Upcoming

Performances

2013

upcoming

performances

1. •September 15 (Sunday)
   

7:00 pm

Concordia University Chapel

7400 Augusta ave.

River Forest, IL 60305

Faculty Recital

Suite No. 3 (BWV 1009) by J. S. Bach

(baritone saxophone)

1. •September 21 (Saturday)
   

6:30 pm

Rockford Symphony Orchestra

Coronado Performing Arts Center

314 N. Main St.

Rockford, IL 61101

The Kiss by Daniel Dorff  (after the Gustav Klimt painting)

(tenor saxophone)

Steve Larsen, conductor

1. •October 28 (Monday)
   

6:00 pm

Fulcrum Point New Music Project

Discoveries Series

Merit School of Music

38 S. Peoria Street

Chicago, Illinois 60607

Discoveries Series:  New Music for Winds

(reading session of new works by young composers)

(saxophone quartets)

Transformation by William Wayman

and

Alucinaciones by Andres Carrizo

1. •November 2 (Saturday)
   

7:30 pm

Music Institute of Chicago

Benny Goodman Festival

Nichols Concert Hall

1490 Chicago Ave., Evanston, IL, 60201

Prelude, Fugue and Riffs by Leonard Bernstein

(with Larry Combs, clarinet soloist)

(alto saxophone)

1. •November 21 (Thursday)
   

Fulcrum Point New Music Project

6:00 pm

Dick Higgins: Danger Music; Write a Thousand Symphonies

(music composed by automatic weapons)

Thursday, November 21, 2013, 7:30 PM

Graham Foundation, 4 W. Burton Place

Chicago, IL 60610

2014

upcoming

performances

1. •January 12 (Sunday)
   

3:00pm

William Rainey Harper College

Performing Arts Center

1200 W. Algonquin Road

Palatine, IL 60067

Solo Recital with Alto, Tenor

and Baritone saxophones with Video

Legends

Buku by Jacob TV (for Charlie Parker)

for alto saxophone and soundtrack

Improvisation on Tenderly by Eric Dolphy

(Dolphy’s solo from Far Cry transcribed by

Jeremy Ruthrauff) (for Eric Dolphy)

for solo alto saxophone

Stan by Christian Lauba (for Stan Getz)

for baritone saxophone and soundtrack

Billie by Jacob TV (for Billie Holiday)

for alto saxophone, soundtrack and video

Hard by Christian Lauba

(for James Brown)

for solo tenor saxophone

Naima by John Coltrane (for John Coltrane)

for solo tenor saxophone

May this Bliss Never End by Jacob TV (for Chet Baker)

for tenor saxophone, piano and soundtrack

(with Kuang-Hao Huang, piano)

1. •January 17, 18 (Friday, Saturday)
   

8:00pm

Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra

Marcus Center-Performing Arts

929 N Water St.

Milwaukee, WI 53202

Violin Concerto by Alban Berg

(alto saxophone)

Edo De Waart, conductor

1. •January 31, February 1
   

(Friday, Saturday)

8:00 pm

Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra

Marcus Center-Performing Arts

929 N Water St.

Milwaukee, WI 53202

Three Dance Episodes from

On the Town by Leonard Bernstein

(alto saxophone)

On the Waterfront Symphonic Suite by

Leonard Bernstein

(alto saxophone)

1. •April 17, 18, 19 (Thursday, Friday, Saturday)
   

Thursday youth concert at 10:30am

Friday and Saturday concerts at 8:00 pm

Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra

Marcus Center-Performing Arts

929 N Water St.

Milwaukee, WI 53202

Romeo and Juliet Suites 1 and 2 by Sergei Prokofiev

(tenor saxophone)

Rossen Milanov, conductor

1. •April 26 (Saturday)
   

7:30 pm

Rockford Symphony Orchestra

Coronado Performing Arts Center

314 N. Main St.

Rockford, IL 61101

Alexander Nevsky by Sergei Prokofiev

(tenor saxophone)

