2014 NASA SAXOPHONE QUARTET COMPETITION SEMI-FINALISTS (listed in alphabetical order) 20/20 Saxophone Quartet MEMBERS: Andrew Studenski, Ian Robinson, Corey Killian, & Elyse Vest SCHOOL: The Hartt School of Music, Theater and Dance TEACHER: Carrie Koffman Abraxas Saxophone Quartet MEMBERS: Sheldon Johnson, Andrew Wassum, Gabriel Fadale, & Po-Fang Chang SCHOOL: University of South Carolina School of Music TEACHER: Clifford Leaman Crux4tet MEMBERS: Andrew Somerville, Nicki Roman, Pin-Hua Chen, & Robert Palermo SCHOOL: University of Illinois School of Music TEACHER: Debra Richtmeyer Dasch Quartet MEMBERS: Alastair Wright, Daniel Arocho, Shawna Pennock, & Ka Wai (Chemie) Ching SCHOOL: University of North Carolina School of the Arts TEACHER: Taimur Sullivan East End Quartet MEMBERS: Jonathan Wintringham, Myles Boothroyd, Timothy Harris, & Sumner Truax SCHOOL: Eastman School of Music TEACHER: Chien-Kwan Lin Echo Quartet MEMBERS: Matthey Tracy, Kyle Landry, Casey Grev, & Eric Troiano SCHOOL: Michigan State University College of Music TEACHER: Joseph Lulloff Inferno Quartet MEMBERS: Carolyn Braus, Michael LaPinta, Courtney Kuhn, & Eric Berg SCHOOL: Arizona State University School of Music TEACHER: Christopher Creviston Isis MEMBERS: John Cummins, Matthew Mahaffey, Elena Pedersen, & James Skretta SCHOOL: University of Iowa School of Music TEACHER: Kenneth Tse Kenari Quartet MEMBERS: Bob Eason, Durand Jones, Corey Dundee, & Steven Banks SCHOOL: Jacob’s School of Music (Indiana University) TEACHER: Otis Murphy Knoblock Project MEMBERS: Curren Myers, Caleb Shannon, Grant Eisenmenger, & Eric Stults SCHOOL: Oklahoma State University Department of Music TEACHER: Jeffrey Loeffert La’Ventus Quartet MEMBERS: Alyssa Hoffert, Lauren Wasynczuk, Ben Carraher, & Li-Chun Hsiao SCHOOL: The Hartt School of Music, Theater and Dance TEACHER: Carrie Koffman Mirasol Quartet MEMBERS: James Barger, Andrew Reinhart, Ben Still, & Michael Christensen SCHOOL: Texas Tech University School of Music TEACHER: David Dees Meraki Quartet MEMBERS: Yiqun Chen, Calvin Wong, Kyle Mechmet, & Dennis Kwok SCHOOL: University of Iowa School of Music TEACHER: Kenneth Tse Mosaic Quartet MEMBERS: Samuel Detweiler, Tyler Flowers, Justin Rollefson, & Ryan Lemoine SCHOOL: Arizona State University School of Music TEACHER: Christopher Creviston Northwestern University Saxophone Quartet MEMBERS: Jeffrey Siegfried, Matthew Amedio, Lucas Hopkins, & Chet Baughman SCHOOL: Bienen School of Music (Northwestern University) TEACHER: Timothy McAllister Scion Saxophone Quartet MEMBERS: Hyungryoul Kim, Tianyao He, Greg Rife, & Erik Elmgren SCHOOL: University of Illinois School of Music TEACHER: Debra Richtmeyer Synergos Quartet MEMBERS: Bradley Karas, Dominic Bierenga, Evan Harris, & Ethan Fitzpatrick SCHOOL: Central Michigan University School of Music TEACHER: John Nichol, Sr. Viridian Saxophone Quartet MEMBERS: Tre Wherry, Amy Mikalauskas, Brett Thole, & Mitch Rogalla SCHOOL: llinois State University School of Music TEACHER: Paul Nolen Zvona Quartet MEMBERS: Shane Rathburn, Kyle Baldwin, Alex Van Dyke, & Sean Xue SCHOOL: Jacob’s School of Music (Indiana University) TEACHER: Otis Murphy Zeigarnik Quartet MEMBERS: Evan Clark, Brian Bethea, Jenie Hoffman, & Chris Murphy SCHOOL: University of South Carolina School of Music TEACHER: Clifford Leaman updated 1.14.2014 @ 10:50AM .