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PERFORMANCES

Recent and Upcoming

 

March 29-30, 2025 YOCJ Saxophone Choir performance at Penn State University for the NASA Region 8 Conference.

January 19, 2025 — YOCJ Saxophone Choir winter concert featuring works by David Noon, Shostakovich, and Stacy Garrop.

 

December 15, 2024 Solo performance with Rise Up Community Arts.

December 14, 2024YOCJ Saxophone Ensemble Winter Concert featuring works by Sousa and Caravan.

November 3, 2024 — YOCJ Saxophone Program joint concert with Rowan University Saxophonists featuring solo, saxophone ensemble, and quartet works.

Fall 2024-Spring 2025: Stay tuned for upcoming Solo and YOCJ Concerts soon.  Dr. Smith hopes to be back from his injury and performing this fall!

2024

*Dr. Smith had a neck injury that hampered solo performing during this time period*

July, 2024 — YOCJ Summer Chamber Music Camp

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June 2024 Austria Performance Tour

The YOCJ Saxophone Program will tour Austria, with performances in Vienna and more!

May 18, 2024: Annual studio recital featuring works by Yoshimatsu, Dubois, Bozza and more.

May 11, 2024 West Windsor-Plainsboro High School North

YOCJ Saxophone Choir concert featuring Lament and Credo by Mark Alan Taggart and the premiere of a Pirates of the Caribbean arrangement by student conductor and arranger, Nandini Miryala.

April 13, 2024 West Windsor-Plainsboro Community Middle School

Spring Small Ensembles concert featuring the premiere of In Transit by Darren Litzie for Saxophone Ensemble.

January 14, 2024 The College of New Jersey

YOCJ Saxophone Choir Winter Concert conducted by Dr. Smith

2023

*Dr. Smith had a neck injury that hampered solo performing during this time period*

December 16, 2023 — YOCJ Winter Small Ensemble Concert

Featuring the World Premiere of Rabbits for Saxophone Ensemble by Sam Tobias

 

July 10-14, 2023 — YOCJ Summer Chamber Music Camp

May 21, 2023, 7pm — West Windsor-Plainsboro High School North

Conductor for Spring Large Ensemble Concert featuring the YOCJ Saxophone Choir

April 23, 2023, 7pm — YOCJ Spring Small Ensembles Concert

January 15, 2023 Kendall Hall, the College of New Jersey

Conductor for Winter Large Ensemble Concert featuring the YOCJ Saxophone Choir

December 10, 2022 — Prince of Peace Lutheran Church, Princeton Junction, NJ

Conductor for Winter Small Ensemble Concert featuring YOCJ Saxophone Ensemble

October 29, 2022 — First Presbyterian Church of Hamilton Square

Solo recital featuring works by Erland Von Koch, Steve Cohen, Amanda Harberg, and others.  With Guest Saxophonist Dan Kochersberger..

 

July 11-15, 2022 — YOCJ Chamber Music Camp Saxophone Institute Director

Performance July 12 with the "To the Fore" Quartet featuring Dr. Paul Cohen, Dan Kochersberger, and Bryan McNamara

May 22, 2022 Yvonne Theatre, Rider University

Conductor for YOCJ Saxophone Choir performance. Works by Louis Moreau Gottschalk, Daniel Muck, and the world premiere of an arrangement of music from Lord of the Rings (arr. Kline).

April 2, 2022 — Prince of Peace Lutheran Church, Princeton Junction, NJ

Conductor for YOCJ Saxophone Ensemble performance. 

January 26, 2022 — Music at Grace, White Plains, NY

Duo performance with pianist Irena Portenko for the Music at Grace concert series

January 23, 2022 — Yvonne Theatre, Rider University

Conductor for YOCJ Saxophone Choir performance.  Works by Jonathan Russell, Piazzolla, and world premiere of Sweeney Todd Medley (arr. Emma Behrens)

2022

2021

December 4, 2021 — Prince of Peace Lutheran Church, Princeton Junction, NJ

Conductor for YOCJ Saxophone Ensemble performance.  Works by Mozart and Brahms.

