NASA Update Information
Update is NASA's online newsletter featuring member news and events. We accept submissions about members' professional activities, short articles, and other items of interest to saxophonists. All materials should be electronically submitted to the Editor, and all text materials should be in MS Word. We encourage members to include photos with articles: images should be high-resolution. Publication is ongoing. Send submissions to cbryan@georgiasouthern.edu
NASA Update - April 2012 - MTNA Senior Solo Woodwind Competiton - 2nd Prize Winner, Jordan Lulloff
Congratulations to Jordan Lulloff for winning 2nd prize in the Senior Solo Performance Woodwind Competition at the MTNA National Conference in NYC on March 23-24. His repertoire included Concerto, Opus 26 by Paul Creston, Concerto in C Minor by Benedetto Marcello, Rhapsodie by Claude Debussy, and Oodles of Noodles by Jimmy Dorsey.
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NASA Update - April 2012 - Saxophones Sweep MTNA Wind Chamber Music Competition
In addition to taking the top prizes in the solo competition, saxophonists also swept the 2012 MTNA Wind Chamber Music Competition. The final round was held on March 24th at the Hilton in Midtown Manhattan in NYC. Congratulations to this years top prize winners!!
NASA Update - April 2012 - NASA Classical Solo Competition Winners
Congratulations to the winners of the 2012 NASA Classical Solo Competition!!
NASA Update - April 2012 - NASA Young Artist Competition Winners
Congratulations to the winners of the 2012 NASA Young Artist Competition!
1st Place Winner - Mark Harrison
Pictured with NASA President, John Nichol
NASA Update - April 2012 - NASA Quartet Competition Winners
Congratulations to the prize winners of the 2012 NASA Saxophone Quartet Competition!
1st Place Winners
Donald Sinta Saxophone Quartet - University of Michigan
Dan Graser (soprano)
Zach Stern (alto)
Joe Girard (tenor)
Danny Hawthorne-Foss (baritone)
NASA Update - April 2012 - Saxophonists Sweep MTNA
Congratulations to this year's winners (and their teachers) of the MTNA solo competition!
1st place Nathan Boggart - University of Iowa - Kenneth Tse
2nd place Matt Evans - Eastman School of Music - Chien Kwan-Lin
3rd place Jonathan Wintringham - Arizona State University - Tim McAllister
NASA Update - April 2012 - International Saxophone Symposium And Competition
Dear saxophonists,
Many of you have already heard about a new event I'm starting this October. It's called ISSAC (International Saxophone Symposium And Competition) and it will take place at Columbus State University's Schwob School of Music in Columbus, GA, October 25-28, 2012.
ISSAC's competition involves:
• A recorded Screening Round + 3 live rounds
• An age limit requiring that competitors must not have reached the age of 30
• An entry fee of $50 for Screening Round + $150 in additional fees for advancing to live round(s)
NASA Update - April 2012 - NASA Jazz Competition Winners
Congratulations to the winners of the 2012 NASA Jazz Artist Competition, held during the NASA Biennial Conference in Tempe, AZ from March 15th-18th.
1st Place -- Brian Clancy, Univeristy of North Texas
2nd Place -- Remy Le Boeuf, Manhattan School of Music
3rd Place -- Micahel Shults, Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music
NASA Update - December 2011 - Himie Voxman: 1912 – 2011
by Thomas Liley
It is with great sadness that we note the passing of Himie Voxman, who died Tuesday morning, November 22, at the age of 99. Born in Centerville, Iowa, he came to the University of Iowa in 1929 as a chemical engineering major, teaching clarinet to high school students to pay for his college expenses. Voxman taught the students in an unused room in the basement of the old music building until he was discovered by a janitor. He was reported to Dr. Phillip Clapp, the Director of the School of Music, who took an interest in the talented and enterprising student. According to Voxman, “Dr. Clapp claimed that he kept me from being kicked out of the university.”