Steve Larsen, conductor

1. •April 27 (Sunday)
   

3:00pm

Concordia University

Chapel

7400 Augusta ave.

River Forest, IL 60305

Solo Recital with Sopranino, Soprano,

and Alto saxophones with Video

Birdsongs

Night Bird by Karen Tanaka

for alto saxophone and soundtrack

Tsuru No Sugomori (Tenderness of Cranes)

traditional shakuhachi piece

transcribed by J. Ruthrauff

for solo soprano saxophone

Wings by Joan Tower

for solo alto saxophone

Birdsong  by Jeremy Ruthrauff

for sopranino saxophone and soundtrack

Abime des Oiseaux by Olivier Messiaen

(Abyss of Birds from Quartet for the End of Time)

for solo alto saxophone

Ku Ku by Barry Cockcroft

solo soprano saxophone

The Garden of Love by Jacob TV

for soprano saxophone, soundtrack and video

1. •June 6, 7 (Friday, Saturday)
   

8:00 pm

June 8 (Sunday

2:30 pm

Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra

Marcus Center-Performing Arts

929 N Water St.

Milwaukee, WI 53202

Bolero by Maurice Ravel

(soprano saxophone)

Suite from the Wooden Prince by Bela Bartok

(alto saxophone)

Gilbert Varga, conductor

2013 past performances

1. •March 31 (Sunday)
   

10:00am

First Congregational Church of Lagrange

100 S. 6th ave.

LaGrange IL. 60525

Easter Service with saxophone quartet, organ and voices

1. •March 22, 23 (Friday, Saturday)
   

8:00pm

Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra

Marcus Center-Performing Arts

929 N Water St.

Milwaukee, WI 53202

Sinfonia by Luciano Berio

(alto saxophone)

Edo De Waart, conductor

with the Swingle Singers

1. •March 10 (Sunday)
   

3:00 pm

Civic Orchestra of Chicago

South Shore Cultural Center

7059 S. South Shore Dr. Chicago IL 60649

Bolero by Maurice Ravel

(soprano and tenor saxophones)

Sean Kubota, conductor

1. •February 15, 16, 17 (Friday, Saturday, Sunday)
   

8:00pm on Friday and Saturday and 2:30pm Sunday

Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra

Marcus Center-Performing Arts

929 N Water St.

Milwaukee, WI 53202

American Songbook

(alto saxophone)

Sarah Hatsuko Hicks, conductor

with Ashley Brown and Doug LeBrecque, vocalists

1. •February 9 (Saturday)
   

7:30 pm

Rockford Symphony Orchestra

Coronado Performing Arts Center

314 N. Main St.

Rockford, IL 61101

Rhapsody in Blue by George Gershwin

(alto saxophone)

1. •January 12 (Friday)
   

3:00 pm

Contempo

Performance Hall, Logan Center for the Arts

915 E. 60th Street

Chicago, Illinois 60637

Under the Sun’s Gaze (Concerto da Camera III) by Shulamit Ran

2Fl.(A.Fl., Picc.) 2Cl.(both d.B.Cl.) Sop.Sax. Perc. Pno. Vln. Vcl.

(soprano saxophone)

2012 past performances

1. •November 23, 24
   

(Friday, Saturday)

7:30pm

Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra

Marcus Center-Performing Arts

929 N Water St.

Milwaukee, WI 53202

West Side Story by Leonard Bernstein (original film score performed live with the movie)

(alto saxophone)

1. •November 15 (Thursday)
   

Concordia University

7400 Augusta ave.

River Forest, IL 60305

Youth concerts

10:30 and 12:30 pm

Concordia University Wind Symphony

Concerto Soloist with the Wind Symphony

Fantasia for solo alto saxophone with Wind Ensemble by Claude T. Smith

(alto saxophone)

1. •November 2 (Friday)
   

