Upcoming Events
12.2.23 Cinémathèque @ Crozet Winter Brews Festival
Crozet Park / Crozet, VA / 2:30-5pm
12.6.23 World Saxophone Congress
CICCA Cultural Center / Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
Recital with Kendra Wheeler
12.8.23 Roundtable Asociación Nacional de Mujeres Saxofonistas
CICCA Cultural Center / Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
Gender perspectives on the saxophone world
12.12.23 Guest Artist Masterclass/Recital
Escola Superior de Música de Lisboa / Lisbon, Portugal
Recital with Kendra Wheeler
12.16.23 Cinémathèque
Parkway Brewing / Roanoke, VA / 5:30-8:30pm
12.21.23 The Midwest Clinic
McCormick Place / Chicago, IL
Performing with h2 and Capitol Quartets
12.22.23 The Midwest Clinic
McCormick Place / Chicago, IL
Presenting clinic Growing Up Your Saxophones from Middle School To College with Caitlin Schmidt
1.11.24 New Mexico Music Educators Association
University of New Mexico / Albuquerque, NM
Presenting clinic Growing Up Your Saxophones from Middle School To College with Caitlin Schmidt
1.12-13.24 US Navy Band International Saxophone Symposium
George Mason University / Fairfax, VA
Lecture with Tiffany M. Skidmore on the William Blake cycle: unseen, unbodièd, unknown, and recital of select works from the cycle (Tharmas the father, Enion the mother and Vala/Luvah) with Sheldon Johnson and Jeffrey Siegfried
1.14.24 Guest Artist Recital and Masterclass
University of North Carolina Greensboro / Greensboro, NC
Performing with Ann Bradfield
1.16.24 Convocation Recital
Recital Salon, Virginia Tech / Blacksburg, VA / 2pm
Performing with Ann Bradfield
1.16.24 Guest Artist Recital
Radford University / Radford, VA / 7:30pm
Performing with Ann Bradfield
1.19.24 Virginia Tech Honor Band-A-Rama
Fife Concert Hall, Moss Arts Center / Blacksburg, VA / 7:30pm
Performing John Williams Escapades
1.25-26.24 MNmade Festival
St Cloud State University / St Cloud, MN
1.27-28.24 113 presents
Studio Z / St Paul, MN
1.29.24 Guest Artist Recital/Masterclass
University of Northern Iowa / Cedar Falls, IA
2.15.24 SMILES Concert
Christiansburg Middle School / Christiansburg, VA / 9:15am
with Shannon Wettstein, piano
2.17-18.24 Mid-Atlantic Flute Convention
Hilton Washington Dulles Airport / Herndon, VA
New work by Charles Nichols, with Elizabeth Lantz, flute, and Shannon Wettstein, piano
2.24.24 Shockingly Modern Saxophone Festival
Augustana College / Rock Island, IL
3.2.24 Cinémathèque
Sipe Center / Bridgewater, VA
3.3-9.24 East Coast Tour with Seth Andrew Davis
DC, Baltimore, Philly, NYC, New Haven, Buffalo
3.13-14.24 The Golden Ass
University at Buffalo / Buffalo, NY / 7:30pm
Two performances of The Golden Ass a chamber opera in one act, by Tiffany M. Skidmore
3.16.24 VT Woodwind Day
Virginia Tech / Blacksburg, VA
4.6.24 CUSP
The Bop Stop / Cleveland, OH
featuring Binary Canary
4.10-12.24 VT New Music + Technology Festival
Cube, Moss Arts Center / Blacksburg, VA
