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NASA Members and Friends: Welcome to the North American Saxophone Alliance 2019 Region 10 Conference NORTH AMERICAN SAXOPHONE ALLIANCE 2019 REGION 10 CONFERENCE FEBRUARY 22 - 24, 2019 DON WRIGHT FACULTY OF MUSIC WESTERN UNIVERSITY LONDON, ONTARIO Welcome Dear NASA Members and Friends: Welcome to the North American Saxophone Alliance 2019 Region 10 Conference. On behalf of the Don Wright Faculty of Music, it is a pleasure host you in our new Music Building facili- ties at Western University. This weekend, we will be celebrating the numerous artistic contributions and successes of Canadian saxophonists from the provinces of Ontario, Quebec, New Bruns- wick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and Newfoundland and Labrador. Given the vast area that comprises Region 10, our regional conferences play a central role in allowing us to join together and appreciate the diversity of projects that are being created across our country. We hope that you enjoy the variety of recitals, lectures, and clinics that our members contribute this weekend, in ad- dition to the outstanding concerts and masterclasses offered by our featured guest artists, Dr. Andrew Bishop (University of Michigan) and Prof. Joseph Lulloff (Michigan State University). Thank you for being a part of our conference, and we hope that you have the opportunity to take in all that London has to offer during your visit! Dr. Bobbi Thompson Dr. James Kalyn Dr. Nicole Strum & Prof. Marie-Chantal Leclair Conference Host Regional Director Programming Committee Acknowledgements Thank you to the numerous individuals who contributed to the success of this conference: Dean Betty Anne Younker; Dr. Sophie Roland (Chair, Music Performance Studies); Dr. Jill Ball (Area Coordinator, Winds/Brass/Percussion); Megan Clements (Director of Administration); Julia Lazarito (Administrative Assistant to the Dean); Sasha Gorbasew (Student Recruitment Coordi- nator); Len Ingrao (Music Resource Coordinator); Louis D’Alton (Concert Manager); Bryan Hart (Technical Specialist); Michael Godwin (Technology Coordinator); Wade Haan (Technical As- sistant); Christine Ramsden (Financial Assistant); Rachel Condie (Marketing and Communica- tions Coordinator); Brad Selves (Senior Piano Technical Officer); Catherine Fraser (Undergradu- ate Program Assistant); Dr. Christopher Creviston (NASA, President); Dr. Griffin Campbell (NASA, Immediate Past President); Prof. Janet Loo (graphic design); and, the entire DWFOM Saxophone Studio (Samuel Ahn, Gillian Baxter, Curtis Bihari, Kevin Cacorovski, Royal Cheung, Nicholas De Souza, Olivia Houle, Devin Howe, Ben Luelo, Emily Mackwood, Ryan Markwart, Curtis McDonald, Tamla Mendita, Jessica Puskar, Seth Spry, and Sara Villa). Featured Artists ANDREW BISHOP is a ver- Either Orchestra, Mat Maneri, The Manhattan Transfer, satile saxophonist, clarinetist, Tony Malaby, Ben Monder, Jeremy Pelt, Mario Pavone, flautist, composer, improviser, Tom Rainey, Hank Roberts, Jacob Sacks, Tyshawn Sorey, educator, and scholar comfort- Craig Taborn, Clark Terry, Ben Waltzer, Matt Wilson, able in many musical idioms. and John Zorn, among others. He has participated in Dave Lynch of All Media over 40 recordings as a side musician. Guide wrote, “A composer of contemporary orchestral As a composer and arranger, Bishop has received over and chamber music, Bishop 25 commissions from professional organizations, uni- combines a jazzman’s fire and flow with a rigorous versities, and numerous residencies. He has also received compositional sensibility, resulting in a potent and highly recognition and awards from the American Society of satisfying blend.” He maintains an active national and Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP); The Chi- international career and serves as an associate professor cago Symphony Orchestra; the Andrew W. Mellon Foun- and chair of University of Michigan Department of Jazz dation; and a nomination from the American Academy of and Contemporary Improvisation in Ann Arbor where he Arts and Letters. His orchestral composition “Crooning” teaches applied jazz saxophone, composition, and impro- was recorded by the Albany Symphony Orchestra on Two visation. He is a Conn-Selmer and Vandoren artist. American Piano Concertos (Albany Records) featuring Bishop studied jazz and improvised music with David pianists Ursula Oppens and Ian Hobson. He has also Baker, Jerry Bergonzi, Tom Fowler, Dave Liebman, completed composition and arranging projects for Ellery Craig Owens, Ellen Rowe, Ed Sarath, and Reggie Work- Eskelin, Steve Houghton, Robert Hurst, Dave Liebman, man; saxophone with Jean Lansing and Donald Sinta; and Matt Wilson. and composition with William Albright, William Bolcom, Evan Chambers, Michael Daugherty, and Walter Mays. JOSEPH LULLOFF is profes- sor of saxophone and area Bishop’s three recordings as a leader, De