Residency Activities
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Open Rehearsal
~Nois will lead auditors through a public rehearsal of the ensemble's current repertoire. Questions from the audience will be addressed during the rehearsal.
Introductory Improvisation Session
~Nois will lead students in basic experimental improvisation exercises. Students with little to no experience improvising will gain a basic comfortability with producing non-notated sounds through group improvisations.
Discussion Session for Composers
~Nois will discuss approaches to writing for the saxophone. Topics covered include extended techniques, score study of existing works, and technical limitations. Composers are encouraged to bring scores to discuss.
Master classes
~Nois will listen to solo and/or small ensemble performances and offer comments and suggestions. Groups of any instrumentation playing music from any time period are welcome.
Discussion Session for Performers
~Nois will discuss building a career chamber music. Topics can include the formation and development of chamber music groups, how to communicate effectively within a chamber ensemble, choosing repertoire, and career development.
Lecture & Demonstrations
~Nois will perform pieces or excerpts of pieces from our repertoire then discuss and analyze the music, compositional techniques, and compositional collaborations (when applicable). Questions to and from the audience will be addressed throughout the demonstration.
Where we’ve been:
Appalachian State University
Baldwin Wallace University
Bowling Green State University
Cal Poly Pomona
California State University Fullerton
California State University Northridge
Central Michigan University
East Tennessee State University
Florida Gulf Coast University
Florida State University
Hope College
Ithaca College
James Madison University
Lee University
Manhattan School of Music
Michigan State University
Northern Arizona University
Northwestern University
Ohio Northern University
Princeton University
Stephen F Austin State Univeristy
Stetson University
Tennessee Tech University
Texas A&M International University
Texas State University
Truman State University
University of Akron
University of Arkansas
University of California Riverside
University of California Santa Barbara
University of Chicago
University of Colorado, Boulder
University of Florida
University of Georgia
University of Missouri Kansas City
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
University of North Carolina Wilmington
University of Tennessee Knoxville
University of the Incarnate Word
University of the Pacific
University of Wisconsin Eau Claire
University of Wisconsin Milwaukee
University of Wisconsin Oshkosh
University of Wisconsin Stevens Point
University of Wisconsin Whitewater
Western Illinois University
Western Michigan University