4.23.24 Guest Artist Recital
University at Buffalo / Buffalo, NY / 7:30pm
Performing new works for saxophone by composition students
4.30.24 Guest Artist Recital/Masterclass
UCLA / Los Angeles, CA
5.1.24 Guest Artist Recital/Masterclass
San Diego State University / San Diego, CA
5.24-26.24 Joey Crane Portrait Concerts
TBA / Minneapolis, MN
Performing new works by Joey Crane, including Learning the Trick and The Engastrimyth
5.31.24 Alma del Core
Community High School / Roanoke, VA / 6pm
Performing with Sheldon Johnson, saxophone
7.24-26.24 Cinémathèque
Floyd Fest / Floyd, VA
Crozet Park / Crozet, VA / 2:30-5pm
12.6.23 World Saxophone Congress
CICCA Cultural Center / Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
Recital with Kendra Wheeler
12.8.23 Roundtable Asociación Nacional de Mujeres Saxofonistas
CICCA Cultural Center / Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
Gender perspectives on the saxophone world
12.12.23 Guest Artist Masterclass/Recital
Escola Superior de Música de Lisboa / Lisbon, Portugal
Recital with Kendra Wheeler
12.16.23 Cinémathèque
Parkway Brewing / Roanoke, VA / 5:30-8:30pm
12.21.23 The Midwest Clinic
McCormick Place / Chicago, IL
Performing with h2 and Capitol Quartets
12.22.23 The Midwest Clinic
McCormick Place / Chicago, IL
Presenting clinic Growing Up Your Saxophones from Middle School To College with Caitlin Schmidt
1.11.24 New Mexico Music Educators Association
University of New Mexico / Albuquerque, NM
Presenting clinic Growing Up Your Saxophones from Middle School To College with Caitlin Schmidt
1.12-13.24 US Navy Band International Saxophone Symposium
George Mason University / Fairfax, VA
Lecture with Tiffany M. Skidmore on the William Blake cycle: unseen, unbodièd, unknown, and recital of select works from the cycle (Tharmas the father, Enion the mother and Vala/Luvah) with Sheldon Johnson and Jeffrey Siegfried
1.14.24 Guest Artist Recital and Masterclass
University of North Carolina Greensboro / Greensboro, NC
Performing with Ann Bradfield
1.16.24 Convocation Recital
Recital Salon, Virginia Tech / Blacksburg, VA / 2pm
Performing with Ann Bradfield
1.16.24 Guest Artist Recital
Radford University / Radford, VA / 7:30pm
Performing with Ann Bradfield
1.19.24 Virginia Tech Honor Band-A-Rama
Fife Concert Hall, Moss Arts Center / Blacksburg, VA / 7:30pm
Performing John Williams Escapades
1.25-26.24 MNmade Festival
St Cloud State University / St Cloud, MN
1.27-28.24 113 presents
Studio Z / St Paul, MN
1.29.24 Guest Artist Recital/Masterclass
University of Northern Iowa / Cedar Falls, IA
2.15.24 SMILES Concert
Christiansburg Middle School / Christiansburg, VA / 9:15am
with Shannon Wettstein, piano
2.17-18.24 Mid-Atlantic Flute Convention
Hilton Washington Dulles Airport / Herndon, VA
New work by Charles Nichols, with Elizabeth Lantz, flute, and Shannon Wettstein, piano
2.24.24 Shockingly Modern Saxophone Festival
Augustana College / Rock Island, IL
3.2.24 Cinémathèque
