Faculty Recital: Beginnings
Performing works by Yoshimatsu, Banks, Wanamaker, and Waignein. Assisted by Steven Vanhauwaert and Laura Grantier.
Saxophone Studio Recital
Highlighting studio soloists, saxophone duet, saxophone quartet, and saxophone ensemble.
Navy Band Saxophone Symposium
Premering a new saxophone and clarinet duo work by Jacob Nance in addition to a solo recital.
North American Saxophone Alliance Region II Conference
Performing as soloist, ensemble member, and leader of the University of Utah saxophone ensemble.
UU Marching Band Camp
Leading saxophone sectionals and assisting with the marching band through band camp and the season
Sound Session Commercial Release of Jeff Scott's "Desdemona's Tears"
Sound Session is proud to announce our collaboration and digital premiere of Jeff Scott’s Desdemona’s Tears, commissioned by the quartet.
DMA Recital #4: Looking Back, Moving Forward
Please join me for the last recital of my doctoral degree! Works include Marcello’s Oboe Concerto in C minor, Rizzo’s La leggenda di Urashima Taro, Lennon’s Distances Within Me, and Yoshimatsu’s Fuzzy Bird Sonata.
Michigan Music Conference
Featured soloist on Claude T. Smith’s Fantasia with the Grandville High School Symphonic Winds.
8th International Adolphe Sax Competition
The Adolphe Sax International Competition is open to saxophonists of a high standard, of every nationality, who have not yet reached the age of 31 when the final of the competition takes place.
MSU on the Road Series
Sound Session performs an hour-long program of competition-ready and memorized repertoire without intermission at the beautiful Beacon Hill at Eastgate Living Center. Performance time TBD.
Final Wind Symphony Concert
Featuring guest composer Adam Schoenberg’s Losing Earth and Aaron Copland’s Appalachian Spring (arr. Merlin Patterson) with solo percussion performances by Jon Weber.
DMA Chamber Recital
Please join me and my 13 collaborators as I perform a variety of chamber works by Poulenc, Cuong, Scott, Petersen, and Snyder. Refreshments to follow!
Sound Session @ the North American Saxophone Alliance
Sound Session takes on Hattiesburg, Mississippi for the 2023 Biennial North American Saxophone Alliance conference! As winners of the 2022 Saxophone Quartet Competition, we are pleased to be performing on the competition Winner’s Concert this year! Come hear some saxophone quartet, as well as outstanding solo and jazz playing throughout the conference!
MSU Wind Symphony ft. Lindsay Kesselman
Featuring guest soprano Lindsay Kesselman, the program includes Intrada 1631 by Stephen Montague, Is A Rose (arr. Cody Edgerton) by Caroline Shaw, and Aurora Awakes by John Mackey.
Wind Symphony @ The American Bandmasters Association
The MSU Wind Symphony travels to Lawrence, KS to be a featured ensemble in this year’s American Bandmasters Association Convention held at the University of Kansas
Texas Tour
Sound Session tours Lubbock, Texas and surrounding locations, performing at the First United Methodist Church of Lubbock annual Vespers concert, in addition to leading masterclasses and performing for local high schools, West Texas A&M University, and Texas Tech University.
Sound Session @ Eastminster Presbyterian Church
Michiganders! Please join us on Sunday, February 12th at the beautiful Eastminster Presbyterian Church as we take part in their 2022-23 Music Concert Series! This program consists of a wide selection of pieces by composers such as Emma O’Halloran, David Maslanka, Kevin Day, and our very own, Jacob Nance. Come hear this program, entitled Coming Home, as we depart for our Texas Tour the following week! We hope to see you there!
Wind Symphony Concert
Program includes Masquerade (transcr. Dennis Llinás) by Anna Clyne, Rhosymedre (arr. Merlin Patterson) by Ralph Vaughan Williams, Moorside March by Gustav Holst, Siren Songs from Tuebor Suite by Andrew David Perkins, Bravura by Charles E. Duble, Gumsuckers March by Percy Grainger, Burning the Wickerman by Julie Giroux, Soul from Concerto for Wind Ensemble by Kevin Day, and D-O-N-E from Sinfonia by Zhou Tian.
Huron Valley Council for the Arts Concert
Come join Sound Session in Highland, Michigan for a night of great music. We are ecstatic to be partnered with the Huron Valley Council for the Arts to bring you this breathtaking program: Reagan Spring.
Sound Session @ the Robin Theatre
Please join us at Lansing’s beautiful Robin Theatre in REO town on Thursday, December 8th! Sound Session will be working in collaboration with Lansing Facts, WKAR, and The Robin Theatre for this event full of saxophone quartet standards, classic rock hits, and more! Special thank you to Kaylee Bernard for stepping in on the alto saxophone for this performance. See you there!
Wind Symphony Concert ft. Spartan Youth Wind Symphony
Program includes Dance of the Jesters (arr. Ray Cramer) by Peter Tchaikovsky, This Night by David Biedenbender, and The Planets Op. 32 (transcr. Merlin Patterson) by Gustav Holst.
DMA Recital #2: American Roots
A moving and provocative program of works written by American composers, past and present, including David Maslanka, Augusta Reed Thomas, Florence Price, and Steven Banks. Assisted by Chang Li, piano.
Huron Valley Council for the Arts
Sound Session performs a dynamic hour-long program for the Huron Valley Council for the Arts.
Wind Symphony Concert ft. ~Nois
Concert features guest saxophone quartet Nois with the MSU Wind Symphony performing Commando March by Samuel Barber, Severance (concerto for saxophone quartet and wind ensemble) by David Biedenbender, and Symphony No. 6, Op. 69 by Vincent Persichetti.
Wind Symphony Concert
Featuring oboist Nermis Mieses, this program includes Sokol Fanfare by Leoš Janáček, Legacy (concerto for oboe and wind band) by Óscar Navarro, Dionysiaques, Op. 62 by Florent Schmitt, and Yellow, Red, Blue by Paul Dooley.
SOUNDscapes: Music and the Garden Series
Sound Session performs an hour-long concert of music depicting and inspired by nature in the beautiful Beal Botanical Gardens on Michigan State University’s campus.