“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)

“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)

“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

Performances

  1. Soloist with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra; Glazunov’s Saxophone Concerto

    7:30 PM

    Neighborhood Subscription Series Tour
    1/5 West Bloomfield, MI - 7:30pm, The Berman Center for the Performing Arts
    1/6 Plymouth, MI - 8:00pm, Plymouth North Ridge Church
    1/7 Bloomfield Hills, MI - 8:00pm, Kirk in the Hills
    1/8 Grosse Pointe, MI - 3:00pm, Our Lady Star of the Sea
    GLAZUNOV Saxophone Concerto in Eb, Op. 109
    Jayce Ogren, conductor

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  2. PRISM Quartet meets Bang on a Can (Philadelphia)

    7:00 PM

    With over 300 commissions to its credit, the intrepid PRISM Quartet (Timothy McAllister, Zachary Shemon, Matthew Levy, Taimur Sullivan) presents a portrait of Bang on a Can‘s visionary co-founders in an all-saxophone program featuring the premiere of “In a delirium” by Michael Gordon alongside performances of “Cha” by Julia Wolfe and “Revolutionary Etudes” by David Lang.

  3. PRISM Quartet meets Bang on a Can (New York City)

    7:30 PM

    With over 300 commissions to its credit, the intrepid PRISM Quartet (Timothy McAllister, Zachary Shemon, Matthew Levy, Taimur Sullivan) presents a portrait of Bang on a Can‘s visionary co-founders in an all-saxophone program featuring the premiere of “In a delirium” by Michael Gordon alongside performances of “Cha” by Julia Wolfe and “Revolutionary Etudes” by David Lang.

  4. Detroit Chamber Winds & Strings: Nathalie Joachim (world premiere)

    7:00 PM

    Eisenhower Dance Detroit joins DCWS for a fully staged production of Igor Stravinsky’s miniature masterpiece, L’Histoire du soldat (The Soldier’s Tale). Following the dance performance will be the premiere of a Resonate reed quintet from Nathalie Joachim.

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  5. UM Faculty Showcase

    8:00 PM

    Music of Matthew Evan Taylor, Marianne Ploger, and Andre Myers
    Liz Ames, piano

  6. Soloist with University of Michigan Symphony Band; William Bolcom’s Concerto for Soprano Saxophone

    8:00 PM

    Michael Haithcock, conductor

  7. Recital - McAllister/Ames Duo - UMass Amherst

    7:30 PM

    Project Encore CD Release Tour

  8. Recital - McAllister/Ames Duo at Hartt School of Music

    12:00 PM

    10am Masterclass; 12pm Recital

  9. Recital - McAllister/Ames Duo - University of Connecticut

    5:00 PM

    Project Encore CD Release Tour

  10. Recital - McAllister/Ames Duo - Middlebury College

    6:30 PM

    Project Encore CD Release Tour

  11. Residency - McAllister/Ames Duo at Tennessee Tech University

    7:30 PM

    Center Stage Residency
    Tennessee Tech University School of Music
    12:00pm - Masterclass
    7:30pm - Recital

  12. Broadcast: Soloist in Jacques Ibert’s Concertino da Camera with Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra

    2:00 PM

    Wisconsin Public Radio
    (check local radio or stream feeds)
    2pm, Central Time - US
    Thomas Wilkins, conductor

  13. PRISM Quartet: Premieres (MI Series)

    7:00 PM

    PRISM Quartet presents a program of new music from an extraordinary collection of composers, including world premieres of works by Adam Silverman and Flannery Cunningham, regional premieres from Renee Baker and Roberto Sierra, and a recent work from Michigan composer Alfredo Cabrera.

  14. Soloist with Atlanta Symphony Orchestra: Tyshawn Sorey’s “ADAGIO (For Wadada Leo Smith)” (US Premiere)

    8:00 PM

    Stephen Mulligan, conductor
    Sorey: ADAGIO (For Wadada Leo Smith) (US Premiere)
    3/16 - 8pm; 3/18 - 8pm

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  15. PRISM Quartet: PREMIERES (NYC)

    3:00 PM

    PRISM Quartet presents an expansive program of extraordinary new works, featuring the New York premieres of “Old Tune Renewed,” commissioned for PRISM by Harvard University’s Fromm Music Foundation from MacArthur Fellow Bright Sheng, and “Graffiti II” by Tomás Luis de Victoria Prize-winner Roberto Sierra, commissioned by the Musical Fund Society for PRISM in celebration of the Society’s 200th anniversary. Also on the program are world premieres of works by rising-star composers: winners of three PRISM Quartet student commissioning awards: Jungyoon Wie, Flannery Cunningham, and Julian Hofstetter.

  16. Vieaux/McAllister Duo at Lake Champlain Chamber Music Festival (VT)

    7:00 PM

    Music of Zohn, Conte, Metheny, Piazzolla, Garrop, and Jalbert

  17. PRISM Quartet: WORLD PREMIERES (NYC Series)

    6:30 PM

    PRISM Quartet presents a program of new music from an extraordinary collection of composers, including world premieres of works by Marcos Balter, Adam Silverman, and Helen Feng, plus New York premieres from Renee Baker and Alfredo Cabrera.

  18. PRISM Quartet: WORLD PREMIERES (Philadelphia Series)

    7:00 PM

    PRISM Quartet presents a program of new music from an extraordinary collection of composers, including world premieres of works by Marcos Balter, Adam Silverman, and Helen Feng, plus Philadelphia premieres from Renee Baker and Alfredo Cabrera. Co-presented by PRISM Quartet, Inc. and The Free Library of Philadelphia.

  19. Soloist with Colorado Music Festival Orchestra; John Corigliano’s “Triathlon”

    7:30 PM

    Peter Oundjian, conductor

  20. Carnegie Hall Gala Opening Concert: Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    7:00 PM

    Mussorgsky/Ravel - Pictures from an Exhibition
    Riccardo Muti, conductor

  21. Soloist with Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra (CA); World Premiere of Vincent Ho’s “Whimsical Concerto of Fanciful Birds”

    7:30 PM

    Robert Franz, conductor