Sipe Center / Bridgewater, VA
3.3-9.24 East Coast Tour with Seth Andrew Davis
DC, Baltimore, Philly, NYC, New Haven, Buffalo
3.13-14.24 The Golden Ass
University at Buffalo / Buffalo, NY / 7:30pm
Two performances of The Golden Ass a chamber opera in one act, by Tiffany M. Skidmore
3.16.24 VT Woodwind Day
Virginia Tech / Blacksburg, VA
4.6.24 CUSP
The Bop Stop / Cleveland, OH
featuring Binary Canary
4.10-12.24 VT New Music + Technology Festival
Cube, Moss Arts Center / Blacksburg, VA
4.23.24 Guest Artist Recital
University at Buffalo / Buffalo, NY / 7:30pm
Performing new works for saxophone by composition students
4.30.24 Guest Artist Recital/Masterclass
UCLA / Los Angeles, CA
5.1.24 Guest Artist Recital/Masterclass
San Diego State University / San Diego, CA
5.24-26.24 Joey Crane Portrait Concerts
TBA / Minneapolis, MN
Performing new works by Joey Crane, including Learning the Trick and The Engastrimyth
5.31.24 Alma del Core
Community High School / Roanoke, VA / 6pm
Performing with Sheldon Johnson, saxophone
7.24-26.24 Cinémathèque
Floyd Fest / Floyd, VA
Recent Events
11.25.23 Cinémathèque
Martin's Downtown / Roanoke, VA / 10pm-1am
11.17.23 Guest Workshop
University at Buffalo / Buffalo, NY
11.16.23 Guest Artist Recital
University at Buffalo / Buffalo, NY / 7:30pm
Performing saccades by Ted Moore, Jouer by Leah Reid, ICD-10CM R55 by Elizabeth A. Baker; Gonna cut you up by Barry Moon; and world premieres of Duo for tenor saxophone and computer by Cort Lippe, and metanoia by Margaret Schedel
11.14.23 Soloist with VT Wind Ensemble
Fife Concert Hall, Moss Arts Center / Blacksburg, VA / 7:30pm
Performing John Williams Escapades
11.2-4.23 SPLICE Festival
Berkelee College of Music / Boston, MA
Performing Jouer by Leah Reid
10.28.23 Cinémathèque
Parkway Brewing / Salem, VA / 5:30-8:30pm
Halloween Bash!
10.27.23 Cinémathèque
The View at 777 / Salem, VA / 5-7:30pm
10.21.23 Cinémathèque ***Rescheduled to 2024***
Berglund Center / Roanoke, VA / 2-5pm
International Wine and Food Festival
10.20.23 Cinémathèque ***Cancelled due to weather***
Private Event / Salem, VA
10.17.23 SMILES Concert
St John Neumann Academy / Blacksburg, VA / 9:30am
Performing with h2 Quartet
10.16.23 Faculty Recital
Recital Salon, Virginia Tech / Blacksburg, VA / 8pm
Performing with h2 Quartet
10.10.23 Cinémathèque
Grandin Theatre / Roanoke, VA
10.7.23 Cinémathèque
Fishburn Mansion / Roanoke, VA
Private event
10.5.23 Art Rat
Art Rat Studios / Roanoke, VA / 8pm
Set with Kill All Kings (Charles Nichols, electronics)
10.2.23 Guest Artist Recital
Tennessee Tech / Cookeville, TN / 7:30pm
Recital with Kill All Kings (Charles Nichols, electronics)
9.25-27.23 VT New Music + Technology Festival
Cube, Moss Arts Center / Blacksburg, VA / 6pm
World premiere of Jouer! for soprano saxophone and 140-channel spatial electronics by Leah Reid and To St. Augustine for chamber ensemble and electronics. Also performing Emerging by Charles Nichols.
