Andrew J. Allen (born 1986) is an American classical and contemporary saxophonist and pedagogue who is currently an associate professor of music at

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Career

He has previously served on the faculties of

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. He currently serves as a member of the Allen Duo, The Palmetto Saxophone Quartet, and the saxophone/percussion duo Rogue Two. He has appeared as a soloist with the Wichita Falls Symphony Orchestra, the University of Arkansas Wind Symphony, and the Oklahoma State University Chamber Orchestra and has performed in orchestras in Georgia, Michigan, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Texas. Allen has performed throughout the United States, Canada, Great Britain, France, and Croatia including appearances at the 16th, 17th, and 18th

World Saxophone Congress The World Saxophone Congress is a festival gathering approximately 1000 saxophone, saxophonists and other musicians from all over the world. It is held every three years at a different congress centre in a different country and focuses primaril ...

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, and the National Association of College Wind and Percussion Instructors. He has premiered many new works for the saxophone by such composers as Jay Batzner, Fang Man, Robert Lemay, François Rossé, Jesse Jones, Greg Simon, and Annie Neikirk, among many others. Allen holds degrees from

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, and the University of South Carolina, and his teachers include

Phillip Barham Phillip Wayne Barham (born December 4, 1957) is a classical and jazz saxophonist was the professor of saxophone at Tennessee Technological University in Cookeville, Tennessee until October 2018. Biography Barham was born in Dowagiac, Michigan. He r ...

, John Nichol, and Clifford Leaman, and he has received additional instruction from Joseph Lulloff,

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Claude Delangle Claude Delangle (born 1957) is a French classical saxophonist. He has been teaching saxophone at the National Superior Conservatory of Music of Paris since 1988. He played in " Quatuor Adolphe Sax Paris" with Jacques Baguet, Bruno Totaro and Je ...

, among others. His articles and reviews have appeared in such publications as the NASA ''Update'', The Saxophone Symposium, ''The Instrumentalist'', Teaching Music, ''School Band and Orchestra Magazine'', JazzEd, ''The Texas Bandmasters Review'', and ''Saxophone Today'', and he serves as assistant editor of The Saxophone Symposium. He currently serves as an Artist-Clinician for the Conn-Selmer Corporation and is a

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Artist. Allen is President-Elect of the

Discography

*"The Avenging Spirit" (The SAGA Quartet) 2021 *"Spring Shadows: Electronic Solo Works" (Anne Neikirk) 2020 *"Step Inside: New American Music for Saxophone and Piano" (Rogue Two) 2017

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Allen, Andrew J. Classical saxophonists American male saxophonists Contemporary classical music performers Georgia College & State University faculty Midwestern State University faculty 1986 births Tennessee Technological University alumni Central Michigan University alumni University of South Carolina alumni Living people 21st-century American saxophonists 21st-century American male musicians