December 3 and 5, 2021 — Richardson Auditorium, Princeton University

Performance of David Del Tridici's Final Alice with the Princeton University Orchestra.

November 14, 2021 — St. Francis of Assisi Cathedral, Metuchen, NJ

Featured soloist for performance of James Whitbourn's Son of God Mass

October 27, 2021 — Saint Peter's University, Jersey City, NJ

Solo recital at SPU as part of the "Arts on Bergen" series. Works by Joan Tower, William Grant Still, John David Lamb and more.

October 14, 2021 — West Chester University

Manhattan Saxophone Quartet performance and masterclass at West Chester University

September 12, 2021 — Newtown Creek Nature Walk, Brooklyn, NY

Performance for Music for Contemplation with the New Thread Quartet.  Works by Craig Shepard and Erin Rogers.

July 12-16, 2021 — YOCJ Chamber Music Camp

A week of chamber music performances, rehearsals, and more on the beautiful campus of Rider University.

March 10, 2021 — Music at Grace Livestream!

Live stream performance of Manhattan Saxophone Quartet.  More details and YouTube link to come.

February 6-7, 2020 — MSQ Pennsylvania Tour

Manhattan Saxophone Quartet Performances at Slippery Rock University, Indiana University of PA, and Punxsutawney HS

January 25, 2020 — Bruno Walter Auditorium at Lincoln Center, NYC

Manhattan Saxophone Quartet Concert entitled Le Saxophone Français

January 19, 2020 — Kendall Hall, The College of New Jersey, Ewing, NJ

YOCJ Saxophone Choir performance.  Works by Dankner, Vaughan Williams, Grieg, and Shostakovich.

2020

December 15, 2019 — Mayo Hall, The College of New Jersey, Ewing, NJ

YOCJ Saxophone Ensemble performance featuring premiere of new work by Sam Tobias.

October 23, 2019 — New Brunswick Downtown Lunchtime Recital Series, First Reformed Church of New Brunswick

Manhattan Saxophone Quartet Concert featuring an all-French program.

October 30, 2019 — Saint Peter's University, Jersey City, NJ

Solo Recital entitled The French Muse as part of the Arts on Bergen Concert Series.

 

September 22, 2019 — Bravura Philharmonic, Plainsboro, NJ

Dr. Smith joined the Bravura Philharmonic and performed Darius Milhaud's Scaramouche and Henri Tomasi's Ballade for Saxophone and Orchestra both in one concert!

 

May 19, 2019, 7:00pm — West Windsor-Plainsboro High School North, Plainsboro, NJ

YOCJ Saxophone Choir performance, featuring premiere arr. of Copland's Appalachian Spring by Charlotte Jansky

 

April 27, 2019, 7:30 pm — Morristown Church-On-The-Green, Morristown, NJ

Manhattan Saxophone Quartet Concert as part of the Music@MUMC Concert Series.

 

April 14, 2019, 3:00pm — Plainsboro Recreation and Cultural Center, Plainsboro, NJ

YOCJ Saxophone Ensemble and Saxophone Quartet Performance, featuring the premiere of "Lobsters" by Sam Tobias

 

March 1, 2019 — Saint Peter's University, Jersey City, NJ

Solo Performance for "JC Fridays" Art Exhibit Opening.  Performance to include works by Haba, Turnage, Bozza, and Bach.

February 9-10, 2019 — Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA

YOCJ Saxophone Choir Performance at the North American Saxophone Alliance Region 8 Conference

January 30, 2019 — Grace Episcopal Church, White Plains, NY

Manhattan Saxophone Quartet Concert as part of the "Downtown Music at Grace" concert series

 

January 20, 2019 — Kendall Hall, The College of New Jersey, Ewing, NJ

YOCJ Saxophone Choir Premiere of Gran Partita by David Noon, commissioned by students and friends of YOCJ

2019

2018

December 9, 2018 — Mayo Hall, The College of New Jersey, Ewing, NJ

YOCJ Saxophone Ensemble performance.  Works by Grainger, Nazziola, and guest conductor Ahmed Karam

 

December 2, 2018 — Princeton Alliance Church, Plainsboro, NJ

Saxophonist for Georges Bizet's L'Arlésienne Suite #1 with the Bravura Philharmonic

 

October 24, 2018 — Saint Peter's University, Jersey City, NJ

Manhattan Saxophone Quartet concert as part of the "Arts on Bergen" concerts series.  Details TBA.