9.23.23 Cinémathèque
Eastern Divide / Blacksburg, VA / 5-8pm
9.15-16.23 Synaptic Soiree
Torpedo Factory / Arlington, VA / 7-10pm
World premiere of Emerging: Wuhan-Hu-1 by Charles Nichols for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, and electronics
9.8.23 the William Blake cycle: unseen, unbodièd, unknown
Slee Concert Hall, University at Buffalo / Buffalo, NY / 7:30pm
by Tiffany M. Skidmore, directed by Amanda Nelson, with Ted Moore, technical director and Dalia Chin, flutes; Rebeccah Parker Downs, cello; Sheldon Johnson, saxophone; Jeffrey Siegfried, saxophones; Derek Shapiro, conductor; Annie Stevens, percussion; Shannon Wettstein, piano
9.5.23 Guest Workshop
University at Buffalo / Buffalo, NY / 6:30pm
Saxophone workshop for composition studio
8.31.23 VT Faculty Chamber Ensemble Concert
Creativity + Innovation District / Blacksburg, VA / 7:30pm
World Premiere of Expressions by Joel Love, and performance of Grief by Juhi Bansal
8.26.23 Cinémathèque
Twisted Track / Roanoke, VA / 7-10pm
Martin's Downtown / Roanoke, VA / 10pm-1am
11.17.23 Guest Workshop
University at Buffalo / Buffalo, NY
11.16.23 Guest Artist Recital
University at Buffalo / Buffalo, NY / 7:30pm
Performing saccades by Ted Moore, Jouer by Leah Reid, ICD-10CM R55 by Elizabeth A. Baker; Gonna cut you up by Barry Moon; and world premieres of Duo for tenor saxophone and computer by Cort Lippe, and metanoia by Margaret Schedel
11.14.23 Soloist with VT Wind Ensemble
Fife Concert Hall, Moss Arts Center / Blacksburg, VA / 7:30pm
Performing John Williams Escapades
11.2-4.23 SPLICE Festival
Berkelee College of Music / Boston, MA
Performing Jouer by Leah Reid
10.28.23 Cinémathèque
Parkway Brewing / Salem, VA / 5:30-8:30pm
Halloween Bash!
10.27.23 Cinémathèque
The View at 777 / Salem, VA / 5-7:30pm
10.21.23 Cinémathèque ***Rescheduled to 2024***
Berglund Center / Roanoke, VA / 2-5pm
International Wine and Food Festival
10.20.23 Cinémathèque ***Cancelled due to weather***
Private Event / Salem, VA
10.17.23 SMILES Concert
St John Neumann Academy / Blacksburg, VA / 9:30am
Performing with h2 Quartet
10.16.23 Faculty Recital
Recital Salon, Virginia Tech / Blacksburg, VA / 8pm
Performing with h2 Quartet
10.10.23 Cinémathèque
Grandin Theatre / Roanoke, VA
10.7.23 Cinémathèque
Fishburn Mansion / Roanoke, VA
Private event
10.5.23 Art Rat
Art Rat Studios / Roanoke, VA / 8pm
Set with Kill All Kings (Charles Nichols, electronics)
10.2.23 Guest Artist Recital
Tennessee Tech / Cookeville, TN / 7:30pm
Recital with Kill All Kings (Charles Nichols, electronics)
9.25-27.23 VT New Music + Technology Festival
Cube, Moss Arts Center / Blacksburg, VA / 6pm
World premiere of Jouer! for soprano saxophone and 140-channel spatial electronics by Leah Reid and To St. Augustine for chamber ensemble and electronics. Also performing Emerging by Charles Nichols.
9.23.23 Cinémathèque
Eastern Divide / Blacksburg, VA / 5-8pm
9.15-16.23 Synaptic Soiree
Torpedo Factory / Arlington, VA / 7-10pm
World premiere of Emerging: Wuhan-Hu-1 by Charles Nichols for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, and electronics
9.8.23 the William Blake cycle: unseen, unbodièd, unknown
Slee Concert Hall, University at Buffalo / Buffalo, NY / 7:30pm
by Tiffany M. Skidmore, directed by Amanda Nelson, with Ted Moore, technical director and Dalia Chin, flutes; Rebeccah Parker Downs, cello; Sheldon Johnson, saxophone; Jeffrey Siegfried, saxophones; Derek Shapiro, conductor; Annie Stevens, percussion; Shannon Wettstein, piano
9.5.23 Guest Workshop
University at Buffalo / Buffalo, NY / 6:30pm
Saxophone workshop for composition studio
8.31.23 VT Faculty Chamber Ensemble Concert
Creativity + Innovation District / Blacksburg, VA / 7:30pm
World Premiere of Expressions by Joel Love, and performance of Grief by Juhi Bansal
8.26.23 Cinémathèque
Twisted Track / Roanoke, VA / 7-10pm