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Zzyzx Saxophone Quartet and was formed in 2007 and consists of graduates of Indiana University's Jacobs School of Music. The members include Stacy Wilson on soprano saxophone, Stephen Page on alto saxophone, Matt Evans on tenor saxophone and Dana Booher on baritone saxophone. Zzyzx recently won 2nd Prize in the North American Saxophone Alliance Quartet Competition held in April and was selected as a semi-finalist in the Plowman International Chamber Music Competition in Missouri. Advocates of new music, ZSQ frequently premiers new works by Indiana University composers and has commissioned new works by prominent American composers. They have performed nationally at the North American Saxophone Alliance Conference in 2008 and as featured guest artists at the Midwest Composer's Symposium at the University of Iowa and Miami of Ohio University
Stacy Wilson, Soprano Saxophone
Stephen Page, Alto Saxophone
Matt Evans, Tenor Saxophone
Dana Booher, Baritone Saxophone STACY WILSON is a saxophonist with the West Point Concert Band in New York. She served as 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, the institution’s highest honor for instrumental performers, and also holds the B.M. in Saxophone Performance degree from the University of North Carolina Greensboro. Stacy has studied primarily with Otis Murphy, Steve Stusek and Virginia-Novine Whittaker but has also had the opportunity to study with world-renowned saxophonists, Arno Bornkamp and Vincent David.
Stacy has participated in numerous competitions from regional to international levels. Most recently, Stacy was selected as a semi-finalist in the Jean-Marie Londeix International Saxophone Competition and was the winner of the Indianapolis Matinee Musicale Instrumental Competition. Stacy became the first saxophonist to win First Prize in the William C. Byrd International Young Artist Competition held in March of 2005. 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 Indiana University Travel Grant Competition (2007) 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, Michael Djupstrom, Marius Constant, Christian Lauba, Edison Denisov, and Brandon. She has also recorded for award-winning composer, Don Freund, in a video project aimed to assist composers and students in writing idiomatically for the saxophone. In 2006, Stacy traveled to Laubach, Germany to participate in the 2nd International Masterclass for Classical Saxophone as a scholarship recipient to study with Arno Bornkamp and Vincent David. She has performed guest artist recitals at the Music at St. Paul’s Concert Series in Michigan, Western Kentucky University, North Carolina School of the Arts and the Carolina Saxophone Symposium and has performed as a soloist and chamber musician at NASA Biennial Conferences.
STEPHEN PAGE- 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.
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.
An avid chamber musician, Stephen has had the opportunity to perform regularly with the Four Corners Saxophone Quartet, founded in 2004. In 2005, the FCSQ was selected as one of eleven finalists in the Coleman Chamber Music Competition, as well as an alternate for the Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition. In 2006, the FCSQ was selected as a semi-finalist in the National Fischoff Chamber Music Competition. An advocate of new music, Mr. Page regularly takes part in premiers, and composition of new music for saxophone, saxophone quartet, and saxophone with electronics.
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 2will 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. MATT EVANS is currently completing the MM Degree in Saxophone at Indiana University where he also received the BM in Saxophone Performance. As a student at IU, Matt won the Saxophone Concerto Competition in 2008, 2nd in the Woodwind Concerto Competition and was a prize winner in Indiana University's annual Travel Grant Competition. Matt has actively performed tenor saxophone in the quartet medium, first with the Bloomington Saxophone Quartet which received 3rd prize in the Arizona Recordings Classical Saxophone Competition and was a national finalist in the Music Teachers National Association Chamber Music Competition. He has performed with the Indiana University Wind Ensemble, the Indiana Wind Symphony, the Southern Indiana Wind Symphony, the Bloomington Camerata Orchestra, the Indiana University Marching Hundred, and supports the nationally ranked Hoosiers as a member of the Big Red Basketball Band. Matt has been a featured guest soloist with the Indianapolis Youth Wind Ensemble and the Kokomo Park Band. Aside from his modest saxophone career, Matt is an active member of Kappa Kappa Psi National Honorary Band Fraternity and the Indiana University Business Careers in Entertainment Club. Also, he is a publicity intern with Jazz from Bloomington, a non-profit organization based in Bloomington dedicated to the support of jazz and music education, and was elected a peer tutor in the Kelley School of Business.
Saxophonist Dana Booher is an Associate Instructor of Saxophone at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, where he is pursuing the Doctor of Music Degree in saxophone, studying with Otis Murphy. He holds the Bachelor of Music and Master of Music degrees from Indiana University, where he was awarded the Performer's Certificate by unanimous decision of the jury. Dana has performed across the United States as a soloist, chamber musician, and orchestral player. He has recently appeared with orchestras including the Fort Wayne Philharmonic, Evansville Philharmonic, Columbus Indiana Philharmonic, Carmel Symphony, and Bloomington Pops. Dana was awarded the Grand Prize at the Carmel Music Society Instrumental Competition in Carmel, California. As the Grand Prize winner, he returned as a guest artist on the Carmel Music Society subscription series in 2009, performing a solo recital at the Sunset Center. Additionally, Dana was awarded first prize awards for the Travel Grant Competition held at Indiana University and the Ladies Musical Club of Seattle Competition. He was also selected as a finalist in the North American Saxophone Alliance competition in 2008. Dana was invited by Indiana University to give a solo performance at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC, as part of the Kennedy Center Conservatory Project.
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