August 26, 2018 — Monroe Chamber Concert Series, Monroe Township, NJ

Chamber music concert with members of the Bravura Philharmonic.  Dr. Smith featured on Epitaph de Jean Harlow by Charles Koechlin, Les Tréteaux by Pierre-Max Dubois and more.

 

May 20, 2018, 7 pm — West Windsor-Plainsboro High School North, Plainsboro, NJ

YOCJ Spring Concert featuring the YOCJ Saxophone Choir, conducted by Dr. Smith

May 16, 2018, 12:10 — 1 pm — Downtown Music at Grace, White Plains, NY
Performing In the Depths of the Clouds by Lu Pei for soprano saxophone and piano with pianist Irena Portenko

April 15, 2018, 3 pm — Plainsboro Recreation and Cultural Center, Plainsboro, NJ
YOCJ Small Ensembles concert featuring YOCJ Saxophone Ensemble and Saxophone Quartet

 

March 31 - April 1, 2018 — Holy Trinity Catholic Church, New York, NY
Multiple performances of James Whitbourn's Son of God Mass for Choir, Organ, and Soprano Saxophone

 

March 2, 2018, time TBA — Saint Peter's University, Jersey City, NJ
Solo performance for "JC Fridays", details forthcoming

 

February 11-12, 2018 — Union College, NY
Manhattan Saxophone Quartet (MSQ) Residency featuring concerts, lectures and more.

 

February 10, 2018, 11:30 am — Schenectady Community College, Schenectady, NY
Manhattan Saxophone Quartet (MSQ) morning concert featuring works by David Froom, Nils Vigeland, Astor Piazzolla, and more!

 

January 21, 2018, 7 pm — The College of New Jersey, Kendall Hall, Ewing, NJ
Youth Orchestra of Central Jersey (YOCJ) Winter Large Ensemble Concert. Dr. Smith to conduct the YOCJ Saxophone Choir with guest conductor, Dr. Paul Cohen.

2017

December 10, 2017, 3 pm — The College of New Jersey, Mildred & Ernest E. Mayo Concert Hall, Ewing, NJ
Youth Orchestra of Central Jersey (YOCJ) Winter Small Ensemble concert featuring the Saxophone Ensemble, etc.

 

November 1, 2017, 12 pm — New Brunswick Downtown Lunchtime Recital Series, First Reformed Church of New Brunswick, NJ
Nottingham Trio concert featuring a variety of works for saxophone, violin and piano

 

October 14, 2017, 1 pm — Saint Peter's University, Mac Mahon Student Center, 5th Floor Art Exhibit
Performance of solo and duet works with Saxophonist James Wang

 

June 28 - July 5, 2017 — Germany Tour
Youth Orchestra of Central Jersey (YOCJ) Saxophone Choir performance tour of Leipzig, Halle, Potsdam and Berlin. Performances to include Peterskirche in Leipzig and Zwinglikirche in Berlin!

 

May 21, 2017, 7 pm — West Windsor-Plainsboro High School North, Plainsboro, NJ
Youth Orchestra of Central Jersey (YOCJ) Spring Large Ensemble Concert. Dr. Smith to conduct the YOCJ Saxophone Choir. Works TBD.

 

April 6, 2017 — St. John's Lutheran Church, 81 Christopher Street, New York, NY
Manhattan Saxophone Quartet (MSQ) to perform concert. Pieces TBA.

 

April 2, 2017, 3 pm — Plainsboro Recreation and Cultural Center, Plainsboro, NJ
Youth Orchestra of Central Jersey (YOCJ) Spring Small Ensemble Concert. Dr. Smith to conduct the Saxophone Ensemble. Works TBD.

