Timothy McAllister

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

Timothy McAllister is an American classical saxophonist and educator. Born in 1972, 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.

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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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