positions at DePauw University, Summer Vocal Arts at DePauw, Pró-Música Music Festival in Minas Gerais, Brazil, and
Indiana University Jacobs School of Music. Keith is currently on the faculty of the University of North Dakota as a piano in-
structor/collaborative pianist.
The Tower Saxophone Quartet is the University of Wisconsin-Stout undergraduate saxophone quartet. The current mem-
bership has been playing together since the fall of 2015. The group performs at university and community events and has served
as musical ambassadors to China performing in Yinchuan, Guilin and Hangzhou. Ellie Jacobson has been playing saxophone
for 10 years, participating in a variety of concert, jazz and marching bands. She is majoring in entertainment design with a con-
centration in animation and minoring in performing arts. Ellie plays the soprano saxophone in quartet. Christian Gauvin is ma-
joring in computer engineering with minors in math, computer science, and biomedical instrumentation. He has been playing

the alto saxophone in both concert and jazz bands ever since he was in fourth grade and has a love of playing and listening to
music. Christian continues to play the alto saxophone in the quartet. Ellen Plumb is in the hotel, restaurant and tourism man-
agement major with an emphasis on events and a minor in performing arts. Fostering a love of music from a young age, she has
been playing saxophone for eight years in various jazz and symphonic bands while she fills the position of tenor saxophone in
the quartet. Josh Bergman plays baritone saxophone for the quartet. He is majoring in both applied math and computer science
and computer engineering with a minor in performing arts. During the 10 years of his experience, he has played in jazz and
symphonic groups as well as marching and community bands.
The UND Saxophone Quartet is comprised of students from the University of North Dakota. Jake Schettler (soprano)
is a sophomore pursuing a Bachelor of Arts in music along with pre-medicine. Josh Gratton (alto) is a senior pursuing
a Bachelor of Arts in music and entrepreneurship. Michaela Meland (tenor) is a junior pursuing a Bachelor of Music in music
therapy. Sadie Cochrane (baritone) is a junior pursuing a Bachelor of Music in saxophone performance. They are all students of
Dr. Scott Sandberg.
The University of Nebraska-Omaha Saxophone Quartet is comprised of members of the UNO saxophone studio. The
group performs standard works from the quartet repertoire as well as new works.
David von Kampen is a composer based in Lincoln, Nebraska. David’s creative work spans a wide variety of genres and styles,
including jazz, choral music, hymnody and liturgy, solo voice, chamber music and musical theater. He holds a Doctor of Musical
Arts degree from the University of Kansas, and master’s and bachelor’s degrees from the University of Nebraska. He has studied
composition with James Barnes, Dan Gailey, Forrest Pierce, Eric Richards and Randall Snyder. David is a six-time Downbeat
Award winner in graduate-level jazz writing categories, a three-time winner of the Vancouver Chamber Choir Young Composers
Competition, and was named the 2015 MTNA Distinguished Composer of the Year for his song cycle “Under the Silver and
Home Again.” David was the recipient of a 2015 ASCAP Young Jazz Composer award, winner of the 2014 San Francisco Choral
Artists New Voices Project, winner of the 2013 National Band Association’s Young Jazz Composers Competition, and received
Honorable Mention in the 2014 New York Youth Symphony First Music Commissions. In 2013 David was the recipient of the
Cius Award, given to the outstanding student composer at the University of Kansas. David has over 50 choral and instrumental
compositions and arrangements published with Walton Music, G. Schirmer, Concordia Publishing House, UNC Jazz Press, Mu-
sicSpoke and others. His music has been performed by professional, collegiate, high school, and church ensembles throughout
the United States. David is currently a lecturer of music theory and literature at the University of Nebraska, where he directs the
UNL Vocal Jazz Ensemble. He also teaches applied composition at Concordia University, Neb., and serves as music coordinator
for blended worship at Christ Lutheran Church in Lincoln. David is a member of ASCAP, the Jazz Education Network, and the
American Choral Directors Association. He is active as a conductor, pianist and musical director and as a clinician for vocal and
instrumental ensembles. He lives in Lincoln with his wife Mollie and daughter Gretta.
Pianist Tyler Wottrich has developed a career spanning an unusually broad spectrum of musical genres including solo piano,
chamber music, ballet, opera, and gospel. An alumnus of Ensemble ACJW (a program of Carnegie Hall, the Juilliard School, the
Weill Music Institute, and the NYC Department of Education), Wottrich performs frequently in such venues as Carnegie’s Zankel
and Weill Halls and the Juilliard School. Wottrich received the 2011 Emerson Quartet’s Ackerman Prize for chamber music and
has performed with such artists as Carol Wincenc, Alan Kay, Frank Morelli, Kevin Cobb, Osmo Vänskä, Harry Bicket, Jorja
Fleezanis, Andres Diaz and Ransom Wilson. Tyler playing has been described by the Minneapolis Star Tribune as “fearless and
loving.” At NDSU, Wottrich directs the graduate collaborative piano program and teaches applied piano as well as theory and
analysis courses. He has given masterclasses in the U.S. and at institutions in the Czech Republic and Ukraine. Wottrich has per-
formed with members of the Grammy Award-winning African-American choral group “Sounds of Blackness” and has appeared
at Marilyn Horne’s “The Song Continues” at Carnegie Hall. Wottrich began his piano studies with Gail Olszewski before studying
with Lydia Artymiw at the University of Minnesota, from which he graduated summa cum laude in 2009 with degrees in both
music and mathematics. He completed his M.M. and D.M.A. as a Staller Fellow at Stony Brook University, where he studied
with Gilbert Kalish.
Cehuai Zhang is a second-year graduate student studying saxophone performance at University of Northern Iowa. He comes
from Changsha, China, and earned his bachelor’s of saxophone performance at the Shenyang Conservatory of Music in China.
Recently, he studies saxophone with Dr. Ann Bradfield and Professor Chris Merz and performs with the UNI Symphonic Band.