 

March 25, 2017, 2:30 pm — Lincoln Center, Bruno Walter Auditorium, New York, NY
Manhattan Saxophone Quartet (MSQ) to perform concert as part of the Lincoln Center's Yearly Concert Series. MSQ joins the Library's year-long celebration of pioneering women artists with concert of works by Katerina Kramarchuk, Joan Tower, Hilary Tann, Paule Maurice, Jennifer Higdon and others.

March 18, 2017 — Bravura Philharmonic Orchestra, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
Maurice Ravel: Bolero (soprano and tenor saxophone), Chiu-Tze Lin, conducting

January 22, 2017, 7 pm — The College of New Jersey, Kendall Hall, Ewing, NJ
Youth Orchestra of Central Jersey (YOCJ) Winter Large Ensemble Concert. Dr. Smith will conduct the YOCJ Saxophone Choir on the 7pm concert. Works to include Serenade for Strings (mvt.1) by Dvorak (arr. Bricault) and Moderato and Allegro by Erland von Koch.

December 11, 2016, 3 pm — The College of New Jersey, Mildred & Ernest E. Mayo Concert Hall, Ewing, NJ
Youth Orchestra of Central Jersey (YOCJ) Winter Small Ensembles Concert. Dr. Smith will conduct the Saxophone Ensemble.

November 12, 2016 — Sparkill Union Art Center, Sparkill, NY
Concert organized by Pianist Irena Portenko with guest saxophonist Dr. Jordan Smith and Soprano Elisabeth Halliday. Dr. Smith to perform Yun Shen Chu (In the Depth of the Clouds) by Pei Lu and I Never Saw Another Butterfly by Ellwood Derr.

September 18, 2016 — First Presbyterian Church of Hamilton Square, Hamilton Square, NJ
Chamber music concert with violinist Larisa Epps and pianist Julie Caudle. Works by Canfield, Hartley, Lunde, Bonneau, and more!

May 22, 2016, 7 pm — West Windsor-Plainsboro High School North, Plainsboro, NJ
Youth Orchestra of Central Jersey (YOCJ) Saxophone Choir to perform Gustav Holst's St. Paul's Suite (arr. Bricault), and various other works.

May 14, 2016 — Ocean City Music Pier, Ocean City, NJ
Youth Orchestra of Central Jersey (YOCJ) Saxophone Choir performance of TBD works. Also on the concert are the YOCJ Wind Symphony, Symphonic Orchestra and more!

April 17, 2016, 3 pm — Plainsboro Recreation and Cultural Center, Plainsboro, NJ
Youth Orchestra of Central Jersey (YOCJ) "Choirs" Concert. The performance will feature groups such as the Woodwind Choir, Brass Choir, Brass Ensemble, and Saxophone Ensemble. Saxophone Ensemble to perform works by Mendelssohn, Grainger, and Marenzio.

March 11, 2016 — Tenri Cultural Institute, New York, NY
Concert of music by composer Richard Cameron-Wolfe and Ukrainian Composer Volodymyr Runchak. Manhattan Saxophone Quartet to give the U.S. premiere of Against all Hope, I Hope and Epoch Duo to give the U.S. premiere of SAX (tête-à-tête) by Volodymyr Runchak.

February 2, 2016, 7 pm — Princeton University, Richardson Auditorium, Princeton, NJ
Youth Orchestra of Central Jersey (YOCJ) Winter Concert featuring the Saxophone Choir (conducted by Dr. Smith) and Symphonic Orchestra. Saxophone Choir to perform works by Verdi, Piazzolla, and Grainger.

January 15-16, 2016 — 38th International Saxophone Symposium, Shenandoah University, Winchester, VA
Epoch Duo to premiere Breath(e) by Dave Molk and perform Quinn Collins' Dart.

2016

2015

December 13, 2015, 3 pm — The College of New Jersey, Mildred & Ernest E. Mayo Concert Hall, Ewing, NJ
Youth Orchestra of Central Jersey (YOCJ) "choirs" concert featuring the Saxophone Ensemble (conducted by Dr. Smith), Woodwind Choir, Brass Choir, Brass Ensemble, Percussion Choir, and Percussion Ensemble. Saxophone Ensemble to perform works by Gershwin, Mozart, and Dowland.

