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Associate InstructorsDana Booher
In addition to orchestral playing, Dana has had success performing as a chamber musician and soloist in numerous solo performances throughout the United States, and as a national finalist in the Music Teachers National Association Chamber Music Competition as soprano saxophonist of the Bloomington Saxophone Quartet. Dana serves as the saxophone instructor at the Wildwood Institute of Music and the Arts, and previously held the position of saxophone instructor at Edison High School in Huntington Beach, California. In addition, Dana is an active teacher of saxophone, piano, clarinet and oboe.
Stephen Page
While attending University, Stephen participated in numerous competitions. Among those, he was awarded 2nd place in the 2002 University of Minnesota Concerto Competition as a freshman, a feat that is nearly unheard of. That same year, Stephen was runner up in the 2003 Yamaha Young Performing Artist Competition. In 2004, Stephen returned to win the Yamaha Young Performing Artist Competition, and performed Yakashi Yoshimatsu’s Fuzzy Bird Sonata for a crowd of over 2,000 people. In November of 2006, Stephen traveled to Dinant, Belgium as one of 10 Americans competing in the Adolphe Sax International Concours.
As winner of the AUREC Saxophone Competition, Stephen has been featured on the eleventh disc of the Millennium Tribute to Adolphe Sax, with a live performance of Libby Larsen’s Holy Roller. In continuing collaboration with AUREC, a live recording of Jaques Charpentier’s Gavambodi 2 will be released on Volume 13 of the series. Additionally, his first solo album entitled ‘Holy Roller’, is scheduled for release in late 2007, featuring works by Decruck, Larson, Feld, Charpentier, and Brandon. Please visit Stephen's home page for updated information, photos, and audio excerpts. Stacy Wilson
Stacy has participated in numerous competitions, from regional to international levels. She became the first saxophonist to win First Prize in the William C. Byrd International Young Artist Competition held in March of 2005. As a winner of this competition, she had her professional solo debut as a concerto soloist with the Flint Symphony Orchestra in Michigan performing Henri Tomasi’s Concerto for Alto Saxophone and Orchestra. Additionally, Stacy received First Prize in the prestigious MTNA National Collegiate Artist Woodwind Performance Competition in 2003 by a unanimous decision by the judging panel, Third Prize in the North American Saxophone Alliance Young Artist Classical Competition (2004), First Prize in the Greensboro Music Teachers Association Young Artist Competition (2002) and winner of both the Indiana University Woodwind Concerto Competition and the UNCG Annual Concerto Competition. Most recently, Stacy won a Recording Grant Competition that will enable her to record her debut solo CD in 2008. This recording will be distributed on the Emeritus recording label and will include works by Florent Schmitt, Marius Constant, Christian Lauba, Sy Brandon among others. She has also recorded for award-winning composer Don Freund in a video project aimed to assist composers and students to write idiomatically for the saxophone. In 2006, Stacy traveled to Laubach, Germany to participate in the 2nd International Master Class for Classical Saxophone as a scholarship recipient to study with world-renowned saxophonists Arno Bornkamp and Vincent David. As a participant in the master class, Stacy was a featured soloist on a recital at the Hessenbrukenmuhle performing Christian Lauba’s “Steady Study on the Boogie.” Aside from her frequent performances of traditional, contemporary and transcribed works for the saxophone, Stacy frequently takes part in premiers. She has performed recitals as a guest artist at the Music at St. Paul’s Concert Series in Michigan, Western Kentucky University and the First Annual Carolina Saxophone Symposium and she teaches at the Stafford Music Academy in Bloomington, IN. Stacy hopes to win a job performing in a military band and also hopes to teach at the collegiate level. Please visit Stacy's web site for more information. |
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Dana is an Associate Instructor of Saxophone at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, where he is pursuing the Master of Music Degree in saxophone. He received his Bachelor’s degree from Indiana University in 2007 as a student of Otis Murphy. Dana has performed with numerous orchestras, including the Fort Wayne Philharmonic, Evansville Philharmonic, Columbus Indiana Philharmonic, and Bloomington Pops Orchestra. 
Since taking up the saxophone at the age of 10, Stephen Page has enjoyed many achievements as a concert saxophonist. He holds a Bachelor in Saxophone Performance from the University of Minnesota, studying with world-renowned saxophonist, Eugene Rousseau. As a recipient of the prestigious Marcel Mule Scholarship, Stephen currently attends Indiana University as an Associate Instructor of Saxophone working towards a Master of Music degree in Saxophone Performance studying with Otis Murphy. 
Stacy Wilson grew up in North Carolina and began playing the saxophone at the age of 13. Since then, she has had many accomplishments as a classical saxophonist. Currently, Stacy is an Associate Instructor of Saxophone at Indiana University Bloomington while pursuing the Doctor of Music degree in Saxophone Performance and Literature. Stacy earned the Master of Music in Saxophone Performance from Indiana University as a recipient of IU’s prestigious Performer’s Certificate and she also holds the B.M. in Saxophone Performance degree from the University of North Carolina Greensboro. Stacy has studied primarily with Otis Murphy and Steve Stusek but has also had the opportunity to study with Arno Bornkamp and Vincent David.