2015 Events

  • January 30
    Joining Forces - joint concert with clarinetist Don Ross as part of the UofA Music At Con Hall series. World premiere by Don Ross, and works by Marcos Balter, Georges Aperghis, Juan Arroyo, Lee Hyla, and John Mayer

  • March 15
    Michael Colgrass' Urban Requiem
    Concerto for saxophone quartet and wind ensemble, performed with the UofA Symphonic Wind Ensemble

  • May 21-31
    Taiwan Artistic Exchange with Po-Yuan Ku
    An artistic and pedagogical exchange with saxophonist Po-Yuan Ku, featuring three concerts of Taiwanese works, and masterclasses at the University of Tainan and the Tainan University of Technology. Supported by the East Asian Studies Department, U. of Alberta

  • July 9-15
    World Saxophone Congress
    Strasbourg, France
    World Premieres by Colin Labadie and Thierry Alla: Inaugural for sopranino saxophone solo by Alla, and Strata Opia for piano and saxophone by Labadie.

  • August
    Curto-Circuito de Música Contemporânea 2015, São Paulo, Brazil
    Co-teaching the 2nd iteration of courses for young composers and performers. Performing works with pianist Roger Admiral

  • October 24-28
    Edmonton Saxophone Quartet Tour
    Red Deer, Lethbridge, Calgary
    Including a lecture recital at Music Conference Alberta