December 6, 2015 — Princeton Alliance Church, Plainsboro, NJ
Dr. Smith performs as the Tenor Saxophonist for Prokofiev's Lieutenant Kijé Suite with the Bravura Philharmonic.

September 27, 2015, 3 pm — First Presbyterian Church of Hamilton Square, Hamilton Square, NJ
Joint recital with violinist Larisa Epps with guest artists James Adler and Julie Caudle on Piano. Works by Maurice, Eychenne, Chambers, Adler and more.

May 17, 2015, 7 pm — West Windsor-Plainsboro High School North, Plainsboro, NJ
Youth Orchestra of Central Jersey (YOCJ) Saxophone Choir to give the US premiere of Daniel Muck's Araneum. Additional works by Whitacre and Gottschalk to be performed, as well.

May 9, 2015, 2 pm — Ocean City Music Pier, Ocean City, NJ
Youth Orchestra of Central Jersey (YOCJ) Saxophone Choir performing works by Gottschalk, Marenzio, and Fillmore.

April 21, 2015, 6 pm — Cornelia Street Cafe, New York, NY
Chamber concert with renowned pianist James Adler and flutist Cain-Oscar Bergeron. Dr. Smith to perform Reverie, Interrupted with Mr. Adler.

April 19, 2015, 3 pm — Plainsboro Cultural Center, Plainsboro, NJ
Youth Orchestra of Central Jersey (YOCJ) Saxophone Ensemble performance of works by Baksa, Grieg, and Grainger.

April 1, 2015 — New Brunswick Downtown Lunchtime Recital Series, First Reformed Church of New Brunswick, NJ
Manhattan Saxophone Quartet (MSQ) returns to this recital series with a concert of standard and transcribed favorites.

February 28, 2015 — Dynamic Music Festival, New York University, Frederick Loewe Theater, New York, NY
Manhattan Saxophone Quartet (MSQ) to premiere a new work by Kyle Tieman-Strauss.

February 1, 2015 — Princeton University, Richardson Auditorium, Princeton, NJ
Youth Orchestra of Central Jersey (YOCJ) Saxophone Choir's Winter Concert with the YOCJ Symphony Orchestra. Sax Choir to premiere Jonathon Russell's Supra for saxophone ensemble.

2014

December 14, 2014, 3 pm — The College of New Jersey, Mildred & Ernest E. Mayo Concert Hall, Ewing, NJ
Youth Orchestra of Central Jersey (YOCJ) Small Ensembles' Fall Concert featuring the Saxophone Ensemble, etc.

November 11, 2014, 7:30 pm — Benzaquen Hall at the DiMenna Center, New York, NY
Manhattan Saxophone Quartet (MSQ) to perform The Revivalist by Alex Burtzos and Three Pieces by Rex Isenberg on a concert of various works by both composers.

November 1, 2014, 2:30 pm — Lincoln Center, Bruno Walter Auditorium, New York, NY
Manhattan Saxophone Quartet (MSQ) will present a performance of Saxophone Quartet works celebrating Adolphe Sax's 200th birthday.

October 17, 2014, 8 pm — Manhattan School of Music, New York, NY
Performance of One Final Gyre by Alex Burtzos on a concert of his music.

October 11, 2014, 7 pm — Paul Robeson Center for the Arts, Princeton, NJ
Duo concert with saxophonist Dan Kochersberger featuring the premiere of One Final Gyre by Alex Burtzos and other works by Quinn Collins, Evan Chambers, and more.

June 27 - July 6, 2014 — European Tour
Youth Orchestra of Central Jersey (YOCJ) Saxophone Choir tour of Europe, including Prague and Vienna.

May 18, 2014 — West Windsor-Plainsboro High School North, Plainsboro, NJ
Youth Orchestra of Central Jersey (YOCJ) Saxophone Choir Spring Performance featuring works by Ives (arr. Cohen), Whitacre (arr. Tessa Berger), and Hartley.

May 10, 2014 — Ocean City Music Pier, Ocean City, NJ
Youth Orchestra of Central Jersey (YOCJ) Saxophone Choir to perform works by Grainger, Sibelius, and Mendelssohn.

