Prof. McAllister
Dr. Timothy McAllister, saxophone, came to The University of Arizona after having served on the faculty of SUNY Potsdam’s Crane School of Music since 1997. He received degrees in Music Education, Wind Conducting, and Performance from The University of Michigan, where he also served as a visiting instructor of saxophone in 2000. An advocate for the concert saxophone and contemporary music, he has premiered over 100 compositions by many of today’s major composers and emerging young talent. He tours nationally with the PRISM Saxophone Quartet with engagements ranging from recitals to concertos with orchestra to collaborations with acclaimed jazz artists and chamber groups, and appears regularly in venues throughout Philadelphia and New York City each season. His critically acclaimed recordings can be heard on the Centaur, Einstein, G.I.A. Publications, Equilibrium, Albany, Naxos, AUR, and Innova labels. He has served on the summer faculty of the Interlochen Center for the Arts since 1992, and is a resident artist for the Hot Springs Music Festival in Arkansas and the Fox River Chamber Music Festival in Wisconsin. Dr. McAllister is an artist-clinician for the Conn-Selmer Company, and serves as a reed design consultant on the D’Addario Co./RICO Products Advisory Board.