Concordia University

7400 Augusta ave.

River Forest, IL 60305

8:00 pm

Concordia University Wind Symphony

Concerto Soloist with the Wind Symphony

Fantasia for solo alto saxophone with Wind Ensemble by Claude T. Smith

(alto saxophone)

1. •October 26 (Friday)
   

7:30 pm

Concordia University Wind Symphony

Fall Tour

Concerto Soloist with the Wind Symphony

Fantasia for solo alto saxophone with Wind Ensemble by Claude T. Smith

(alto saxophone)

Faith Lutheran Church

Bloomington, Indiana

1. •October 27 (Saturday)
   

Concordia University Wind Symphony

Fall Tour

7:00pm

Concerto Soloist with the Wind Symphony

Fantasia for solo alto saxophone with Wind Ensemble by Claude T. Smith

(alto saxophone)

Immanuel Lutheran Church

Brookfield, Wisconsin

1. • October 28 (Sunday)
   

3:00 pm

Concordia University Wind Symphony

Fall Tour

Concerto Soloist with the Wind Symphony

Fantasia for solo alto saxophone with Wind Ensemble by Claude T. Smith

(alto saxophone)

Zion Lutheran Church

Marengo, Illinois

1. •October 21 (Sunday)
   

3:00pm

Cube New Music Project and the Renaissance Society present a concert featuring music of Polish women composers

University of Chicago

Fulton Recital Hall, Goodspeed Hall, 1010 E. 59th St.

Chicago, IL 60637

Lisboa, Tramway 28 by Elzbieta Sikora

(soprano and alto saxophone with pre-recorded sound)

listen to an earlier performance  of this piece by Jeremy Ruthrauff

on the Sound Samples page

1. •October 9, 10 (Tuesday, Wednesday)
   

10:30am and 12:00pm

Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra

Marcus Center-Performing Arts

929 N Water St.

Milwaukee, WI 53202

On the Town by Leonard Bernstein

(alto saxophone)

1. •October 4 (Thursday)
   

7:30pm

Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra

Marcus Center-Performing Arts

929 N Water St.

Milwaukee, WI 53202

Symphonic Dances from West Side Story by Leonard Bernstein

(alto saxophone)

1. •September 21 (Friday)
   

7:30pm

Tiny Mahler Orchestra

Hyde Park Union Church

5600 South Woodlawn Avenue

Chicago, Illinois 60637

Facade 2 by William Walton (alto saxophone)

Coming Together by Frederick Rzewski (baritone saxophone)

Socrate by Erik Satie (alto saxophone)

1. •September 20 (Thursday)
   

7:30pm

Tiny Mahler Orchestra

Unitarian Church in Evanston

1330 Ridge Ave. (at Greenwood) Evanston, IL 60201 Hyde Park Union Church

5600 South Woodlawn Avenue

Chicago, Illinois 60637

Facade 2 by William Walton (alto saxophone)

Coming Together by Frederick Rzewski (baritone saxophone)

Socrate by Erik Satie (Chicago premiere) (alto saxophone)

1. •September 14 (Friday)
   

11:00 pm

National Pastime Theater

Mason Hall

941 W. Lawrence Ave

Chicago, IL, 60640

Fulcrum Point New Music Project as part of the

International Beethoven Project

Pimpin’ by Jacob ter Veldhuis (Jacob TV)

(baritone saxophone and pre-recorded sound with video)

Grab It! by Jacob ter Veldhuis (Jacob TV)

(world premiere of a new version for solo tenor saxophone with electric guitar, bass and drums with pre-recorded sound and video)

1. •August 5 (Sunday) 5:00pm
   

Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Ravinia Summer Music Festival

200 Ravinia Park

Highland Park, Illinois 60035

Over the Rainbow, a Tribute to Harold Arlen

(tenor saxophone)

1. •July 21 (Saturday) 7:00pm
   

Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Ravinia Summer Music Festival

200 Ravinia Park

Highland Park, Illinois 60035

Celebration of vocalists Patricia Racette and Patti Lupone

(tenor saxophone)

