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from USA
A versatile saxophonist, Evan holds degrees from the University of Northern Iowa and James Madison University. Currently a DMA student at the University of Washington in Seattle, Evan continues to perform actively across a number of stylistic genres. While in Iowa, he appeared with numerous different groups, including UNI Jazz Band One, the Waterloo-Cedar Falls Symphony Orchestra, and the Cedar Rapids Theatre. Additionally, his quartet appeared as a semifinalist at the 2007 Plowman Chamber Music Competition. In 2010, he participated in the New England Saxophone Symposium with his quartet, and won the JMU Concerto Competition in 2011, performing Glazunov's Concerto in Eb with the university symphony. Before moving to Virginia, Evan spent a semester teaching music at Colegio Internacional de Caracas in Venezuela, and spent three summers teaching saxophone, improvisation, and jazz history as an assistant director for the Celebration Iowa Jazz Band at Luther College in Decorah, Iowa.
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