Saxophonist ANNA MARIE WYTKO is Assistant Professor of Music at Kansas State University and Artist-Clinician for the Yamaha Corporation. She has performed as soloist throughout the United States and in France, Poland, England, Scotland, Germany, Belgium, Canada and Mexico. Dr. Wytko, who has performed as soloist with such orchestras as the Phoenix Symphony Orchestra, the Topeka Symphony, the Tempe Symphony Orchestra, and the West Valley Symphony (AZ), has also performed as orchestral saxophonist with the Minnesota Orchestra, the Orquesta Sinfonica UANL in Mexico, the Phoenix Symphony and Phoenix Symphony Pops Orchestra, and the Arizona Musicfest Orchestra. Recent guest performances include those at the National Conservatoire Supérieur de Musique de Paris, the 2012 World Saxophone Congress in Scotland, California State University at L.A., University of North Texas, University of Georgia, Baylor University, Valparaiso University, Chapman Conservatory of Music, VanderCook College of Music, and the University of Nebraska at Kearney, and in Colorado, Wisconsin, Arizona, and Kansas. She has recorded on the Jeanné Digital Recording label and recently released a new solo CD titled “When night came…” on TimeGrabber Digital.
www.AnnaMarieWytko.com
www.AnnaMarieWytko.com
Saxophonist JOSEPH WYTKO, Professor Emeritus at Arizona State University and Artist-Clinician with Selmer Paris and Conn-Selmer USA, has performed as soloist with such orchestras as the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, the World Saxophone Congress Orchestra, and orchestras in Europe and Mexico. He has served as orchestral saxophonist with the Phoenix Symphony Orchestra since 1976, and has performed as saxophonist with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the Grant Park Orchestra of Chicago, and the Arizona Musicfest Orchestra. He was Visiting Professor of Saxophone at the University of Georgia in 2010-11. A past recipient of the prestigious Solo Recitalist Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts and a Senior Scholar Grant from the International Research and Exchanges Board, he has performed in Carnegie Recital Hall, San Francisco’s Herbst Theatre, and in the East Room of the White House and throughout the U.S., Europe, Mexico, and Canada. His CD recordings have been featured on “in flight” audio entertainment programs for United Airlines and U. S. Airways. The subject of an article in the 2nd edition of the New Grove Dictionary of American Music, Dr. Wytko recently contributed five articles to this publication (Oxford University Press).
www.JosephWytkoSaxophone.com
www.JosephWytkoSaxophone.com
CAMERON HOFMANN is a collaborative pianist, organist, and vocal coach who has performed throughout the United States and in such countries as Italy, Spain, and Slovenia. Currently Lecturer in Collaborative Piano at Baylor University, Dr. Hofmann has held previous staff position at the University of Minnesota and Yuba College. He has frequently collaborated with members of the Minnesota Orchestra, the Minnesota Opera, and the Metropolitan Opera. Dr. Hofmann has performed for numerous national and international conferences and competitions, including, for example, the World Saxophone Congress, conferences presented by the North American Saxophone Alliance, the Adolphe Sax Competition, the National Association for the Teachers of Singing, the Music Teachers National Association, and the WAMSO-Minnesota Orchestra Young Artist Competition. He earned degrees at California State University- Stanislaus (BA) and the University of Minnesota (MM, DMA). Principal teachers include Margo Garrett, Timothy Lovelace, and Karl Paulnack.
Cameron_Hofmann@baylor.edu
Cameron_Hofmann@baylor.edu
