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from USA
Dr. J. Scott Turpen is Associate Professor of Music at the University of Wyoming where he serves as Director of Jazz Studies and saxophone professor. At the University of Georgia, where he was a student of Kenneth Fischer, he completed the Master of Music degree in Woodwind Performance and the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Saxophone Performance.
In demand as a performer and clinician of jazz and classical music, Dr. Turpen has performed throughout North America, Hawaii, and Europe. He has performed at numerous national and regional meetings of the North American Saxophone Alliance. In addition, Dr. Turpen represented the United States when he performed at the XI, XII, and XIII World Saxophone Congresses held in Valencia, Spain, Montreal, Canada, and Minneapolis, Minnesota respectively.
Scott Turpen was selected by his peers to serve as the Chair of the prestigious Committee for the 2010 North American Saxophone Alliance (NASA) Biennial Conference. In addition, he served on the Executive Board for the Georgia Association of Jazz Educators, as the Treasurer for NASA, and as the editor of the bi-monthly NASA newsletter entitled the Update. His two solo recordings, Tableaux and Crossover, on the ACA Digital label, have received much acclaim. Scott Turpen is a Yamaha Performing Artist and Clinician.
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