1. •July 15 (Sunday) 5:00pm
   

Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Ravinia Summer Music Festival

200 Ravinia Park

Highland Park, Illinois 60035

Celebration of vocalist Barbara Cook

(tenor saxophone)

1. •July 4 (Wednesday) 5:00pm
   

Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Ravinia Summer Music Festival

200 Ravinia Park

Highland Park, Illinois 60035

Independence Day Concert

(tenor saxophone)

1. •June 21 (Thursday)
   

2:00-3:30pm

Fulcrum Point New Music Project

Make Music Chicago program

with live broadcast on WFMT

Fine Arts Building

410 S. Michigan ave.

Chicago, Illinois 60605

(Pianoforte Studio 8th floor)

In Transit by Mischa Zupko

(alto and piano with Mischa Zupko, piano)

1. •June 1, 2 (Friday, Saturday)
   

8:00pm

and June 3 (Sunday) 2:30pm

Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra

Marcus Center-Performing Arts

929 N Water St.

Milwaukee, WI 53202

Alexander Nevsky by Sergei Prokofiev

(tenor saxophone)

Miguel Harth-Bedoya, conductor

1. •May 23 (Wednesday) 7:30pm
   

Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Symphony Center

220 S. Michigan avenue

Chicago, Illinois 60604

Rhapsody in Blue by George Gershwin (alto saxophone)

David Robertson, conductor

1. •May 4 (Friday)
   

6:00pm and 9:00pm

Park West Theater

322 W Armitage Ave

Chicago, IL 60614

Fulcrum Point New Music Project

Midwest/Chicago Premiere of the multi-media work The News by

Avant-Pop composer JacobTV (Jacob ter Veldhuis)

(alto and baritone saxophones)

2 female singers , 3 saxophones, trumpet, trombone, mallets/percussion, guitar, keyboard, bass, drums and video

1. •April 27 (Friday)
   

7:30pm

Byham Theater Pittsburgh

Off the Wall Series of the Andy Warhol Museum

Pittsburg, USA

Fulcrum Point New Music Project

World premiere of The News-a multi-media opera work by

Avant-Pop composer JacobTV (Jacob ter Veldhuis)

2 female singers , 3 saxophones, trumpet, trombone, mallets/percussion, guitar, keyboard, bass, drums and video

1. • April 21 (Saturday)
   

7:30 pm

Coronado Performing

Arts Center

314 N. Main St.

Rockford, IL 61101

Rockford Symphony Orchestra

Symphonic Dances from West Side Story by Leonard Bernstein (alto saxophone)

Symphonic Dances, Op. 45 by Sergei Rachmaninoff (alto saxophone)

1. •March 31 (Saturday)
   

7:30 pm

Coronado Performing Arts Center

314 N. Main St.

Rockford, IL 61101

Rockford Symphony Orchestra

Pops concert (Simply Swingin’)

(alto saxophone)

1. •March 24 (Saturday)
   

Museum of

Contemporary

Art in Chicago

220 East Chicago Avenue

Chicago, IL 60611

10:00pm

Benefit concert for New Music Chicago

featuring Terry Riley’s In C

with Fulcrum Point New Music Project and

Eighth Blackbird

1. •February 12 (Sunday)
   

2:30 pm

Pickwick Theatre

5 South Prospect

Park Ridge, Illinois

Park Ridge Civic Orchestra

Romeo and Juliet (original ballet music) by Sergei Prokofiev (tenor saxophone)

Likht un Shotn (Light and Shadow): A Klezmer Concertante 

(for trumpet, horn, bass, viola with orchestra) by Dan Golden (world premiere)

(tenor saxophone)

West Side Story by Leonard Bernstein (tenor saxophone)

1. •January 9 (Monday)
   

8:00pm.

