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American Saxophonist Timothy Roberts currently serves as Associate Professor of Saxophone at Shenandoah Conservatory in Winchester, VA. He recently retired as Principal Saxophonist and National Tour Soloist with the United States Navy Band in Washington, DC, where he was also Coordinator of the Navy Band's International Saxophone Symposium. As one of the Navy Band's premier concert soloists, Roberts performed for five U.S. Presidents, foreign dignitaries, and hundreds of thousands of people throughout all 48 states and around the world from 1987-2011.
The Washington Post described his Kennedy Center performance of Jacque Ibert's Concertino da Camera with the National Symphony Orchestra as "simply stunning". A 1999 concerto performance with the Navy Band in Quebec City was reviewed by Le Soliel as "the audience enjoyed the fluid technique, lightness of tone, and impeccable playing of saxophonist Timothy Roberts". In two separate solo appearances with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, the Dallas Morning News noted, "Tim Roberts poured forth the creamiest, most gorgeous sounds ever heard from a saxophone, and phrased eloquently besides", and "the especially deft, lovingly played saxophone lent his own magic".
Roberts makes frequent appearances with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, performing on European festival tours, and on numerous recordings for the Dorian, Delos, and Hyperion compact disc labels. He was chosen as one of four international concerto soloists featured at the World Saxophone Congresses in Bangkok, Thailand (2009), and Montreal, Canada (2000), along with the North American Saxophone Alliance Conferences in Vancouver (2011) and Iowa City (2006). He performed at saxophone congresses in Ljubljana, Slovenia (2006) and Columbia, South Carolina (2008) and was recently invited to perform at the International Clarinet/Saxophone Festival in Nanning, China and the Australian National Band Championship in Hobart, Tasmania and has taught recently at the Paris National Conservatory and the Eastman School of Music.
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