May 4, 2014 — Founders Day, Plainsboro, NJ
Youth Orchestra of Central Jersey (YOCJ) Saxophone Choir performance of works by Ives, Mendelssohn, and Hartley.

May 2, 2014 — Georgian Court University, Lakewood, NJ
Dr. Jordan Smith performs David Froom's Flying High.

April 6, 2014 — Plainsboro Cultural Center, Plainsboro, NJ
Youth Orchestra of Central Jersey (YOCJ) "Choirs Concert" featuring the YOCJ Saxophone Ensemble, Brass Ensemble and Percussion ensemble.

March 30, 2014, 3 pm — Church of the Intercession, New York, NY
Manhattan Saxophone Quartet will present a program of works by Bach, Glass, and Stambaugh along with the Uptown Brass Quintet. The two ensembles will combine at the end of the concert to premier a work by Rex Isenberg for saxophone quartet and brass quintet.

January 26, 2014 — Princeton University, Richardson Auditorium, Princeton, NJ
Youth Orchestra of Central Jersey (YOCJ) Winter Concert. Saxophone choir to perform works by Vaughan-Williams and Dvorak.

2013

December 8, 2013 — The College of New Jersey, Mildred & Ernest E. Mayo Concert Hall, Ewing, NJ
Youth Orchestra of Central Jersey (YOCJ) Small Ensembles Concert. Saxophone ensemble to perform works by Hartley and Israel.

November 18, 2013 — Manhattan School of Music, Greenfield Hall, New York, NY
Premiere of Mark Stambaugh's Street of Apparitions by the Manhattan Saxophone Quartet

October 6, 2013 — Harrisburg Wednesday Club, Carlisle, PA
Manhattan Saxophone Quartet performance of works by Glazunov, Bach, Bozza, Noon and more

September 22, 2013 — Princeton University Presidential Ceremony, Princeton, NJ
Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia winds performance of various works (tenor saxophone)

July 26, 2013 — Rutgers University Band and Orchestra Camp, New Brunswick, NJ
Performance of the Rutgers Band and Orchestra Camp Saxophone Ensemble, performing works by Sibelius (arr. Bricault) and more

July 24-26, 2013 — Rutgers University Band and Orchestra Camp, New Brunswick, NJ
Saxophone Instructor, Saxophone Ensemble director

June 23 - July 14, 2013 — Performing Arts Institute of Wyoming Seminary, Kingston, PA
Summer residency as saxophone instructor, chamber music coach, audition committee and recruiter.

May 19, 2013, 7 pm — West Windsor-Plainsboro High School North, Plainsboro, NJ
Youth Orchestra of Central Jersey (YOCJ) Spring Concert featuring the YOCJ Saxophone Choir performing works by Caravan, Taggart, and a new work by Adrienne Albert. Jordan P. Smith to perform Clare Grundman's Concertante for Alto Saxophone and Wind Ensemble.

May 4, 2013 — Ocean City Music Pier, Ocean City, NJ
Youth Orchestra of Central Jersey (YOCJ) Saxophone Choir and other YOCJ Ensembles to perform at Ocean City, NJ music pier.

May 3, 2013 — Rutgers University, Nicholas Music Center, New Brunswick, NJ
Performance of Michael Colgrass' Urban Requiem for Saxophone Quartet and Wind Ensemble.

April 28, 2013, 1-6 pm — Communiversity, Nassau Street, Princeton, NJ
Youth Orchestra of Central Jersey (YOCJ) Saxophone Choir performance of Adrienne Albert's Proclamation and Paul Dukas' Fanfare from La Peri.

April 21, 2013 — Plainsboro, NJ
Youth Orchestra of Central Jersey (YOCJ) "Choirs" Concert, featuring the YOCJ Brass Ensemble, Woodwind Choir, and Saxophone Ensemble.

March 15-16, 2013 — Salem State University, Salem, MA
Lecture: "The Use of the Saxophone in the Operas of Jules Massenet" at North American Saxophone Alliance (NASA) Region 8 Conference.