Profundis, Time chair of woodwinds at the and Imaginary Time, and the Hank Williams Project Michigan State University (Envoi Recordings) received widespread acclaim from College of Music. Acclaimed The New York Times, Downbeat Magazine, The Chicago internationally for his innova- Reader, All Music Guide, Cadence Magazine, All About tive style and musical virtuos- Jazz – New York, All About Jazz – Los Angeles, The ity, Yamaha and Vandoren New York Jazz Record, Stereophile Magazine, and The Performing Artist Lulloff has Detroit Free Press, among others. Elliot Simon of the been described by Branford Marsalis as “a marvelous New York Jazz Record recently wrote, “De Profundis musician” whose “knowledge of music, along with his impresses with its astute combination of musicianship, ability to embrace music normally considered outside the spirituality, and compositional insight.” Furthermore, sphere, makes him a joy to listen to.” De Profundis received a “Record of the Year (Honorable Mention)” by the New York Jazz Record in 2015. Lulloff enjoys a prolific career as both a performing saxophone artist and teacher. A recipient of the Concert Bishop also leads a variety of his own projects. As a Artists Guild Award, the Pro Musicis International Solo- sideman he has performed with Reid Anderson, Geri ist Award, the Michigan State University Distinguished Allen, Karl Berger, Dave Ballou, Sandip Burman, Kenny Faculty Award, and the Withrow Award for Excellence Burrell, Eugene Chadbourne, Ray Charles, Gerald Cleav- in Teaching from the MSU College of Music, Lulloff has er, Kris Davis, Marty Ehrlich, Michael Formanek, Drew been featured as guest soloist with numerous orchestras Gress, Jerry Hahn, Robert Hurst, Chris Lightcap, The and wind bands both in the United States and abroad, including the Cleveland, Minnesota, Grand Rapids, and the Brevard Music Center Summer Music Institute in Brevard Music Center Orchestra, the US Navy Band, the the Smokey Mountain region of Western North Carolina, Dallas Wind Symphony, the Moscow Contemporary Mu- along with other music festivals throughout the United sic Ensemble, the Bayern Polizei Orchestra and numerous States and Europe. university groups from throughout the USA and Canada. He has concertized extensively throughout North and YU-LIEN THE has performed South America, Europe, and Asia, performing at several throughout the US, Europe music festivals including the Ojai Festival, the Lucerne and Southeast-Asia, includ- Festival, the Moscow Autumn Festival, and the Ravinia ing appearances as a soloist Festival, and notable venues such as Carnegie Hall, with the Nordwestdeutsche Disney Hall, Weill Recital Hall, and the Smithsonian Philharmonie, the Kammer- Institute. Lulloff has also served as principal saxophonist orchester Hannover and the with the Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit, Minnesota and St. Baroque Orchestra L’Arco. Louis Symphony Orchestras. Other notable performances include a two-piano recital with Lori Sims of Messiaen’s Energy, intensity, and artistry characterize Lulloff’s “Visions de l’Amen” in 2008 and a lecture recital of performances in both classical and jazz settings. Com- “The Other Diabelli-Variations” in 2012, both at the menting on his performances with the Cleveland Orchestra Gilmore International Keyboard Festival in Kalamazoo, of Ingolf Dahl’s Concerto for Alto Saxophone, music critic Michigan. A prizewinner of the 12th International Piano Dan Rosenberg wrote, “Lulloff was amazing. He traversed Competition Viotti-Valsesia (Italy) and the Deutsche the instrument with seamless agility, filled out phrases for Musikwettbewerb, she was admitted to the National Con- all their expressive worth.” The Akron Beacon Journal cert Podium for Young Artists (Germany), which led to wrote “Joseph Lulloff played with all the finesse of a several concert tours with violinist Tomo Keller. Ms. The top-notch concert violinist.” Further, the New York Times has been involved in a number of commissions and world commented on this performance, stating that “…Mr. premieres. She frequently collaborates with saxophonists Lulloff demonstrated considerable virtuosity as a soloist.” Joe Lulloff and Henning Schröder as well as composers Dorothy Chang, Keith Murphy and Carter Pann. Dur- Lulloff holds a strong interest in collaborations with ing her tenure with the new music ensemble Opus21, she many notable composers to enhance the contemporary worked with composers Anna Clyne, David Lang and saxophone canon. The Bryant Concerto was commis- Frederic Rzewski, which culminated in premiere perfor- sioned as a gift to him and the MSU Wind Symphony mances at Symphony Space (New York) as well as Zankel from Howard Gourwitz, and has been well received both Hall at Carnegie in 2007 and 2008, respectively. in the United States and abroad. Born in the Netherlands,
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