Civic Orchestra of Chicago

Symphony Center

220 S. Michigan avenue

Chicago, Illinois 60604

Sergei Rachmaninoff Symphonic Dances, Op. 45

(alto saxophone)

Sir Mark Elder, conductor

2011 past performances

1. •November 25 (Friday) 8:00pm
   

2. •November 26 (Saturday) 8:00pm
   

3. •November 27 (Sunday) 3:00pm
   

Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Symphony Center

220 S. Michigan avenue

Chicago, Illinois 60604

West Side Story by Leonard Bernstein (original film score performed live with the movie)

(tenor and baritone saxophone)

1. •November 16 (Wednesday)
   

6:00 pm

Chicago Cultural Center

Claudia Cassidy Theatre

78 E. Washington St.

Chicago, IL 60601

Fulcrum Point New Music Project

Multi-media performances of music by Dutch

Avant-Pop composer JacobTV (Jacob ter Veldhuis)

Pimpin’ by Jacob TV (Jacob ter Veldhuis)

(baritone saxophone and pre-recorded sound)

Giant If by Jacob TV (Jacob ter Veldhuis)

(alto saxophone)

Preview selection from the upcoming multi-media opera The News-a love duet with video material of Sarah Palin and Glenn Beck

Corrotto  by Jacob TV

(alto saxophone)

Preview selection from the upcoming multi-media opera The News featuring video and audio material from recently resigned Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi

1. •October 27 (Thursday)
   

2:30 pm

Indiana State University

Contemporary Music Festival

Chicago Saxophone Quartet

(baritone saxophone)

Flint by Michael Torke (saxophone quartet, cello, bass, two pianos)

Inside Out by Joseph Koykkar

Rhapsody by Eric Ewazen

and a solo performance of Pimpin’ (baritone saxophone with pre-recorded sound)

by Jacob TV (Jacob ter Veldhuis)

1. •October 17 (Monday)
   

Harris Theater for Music and Dance at Millennium Park, 205 E. Randolph Drive, Chicago, IL, 60601

7:00 pm.

MusicNow (Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s contemporary music series)

Donnacha Dennehy’s To Herbert Brun (soprano voice, trombone, saxophone, bass, and live electronics)

1. •September 18 (Sunday)
   

Concordia University

7400 Augusta ave.

River Forest, IL 60305

7:00 pm

Faculty Recital

The Garden of Love by Jacob TV (Jacob ter Veldhuis)

(soprano saxophone and pre-recorded sound,

poem by William Blake)

1. •September 16 (Friday)
   

4:00 pm

Chicago Urban Art Society

2229 S. Halsted

Chicago, IL 60608

Fulcrum Point New Music Project as part of the

International Beethoven Project

This concert features various new music ensembles

Billie by Jacob TV! (Jacob ter Veldhuis)

(alto saxophone and pre-recorded sound with film, an homage to Bille Holiday)

1. •July 23 (Saturday) 7:00pm
   

Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Ravinia Summer Music Festival

200 Ravinia Park

Highland Park, Illinois 60035

American in Paris by George Gershwin

(baritone saxophone)

Rhapsody in Blue by George Gershwin

(alto saxophone)

James Conlon, conductor

1. •May 22 (Sunday)
   

3:00pm.

Ganz Recital Hall

430 S. Michigan Ave.

Chicago, IL 60605

Contempo New Music Concert Series

World premiere of new work by composer Michael LaCroix

musical adaptation of

The Birds (the Aristophones comedy)

for

Grammy award-winning sextet Eighth Blackbird (plus saxophonist Jeremy Ruthrauff) and

featuring Israeli actor Ofer Ravid, soprano Tony Arnold, and tenor Peter Tantsits.

Actor

two singers

violin

cello

piccolo/flute/alto flute-one player

clarinet/bass clarinet-one player

sopranino/tenor/baritone saxophone-one player

piano/accordian-one player

and percussion

musicians also double on cricket calls, toy whistles, harmonicas, toy piano etc.