March 1-2, 2013 — Hartwick College, Oneonta, NY
Solo performance of Alfred Reed's Ballade for alto saxophone and concert band. Conductor of the Co-Premiere of a new work for Saxophone Ensemble by Adrienne Albert with the Youth Orchestra of Central Jersey Saxophone Choir and the Hartwick College Saxophone Ensemble. Masterclass with Hartwick College and Community Saxophonists to be given by Jordan Smith.

January 27, 2013 — West Windsor-Plainsboro High School North, Plainsboro, NJ
Performance of Youth Orchestra of Central Jersey Saxophone Choir and Saxophone Ensemble, performing works by Dankner, Debussy, Grieg, and Morley.

2012

December 11, 2012 — Rutgers University, Mason Gross School of the Arts, Schare Recital Hall, New Brunswick, NJ
Lecture on "The Use of the Saxophone in the Operas of Jules Massenet"

December 2, 2012 — Princeton Alliance Church, Plainsboro, NJ
Alto saxophonist for the Bravura Philharmonic Orchestra; performing Georges Bizet, L'Arlésienne Suite No. 1

November 11, 2012 — Leonard Nimoy Thalia, Peter Norton Symphony Space, New York, NY
Manhattan Saxophone Quartet Premiere of works by Quinn Collins, Inhyun Kim, David Noon

September 23, 2012 — St. Aedan's Church, Jersey City, NJ
Performance of James Adler's Reverie, Interrupted as part of the "Music From Within" faculty program for St. Peter's University with James Adler, piano

May 9, 2012 — New Brunswick Downtown Lunchtime Recital Series, First Reformed Church of New Brunswick, NJ
Manhattan Saxophone Quartet recital of diverse contemporary and transcribed works for saxophone quartet

April 23, 2012 — Rutgers University, Schare Recital Hall, New Brunswick, NJ
Chamber recital of works by Albright, Copland, Noon, and Jacobi

March 25, 2012 — Rutgers University, Mason Gross Extension Division Faculty Recital, New Brunswick, NJ
Performance of Reverie, Interrupted by James Adler, composer performing

March 17, 2012 — The College of New Jersey, Mildred & Ernest E. Mayo Concert Hall, Ewing, NJ
Performance of Robert Young McMahan's Saxophone Quartet as part of TCNJ's new music week program

March 9, 2012 — Cafe Orwell, Brooklyn, NY
Manhattan Saxophone Quartet concert featuring Inhyun Kim's Saxophone Quartet

February 11, 2012 — Lincoln Center, Bruno Walter Auditorium, New York, NY
Premiere of a new quartet by David Noon, other works by Vigeland, Jacob T.V., Pierné, and more

January 20-21, 2012 — International Saxophone Symposium, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA
World premiere of Jeff Nytch's Four Winds, written for the Manhattan Saxophone Quartet

January 22, 2012 — West Windsor-Plainsboro High School North, Plainsboro, NJ
Conductor for the Youth Orchestra of Central Jersey Saxophone Ensemble and Saxophone Choir, performing works by Kastner, Hartley, Dowland, and Brahms

2011

December 22, 2011 — Carnegie Hall, New York, NY
Saxophonist for excerpts from Jules Massenet's Werther,“Pourquoi me réveiller”

October 29, 2011 — Rutgers University, Schare Recital Hall, New Brunswick, NJ
Recital of works for solo saxophone by Turnage, Jacob T.V., Denisov, Rogers, and more

October 16, 2011 — Rutgers University, Mason Gross Extension Division Faculty Recital, New Brunswick, NJ
Performance of Two Memorials by Mark-Anthony Turnage

October 2, 2011 — Harrisburg Wednesday Club, Harrisburg, PA
Manhattan Saxophone Quartet performing a concert of celebrated saxophone quartet standards and transcriptions

May 22, 2011 — Rutgers University, Nicholas Music Center, New Brunswick, NJ
Conductor of performances by the Youth Orchestra of Central Jersey Saxophone Ensemble and Saxophone Choir

May 7, 2011 — New York University, New York, NY
Manhattan Saxophone Quartet performance of Mark Engebretson's Deleriade for Flute and Saxophone Quartet

