Timothy McAllister

Timothy McAllister
Born  United States
Genres classical
Occupation(s) saxophonist

Timothy McAllister is an American classical saxophonist and educator. He gave his solo debut at age 16 with the Houston Civic Symphony. As a teenager he attended the Interlochen Center for the Arts, where he was a pupil of Dr. John Sampen. He studied saxophone with Donald Sinta and conducting with H. Robert Reynolds at The University of Michigan. He holds a Bachelor of Music (1995), the Albert A. Stanley Medal (1995), Masters of Music (1997), and a Doctor of Musical Arts (2002).[1] As of 2014 he has been appointed to the position of Associate Professor of Saxophone at The University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre and Dance [2] a title held previously by Donald Sinta and Larry Teal. Each summer he teaches saxophone at Interlochen with his PRISM Quartet. Prior to his post at Michigan, he succeeded Dr. Frederick Hemke at Northwestern University following his retirement after 50 years of teaching.

He has premiered over 200 new works by composers including: Gunther Schuller, Caleb Burhans, Jennifer Higdon, Benjamin Broening, Kati Agocs, Mischa Zupko, Gregory Wanamaker, Roshanne Etezady, Kristin Kuster, William Bolcom, Martin Bresnick, Steven Mackey, Lee Hyla, Libby Larsen, Lei Liang, John Harbison, David Rakowski, Zhou Long, Chen Yi, Joel Puckett, Brian Fennelly, Evan Chambers, Ken Ueno, Donnacha Dennehy, David T. Little.[3] His recording of William Bolcom’s Concert Suite for Alto Saxophone and Band was nominated for multiple Grammy Awards.[4]

In 2013, he premiered Saxophone Concerto dedicated to him by the composer [5] John Adams with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra at the Sydney Opera House. The premiere was conducted by the composer. This concerto was a joint commission by St Louis, Baltimore and Sydney Symphony Orchestras and Fundacao Orquestra Sinfonica do estado de Sao Paulo.[6] McAllister had previously given the World Premiere of Adams’ ‘City Noir’ in 2009. He is featured as the saxophone soloist on ‘City Noir’ (album) which won the 2014 Grammy Award for Best Orchestral Performance.[7][8]

He is the Soprano Chair of the world-renowned PRISM Saxophone Quartet. [9] He also regularly performs with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the Cabrillo Festival Orchestra, and the Los Angeles Philharmonic.

His former students are found throughout higher education, arts administration, touring ensembles and premier military bands. Some of them include:

-Dr. Allison Dromgold Adams, Assistant Professor of Saxophone, University of Tennessee

-Chelsea Shanoff, saxophone instructor, University of Toronto

-Jacob Chmara, The "President's Own" U.S. Marine Band

-Adam Williamson, U.S. Coast Guard Band

-Brian Broelmann, West Point Academy Band

-Woodrow Chenoweth, Eastern Michigan University

-Thomas Snydacker, Merit Music School-Chicago, Estrella Consort

-Dr. Joseph Abramo, University of Connecticut Teacher's College

-Kim Reece, United States Navy Band, Portland State University, Saxophonist with Oregon Symphony

-Dr. J. Adam Briggs, Hope College (MI)

-Jonathan Wintringham, Selmer Clinician and Performing Artist

-Dr. Daniel Graser, Grand Valley State University, Donald Sinta Saxophone Quartet

-Ashley Jarmack, LA studio musician

-Kendra Emery, composer, multimedia artist

-Dr. Colette Hall, the Hartt School Community Division, Adjunct professor of saxophone, Duquesne University

-Dr. Erik Holmgren, Director of Teacher Education, the Longy School of Music of Bard College, former director of El Sistema in Los Angeles

-Dr. Patrick Murphy, Director/curator of music at the Musical Instrument Museum, Phoenix, AZ. Estrella Consort

Equipment[10]

Discography

"Music of Zae Munn" 2015 "Belle Nuit" (Kathryn Goodson, piano) 2015 "Heritage/Evolution" (Prism Quartet) 2014 "Music of Matthew Levy" (Prism Quartet) 2014 City Noir; Saxophone Concerto, (John Adams) 2014 "The Singing Gobi Desert" (Prism Quartet) 2013 "Music of John Cage" (Simone Mancuso percussion) 2012 "John Mackey Soprano Sax Concerto" (ASU Wind Symphony) 2012 "The Inaugural Concert: Gustavo Dudamel" DVD (LA Philharmonic) 2009


References

  1. ↑ http://www.music.umich.edu/faculty_staff/bio.php?u=tpmc
  2. ↑ http://www.music.umich.edu/about/news.php?id=398
  3. ↑ http://timothymcallister.com/biography
  4. ↑ http://www.music.northwestern.edu/about/news/2013/timothy-mcallister-premieres-john-adams-saxophone-concerto.html
  5. ↑ http://www.music.northwestern.edu/about/news/2013/timothy-mcallister-premieres-john-adams-saxophone-concerto.html
  6. ↑ http://m.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/restless-riffs-and-delicacy-in-adams-saxophone-concerto-20130825-2sjcu.html
  7. ↑ http://www.music.umich.edu/about/news.php?id=398
  8. ↑ http://timothymcallister.com/news
  9. ↑ http://www.prismquartet.com
  10. ↑ http://timothymcallister.com/biography

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