1. •May 5 (Thursday)
   

11:00 am

Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra

Marcus Center-Performing Arts

929 N Water St.

Milwaukee, WI 53202

Bolero by Maurice Ravel (tenor saxophone)

1. •April 26 (Tuesday)
   

10:00am

Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra

West Bend Performing Arts Center

1305 E Decorah Rd

West Bend, WI 53095

Bolero by Maurice Ravel (tenor saxophone)

1. •April 24 (Sunday)
   

10:00am

Highland Park Presbyterian Church

330 Laurel ave.

Highland Park, Illinois 60035

Selections from Ralph Vaughn Williams Five Mystical Songs

(soprano saxophone with organ and chorus)

1. •April 17 (Sunday)
   

10:00am

Highland Park Presbyterian Church

330 Laurel ave.

Highland Park, Illinois 60035

Winter’s Dream by Paul Halley

(soprano saxophone with organ and chorus)

1. •April 16 (Saturday)
   

8:00 pm

Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra

Marcus Center-Performing Arts

929 N Water St.

Milwaukee, WI 53202

Pictures at an Exhibition by Mussorgsky/Ravel (alto saxophone)

1. •April 15 (Friday)
   

11:15 am

Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra

Marcus Center-Performing Arts

929 N Water St.

Milwaukee, WI 53202

Pictures at an Exhibition by Mussorgsky/Ravel (alto saxophone)

Gilbert Varga, conductor

1. •April 5, 6, 7 (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday)
   

10:30am and 12:00pm

Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra

Marcus Center-Performing Arts

929 N Water St.

Milwaukee, WI 53202

Bolero by Maurice Ravel (tenor saxophone)

1. •February 19 (Saturday)
   

6:00pm.

Katerina’s

1920 W. Irving Park Rd. , Chicago IL, 60613

Selections from In Transit by Mischa Zupko

(alto saxophone and piano)

1. 1.Red Walls of Fog
   

2. 2.Mango Cafe
   

with composer/pianist Mischa Zupko

1. •February 1 (Tuesday)
   

12:45pm

Lake Forest Country Day School

Lecture Demonstration with sopranino, soprano, alto, tenor and baritone saxophones

10. J.S. Bach-Prelude from Suite No. 1
    

Benjamin Britten-Pan and Arethusa from Six Metamorphoses after Ovid

Eric Dolphy-Improvisation on Tenderly

Christian Lauba-Hard (excerpt)

Jeremy Ruthrauff-Birdsong for sopranino saxophone and pre-recorded sound (excerpt)

Astor Piazzolla-Tango Étude No. 6

1. •January 28 (Friday) 10:15am
   

2. •January 29 (Saturday) 11:00am
   

Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Symphony Center

220 S. Michigan avenue

Chicago, Illinois 60604

American in Paris by George Gershwin

(baritone saxophone)

1. •January 14 (Friday)
   

2:30-3:10pm.

St. Paul’s Lutheran School

9035 Grant avenue

Brookfield, IL 60513

Lecture Demonstration with sopranino, soprano, alto, tenor and baritone saxophones

10. J.S. Bach-Prelude from Suite No. 1
    

Benjamin Britten-Pan and Arethusa from Six Metamorphoses after Ovid

Eric Dolphy-Improvisation on Tenderly

Christian Lauba-Hard (excerpt)

Jeremy Ruthrauff-Birdsong for sopranino saxophone and pre-recorded sound (excerpt)

Astor Piazzolla-Tango Étude No. 6

2010 past performances

1. •December 13 (Monday)
   

Harris Theater for Music and Dance at Millennium Park, 205 E. Randolph Drive, Chicago, IL, 60601

7:00 pm.

MusicNow (Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s contemporary music concert series)

Tangled Loops by Jason Eckardt

(soprano saxophone and piano)

with Amy Briggs, piano

1. •December 2 (Thursday)
   

Fulcrum Point New Music Project

Darnton and Hersh Salon 30 E. Adams St. Suite 1200

Chicago, Illinois 60603

6:00 pm.