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2017 REGION 3 CONFERENCE

MARCH 17-18, 2017

Friday, March 17, 2017 McCrory Gardens

10:00 a.m. Registration 11:00 a.m. Zak Pischnotte: Lecture

NASA 2017 Region 3 Conference | South Dakota State University 1

Larson Memorial Concert Hall, PAC

10:00 a.m. Registration | Performing Arts Center Lobby

11:00 a.m. Exhibits Open | Performing Arts Center Lobby

1:00 p.m. Opening Concert

University of North Dakota Saxophone Quartet

Minot State University Saxophone Quartet

2:00 p.m. Recital Series

Tower Saxophone Quartet

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3:00 p.m. Recital Series

Scott Sandberg, tenor saxophone; Keith Teepen, piano

Cehuai Zhang, alto saxophone

4:00 p.m. Recital Series

Ann Bradfield, saxophone; Chris Dickhaus, saxophone

Ann Bradfield, saxophone; Cayla Bellamy, bassoon

Christopher Kocher, alto saxophone; Alessandra Feris, piano

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Aaron M. Durst, saxophone

James Fusik, tenor saxophone

7:30 p.m. Featured Jazz Concert

Dr. Jonathan Campbell, tenor saxophone

Dr. Paul Haar, tenor saxophone

Fishback Studio Theatre, PAC

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Fishback Studio Theatre, Performing Arts Center

9:00 a.m. Recital Series

10:00 a.m. Recital Series

2:00 p.m. Recital Series

Larson Memorial Concert Hall, Performing Arts Center

9:00 a.m. Recital Series

Dr. Zak Pischnotte, saxophone

The Additive Color Ensemble

Dr. Carl Spaeth, alto saxophone; Dr. Aaron Ragsdale, percussion

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South Dakota State University Saxophone Quartet

Augustana Saxophone Quartet

11:00 a.m. Recital Series

Gold Star Saxophone Quartet

UNO Saxophone Quartet

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1:00 p.m. h2 quartet Master Class

Jacob Lemons, alto saxophone

NDSU Saxophone Quartet

2:00 p.m. Recital Series

Jason T. Laczkoski, saxophone; Anna E. Draper, violin

Jason T. Laczkoski, saxophone; Nick Meyers, marimba

Jason T. Laczkoski, saxophone; Nick Meyers, cajon

3:00 p.m. Recital Series

Matthew Patnode, saxophone; Cassie Keogh, clarinet; Tyler Wottrich, piano

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Elissa Kana, saxophone; John Walker, piano

4:00 p.m. Recital Series

Evan Sammons, saxophone

Lexie Aguilar, alto saxophone; Joshua Iyer, piano