May 4 & 5, 2011 — William Paterson University, Wayne, NJ
Part of the 8th annual "Hindemithon," a festival devoted to the life and works of composer Paul Hindemith

Performance of Hindemith's Konzertstuck with Dr. James Noyes

 

April 24, 2011 — Christ Church, Manhasset, NY

Performance of James Whitbourn's Mass for Choir, Organ, and Soprano Saxophone

 

April 12, 2011 — Yamaha Piano Salon, New York, NY

Performance of Reverie, Interrupted with composer James Adler, piano

April 4, 2011 — Rutgers University, Nicholas Music Center, New Brunswick, NJ
Diverse recital program of works by Larsen, Downes, Chance, Decruck, and more
Featuring: soprano vocalist, Rachel Hall; timpanist, Uijoung Ryu; and the Manhattan Saxophone Quartet

March 28, 2011 — Manhattan School of Music, New York, NY
Premiere of Rex Isenberg's Three Pieces for Saxophone Quartet by the Manhattan Saxophone Quartet

March 19, 2011 — Eisenhower Hall Theatre, West Point, NY
Manhattan Saxophone Quartet performance of Marc Consoli's Two Abstractions

February 3, 2011 — The College of New Jersey, Mildred & Ernest E. Mayo Concert Hall, Ewing, NJ
Program including a world premier quartet work by Dr. Robert McMahan

January 7-8, 2011 — Navy Band Saxophone Symposium, Washington D.C.
Premiere of Two Abstractions for Saxophone Quartet by Marc-Antonio Consoli and peformance of David Froom's Quartet
Performance by the Manhattan Saxophone Quartet

2010

December 9, 2010 — Messiah College, Grantham, PA
Performance by the Manhattan Saxophone Quartet (works TBA)

November 7, 2010 — Rutgers University, Mason Gross Extension Division Faculty Recital, New Brunswick, NJ
Performance of San Antonio by John Harbison

August 20 & 28, 2010 — French Woods Festival of the Performing Arts, Hancock, NY
Alto saxophonist for Gershwin's American in Paris

August 7, 2010 — French Woods Festival of the Performing Arts, Hancock, NY
Alto saxophone soloist with French Woods Orchestra for performance of Mussorgsky/Ravel's Pictures at an Exhibition

July 15, 2010 — French Woods Festival of the Performing Arts, Hancock, NY
Conductor of French Woods Saxophone Ensemble with works by Sousa, Caravan, etc.

May 12, 2010 — Manhattan School of Music, New York, NY
Entitled "Music of 1924," this concert program included Villa-Lobos' Choros No.7 for winds, violin and cello, and tam-tam

April 28, 2010 — Manhattan School of Music, New York, NY
Premiere of new adaptation of New York Gardens for viola, tenor saxophone, and piano by Adrienne Albert

April 22, 2010 — Yale University School of Music, New Haven, CT
Performance by the Manhattan Saxophone Quartet of a work for saxophone quartet and electronics by Andy Akiho

April 10-11, 2010 — New World Symphony, Adrienne Arsht Center / Knight Concert Hall, Miami, Fl
Soprano/alto saxophonist for performance of Aaron Copland's Piano Concerto
Conductor – Michael Tilson Thomas; Piano – Jeremy Denk

March 31, 2010 — Dutchess Community College, Poughkeepsie, NY
MSM Saxophone Quartet concert featuring works by Maslanka, Florio, Bozza, etc.

February 25, 2010 — Manhattan School of Music, Greenfield Hall, New York, NY
World premier of Reverie, Interrupted for tenor saxophone and piano by James Adler (written and dedicated to Mr. Smith)
Watch a Video of the Performance 

February 23, 2010 — Saint Peter's Church, New York, NY
Premier of PollyPiano for saxophone quartet and piano by Tamara Cashour
Part of the New York Composers Circle concert series

February 20, 2010 — New World Symphony, Knight Concert Hall, Miami, Fl
Alto saxophonist for performance of Gershwin’s American in Paris

January 7, 2010 — Cicely Tyson School of Performing Arts, East Orange, NJ
Masterclass on saxophone history and tone/intonation techniques

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