Selections from In Transit by Mischa Zupko

(alto saxophone and piano)

1. 1.Red Walls of Fog
   

2. 2.Mango Cafe
   

with composer/pianist Mischa Zupko

and

Canudos by Mischa Zupko

Flugelhorn, baritone saxophone and piano

with Steven Burns, flugelhorn and Mischa Zupko, piano

1. •November 23 (Tuesday) 7:30 pm
   

2. •November 21 (Sunday) 3:00 pm
   

3. •November 20 (Saturday) 8:00 pm
   

4. •November 18 (Thursday) 8:00 pm
   

Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Symphony Center

220 S. Michigan avenue

Chicago, Illinois 60604

Symphony No. 9 by Ralph Vaughn Williams

(alto saxophone)

Sir Andrew Davis, conductor

first ever performances of this work by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra

1. •November 13 (Saturday)
   

7:30 pm

Coronado Performing Arts Center

314 N. Main St.

Rockford, IL 61101

Rockford Symphony Orchestra

American in Paris by George Gershwin

(alto and soprano saxophone)

1. •November 5 (Friday)
   

6:00 pm

Chicago Cultural Center

78 E. Washington St.

Chicago, IL 60601

Fulcrum Point New Music Project

Grab It!  by Jacob ter Veldhuis

(trio version for tenor saxophone, electric bass and drum kit  with pre-recorded sound, includes a recent new film by the composer)

1. •October 9 (Saturday)
   

7:30 pm

Coronado Performing Arts Center

314 N. Main St.

Rockford, IL 61101

Rockford Symphony Orchestra

Pops Concert Series

Rat Pack! tribute

(lead alto)

1. •September 12 (Sunday)
   

Concordia University

7400 Augusta ave.

River Forest, IL 60305

7:00 pm

Faculty Recital

Suite No. 2 by J. S. Bach (BWV 1008) solo baritone saxophone

1. •September 9 (Thursday)
   

12:15 pm

William Rainey Harper College

1200 W Algonquin Road

Palatine, IL 60067

12:15 pm

Faculty Recital

Suite No. 2 by J. S. Bach (BWV 1008) solo baritone saxophone

1. •July 2 (Friday)
   

Starlight Theatre

3301 N Mulford Rd

Rockford, IL 61114

Rockford Symphony Orchestra

Pictures at an Exhibition by Mussorgsky/Ravel (alto saxophone)

1. •May 19 (Wednesday)
   

7:30 pm

Harris Theater for Music and Dance at Millennium Park, 205 E. Randolph Drive, Chicago, IL, 60601

Fulcrum Point New Music Project

Elevator Music on Mars by Tomi Räisänen (American Premiere) (alto and soprano saxophone with electric guitar, synthesizer and percussion)

1. •April 24 (Saturday)
   

7:30 pm

Coronado Performing Arts Center 314 N. Main St.
Rockford, IL 61101

Rockford Symphony Orchestra

Pictures at an Exhibition by Mussorgsky/Ravel (alto saxophone)

1. •April 23 (Friday)
   

9:45 am

and

11:15 am

Coronado Performing Arts Center 314 N. Main St.
Rockford, IL 61101

Rockford Symphony Orchestra (childrens’ concerts)

Pictures at an Exhibition by Mussorgsky/Ravel (alto saxophone)

1. •March 23
   

(Tuesday)

7:30 pm

Harris Theater

for Music and

Dance at

Millennium

Park, 205 E.

