“Soloist Timothy McAllister proved brilliantly up to the enormous demands — vast spreads of pitches, disjunct lines that wanted to be as lyrical as possible and some dazzling scurries.”

Scott Cantrell The Dallas Morning News (4/25/12)

“(John) Adams goes for more than stylizations with [City Noir’s] wily jazz spine. Keeping a sweaty, smoky after-hours jam percolating were Timothy McAllister’s volcanic sax…”

Lewis Whittington American Record Guide (Sept/Oct 2010)

“brilliant solos were in abundance, especially by Timothy McAllister…”

Janos Gereben San Francisco Classical Voice

“John Adams said he wouldn’t wish [that alto saxophone solo] on anyone, but Timothy McAllister dispatching it with wonderful grace on this world premiere evening.”

Fred Child Commentary from American Public Media/Performance Today’s coverage of Gustavo Dudamel’s Inaugural Concert with the LA Phil

“the main attraction of this enjoyable St. Louis Symphony album, conducted by David Robertson, is Adams’ Saxophone Concerto, composed for the virtuosic Timothy McAllister, who plays it here. Stacked with swing-era allusions, moody 4am interludes and cartwheeling acrobatics, it is unpretentious fun from start to finish”

Richard Morrison The Times London (5/31/14)

Performances

  1. QUORUM

    Pease Auditorium
    8:00 PM

    Works by Cage, Colgrass, Albright, Chambers, Jolas, Webern, Tower, and Etezady

  3. PRISM Quartet: “Music of James Primosch”

    2:00 PM

  5. Performance

    Empire State Plaza
    4:00 PM

    Albany Symphony Capital Heritage Commissions

  9. QUORUM

    Oshkosh
    8:00 PM

    Works by Albright, Jolas, Tower, Etezady, Chambers, Colgrass, Cage and Webern

  10. PRISM Quartet: “World Premiere: Pitch Black”

    8:00 PM

  13. 45th Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music

    Santa Cruz
    8:00 PM

  15. PRISM Quartet: “World Premieres”

    Symphony Space
    7:30 PM

    Works by Bresnick, Steiger, Cheah, Spiropoulus, Minakakis

  16. PRISM Quartet: “World Premieres”

    7:30 PM

    Works by Bresnick, Steiger, Cheah, Spiropoulus, Minakakis

  17. PRISM Quartet: “World Premieres”

    Settlement Music School
    8:00 PM

    Works by Bresnick, Steiger, Cheah, Spiropoulus, Minakakis