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Timothy McAllister – Saxophone

Timothy McAllister has emerged as one of the foremost concert saxophonists of his generation. His professional debut took place at age sixteen and, since then, his career has taken him throughout the U.S., Canada and Europe, having recently made solo appearances in New York’s Carnegie Hall, Weill Recital Hall, and Merkin Hall; Rotterdam’s Zaal de Unie and Wilhelm Pijper Hall; and Holland’s Festival Ensemblage and Festival ‘La boite e punaises’. Among his numerous awards include First Prize in the 1993 North American Saxophone Alliance Young Artist Competition, as well as prizes and recognition from several other competitions in the U.S. and abroad, including the GAUDEAMUS International Interpreter’s Competition. He holds degrees from the University of Michigan where he studied saxophone with Donald Sinta and conducting with H. Robert Reynolds, and is the only saxophonist to ever receive the School of Music’s most distinguished award, the Albert A. Stanley Medal.

McAllister has made several critically acclaimed, internationally released recordings on the Einstein, Equilibrium and Centaur labels, as well as having recorded for Dutch National Radio, G.I.A. Publications and AUR. An active proponent of new music, he has premiered/commissioned over thirty works for saxophone by award-winning, recognized composers including Gunther Schuller and John Harbison, and is co-founder of the contemporary chamber ensemble, QUORUM, and the saxophone/piano team, Duo Nuova. He has also appeared in major musical centers, including Philadelphia, New York City, and Detroit, with chamber groups such as the acclaimed PRISM Quartet, QUORUM, Resounding Winds, Detroit Chamber Winds and the Michigan Saxophone Quartet featuring Donald Sinta. In addition, he has been featured at meetings of the World Saxophone Congress, the North American Saxophone Alliance, the U.S. Navy Band International Saxophone Symposium, and the New England Saxophone Symposium. McAllister serves as Assistant Professor of Saxophone at The Crane School of Music of the State University of New York at Potsdam, and is artist teacher for the Hot Springs (AR) Music Festival and the Interlochen Arts Camp (MI) All-State Program.