Randolph Drive

Chicago, IL, 60601

Fulcrum Point New Music Project

Urban Legends by Randall Woolf (world premiere)

(tenor saxophone in chamber ensemble with pre-recorded sound)

1. •February 25 (Thursday)
   

7:30 pm

Harris Theater for Music and Dance at Millennium Park, 205 E. Randolph Drive, Chicago, IL, 60601

Fulcrum Point New Music Project

with the Wind Pipe Ensemble (group from Hong Kong performing on traditional Chinese instruments)

Distant Reflection by Joshua Chen (American Premiere) (soprano saxophone with goahu, erhu, zhongu, cello and piano)

2009 past performances

1. •November 12 (Thursday)
   

7:30 pm

Harris Theater for Music and Dance at Millennium Park, 205 E. Randolph Drive, Chicago, IL, 60601

Fulcrum Point New Music Project

Grab It! by Jacob ter Veldhuis

American premiere of new version for tenor saxophone with electric bass and drum kit and pre-recorded sound with a new film by the composer

1. •October 26
   

WFMT Chicago

live radio broadcast

6:30 pm

Ondas Ensemble

Choro No. 7 by Heitor Villa-Lobos (chamber work for violin, cello, flute, oboe, clarinet, alto saxophone, bassoon) 

1. •September 13 (Sunday)
   

SPACE

Chicago Latino Music Festival

1245 Chicago ave.

Evanston, IL. 60202

3:00 pm

Ondas Ensemble

Choro No. 7 by Heitor Villa-Lobos (chamber work for violin, cello, flute, oboe, clarinet, alto saxophone, bassoon) 

1. •September 13 (Sunday)
   

Concordia University

7400 Augusta ave.

River Forest, IL 60305

7:30 pm

Faculty Recital

Suite No. 1 by J. S. Bach (BWV 1007) solo baritone saxophone

1. •September 10 (Thursday)
   

William Rainey Harper College

1200 W Algonquin Road

Palatine, IL 60067

12:15 pm

Faculty Recital

Suite No. 1 by J. S. Bach (BWV 1007) solo baritone saxophone

1. •June 14 (Sunday)
   

Libby Bowl

Ojai, California

Ojai Music Festival

Workers’ Union by Louis Andriessen

1. •June 14 (Sunday)
   

Libby Bowl

Ojai, California

Ojai Music Festival

We Speak Etruscan by Lee Hyla

baritone saxophone and bass clarinet duet with Michael Macaferri, bass clarinet

1. •June 13 (Saturday)
   

Libby Bowl

Ojai, California

Ojai Music Festival

Quasi Sinfonia by David M. Gordon

(violin, viola, cello, bass, pic/flute/alto flute, Eb and Bb clarinet/bass clarinet, soprano/baritone saxophone, piano, percussion all players double on game calls, kazoos, pitch pipes, chimes etc.)

1. •May 19 (Thursday)
   

Thorne Auditorium

375 E. Chicago Ave.

Chicago, IL 60611

7:30 pm.

Fulcrum Point New Music Project

with Hong Kong Soloists

It is What It Is by Tang Lok-Yin

(solo sheng violin, viola, cello, bass, clarinet, flute, alto saxophone, harp, percussion) with 

Loo Sze-Wang solo sheng

1. •May 3 (Sunday)
   

The Green Mill

4802 N Broadway St

Chicago, IL 60640

New Music at the Green Mill series

Bone Metal Meditation by Charles Lipp (world premiere)

for baritone saxophone and percussion

and

Versírás by R. A. Falesch for sopranino saxophone and pre-recorded sound

1. •April 17, 18, 19
   

(Friday, Saturday and Sunday)

Elgin Symphony Orchestra

Big Band pops Concerts

(alto saxophone)

1. •April 4 (Friday)
   

Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago

220 East Chicago Avenue, Chicago, IL 60611

7:30pm

Contempo New Music Concert Series

We Speak Etruscan by Lee Hyla (baritone saxophone and bass clarinet duet)  with Michael Macaferri of Eighth Blackbird, bass clarinet

1. •January 12 (Monday)
   

Harris Theater for Music and Dance at Millennium Park, 205 E. Randolph Drive, Chicago, IL, 60601

7:30 pm.

MusicNow (Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s contemporary music ensemble)

Short Cuts by Luis Tinoco (American premiere)

(3 clarinets, tenor saxophone, percussion and piano)