April:
-I'm excited to announce that the "Hutchins-Choi Duo" has been awarded a grant from the Co-Op Press Fund to record a CD of American Saxophone Sonatas! It is expected to be released in 2013. Check back for more updates concerning this project!

February:
-Selected to perform at the World Saxophone Congress at St. Andrews in Fife, Scotland this summer. Will be premiering new music by Mark Oliveiro!
-Winner of the Minnesota Music Teacher's Association Artistic Ambassador Competition!

January:
-New Book!! A Practical Guide to Selected Solos for Soprano and Alto Saxophone, published by Harmonies For Life is to be released later this year! This book will examine all 200 pieces on the Texas U.I.L. prescribed music list for soprano and alto saxophone. 
-New website!!

November:
-Selected to perform at the Navy Band International Saxophone Symposium at George Mason University in Fairfax, VA! 

October:
-Winner of the MTNA Minnesota State Competition! 

September:
-Will join the contemporary music ensemble RenegadeEnsemble this fall! 

August:
-Composer Mark Oliveiro will write a new unaccompanied work for me to be premiered at the World Saxophone Congress at St. Andrews, Fife, Scotland in 2012
-Awarded the Senior Achievement Award and the Sterling International Achievement Award from Mu Phi Epsilon Foundation

July:
-Composer Cody Forrest will write a new work for solo saxophone for me!

June:
-New CD! After Sunset by UNT Symphonic Band, Dennis Fisher, conductor, on the Klavier Label! Available for download on iTunes and streaming on Naxos. Check it out! Works by Bernstein, Yurko, Kennan, and Gillingham. Featuring John Holt and the UNT Faculty Brass. 

May:
-Awarded the prestigious Berneking Fellowship from University of Minnesota! 
-Awarded the Gerke Collegiate Artist Scholarship from Mu Phi Epsilon Foundation