NASA 2020 Biennial Conference Presenter — Geoffrey Deibel
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| Name: | Geoffrey Deibel |  |
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| Website: | http://www.geoffreydeibel.com | |||||||||
| Presentation Date: | Saturday, March 7, 2020 11:00 AM | |||||||||
| Presentation Venue: | Nelson Fine Arts Center Plaza | |||||||||
| Presentation Title: | FSU Saxophone Orchestra | |||||||||
| Type of Presentation: | Large Saxophone Ensemble Performance | |||||||||
| Proposal Duration: | 18 | |||||||||
| Bio: | A Washington, D.C. native, Geoffrey Deibel is emerging as an important voice for the saxophone and contemporary music. He is highly active in commissioning new works for saxophone from both established and emerging composers across a variety of mediums. He has appeared at the Darmstadt and Xenakis festivals, numerous World Saxophone Congresses, lectured at conservatories in the U.S. and Europe, and he has most recently been a guest at the Singapore Saxophone Symposium and Asia Pacific Saxophone Summit. Geoff is a member of the critically acclaimed h2 quartet, and has performed with the New World and Grant Park Symphonies. Geoff holds degrees in history and music from Northwestern University and Michigan State University. He currently serves as Assistant Professor of Saxophone at Florida State University and on the faculties of the Cortona Sessions for New Music, and the Great Plains Saxophone Workshop. Geoff is a Yamaha and Vandoren performing artist. | |||||||||
| Ensemble Bio: | Directed by Geoffrey Deibel and conducted by Keith Dodson, the FSU Saxophone Orchestra consists of students in the FSU saxophone studio. Playing saxophone voices ranging from soprano to bass, the ensemble performs a diverse repertoire of both transcriptions and original music for the saxophone. Students from the FSU Saxophone Studio have won numerous national and international solo and chamber music competitions - including first place in the 1999 and 2007 MTNA Young Artist Chamber Music Competitions, and first prizes at the 2019 NASA Region VI Conference Competitions. Three former students are currently members of the internationally renowned Raschèr Saxophone Quartet. The group is also active in the commissioning of new works for large ensemble. | |||||||||
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Elizabeth King-BennettSoprano SaxophoneNot ProvidedThomas KurtzSoprano SaxophoneNot ProvidedZachary LindsaySoprano SaxophoneNot ProvidedDawson ColemanAlto SaxophoneNot ProvidedJustin GrahamAlto SaxophoneNot ProvidedBenjamin DiazAlto SaxophoneNot ProvidedPayton KennemoreAlto SaxophoneNot ProvidedJoel FerstTenor SaxophoneNot ProvidedJennifer HesounTenor SaxophoneNot ProvidedJordan PhillipsTenor SaxophoneNot ProvidedCaleb MillerBaritone SaxophoneNot ProvidedBrian HansonBaritone SaxophoneNot ProvidedAndrew BeckerBaritone SaxophoneNot ProvidedJonathan KierspeBass SaxophoneNot ProvidedKeith DodsonConductorNot Provided |
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