DMA Alumni Albums

vent

Vent

AMP Recordings (2021)
Jeffrey Heisler, Saxophone
I-Chen Yeh, Piano
Jonathan Oalle, Marimba
Matthew Younglove, Alto Saxophone

Works by Jennifer Higdon, David Lang, Ellen Taaffe Zwilich, William Bolcom, Marc Mellits, and Bill Ryan

Buy it on Amazon

love-fail

David Lang: Love Fail

Innova Recordings (2020)
Quince Ensemble
Amanda DeBoer Bartlett
Kayleigh Butcher
Liz Pearse
Carrie Henneman Shaw

Buy it on Innova

motherland

Motherland

New Focus Recordings (2018)
Quince Ensemble
Amanda DeBoer Bartlett
Kayleigh Butcher
Liz Pearse
Carrie Henneman Shaw

Works by Gilda Lyons, Laura Steenberge, Cara Haxo, & Jennifer Jolley

Buy it on Amazon 

Alchemy

Alchemy

Clarinet & Saxophone Classics (2023)
Joshua Heaney, Saxophone
Benjamin Nylander, Piano

Works by John Anthony Lennon, Marilyn Shrude, Mischa Zupko, Benjamin Nylander & Viet Cuong

Buy it on Clarinet & Saxophone Classics

reedphase

Steve Reich: Reed Phase - Single

Octiive (2019)
Joshua Heaney, Saxophone

Listen on Spotify

nightset

Night Set

AMP Recordings (2022)
Matthew Younglove, Saxophone
Jeffrey Heisler, Saxophone
Liz Ames, Piano

Works by Caleb Burhans, Marilyn Shrude, Gregory Wanamaker, Michael Rene Torres & Girard Kratz

Buy it on Amp Recordings

darkdays

Dark Days

New Focus Recordings (2021)

Karl Larson, Piano

Works by Scott Wollschleger

Buy and Listen on Bandcamp

americandream

American Dream

New World Records (2020)
Bearthoven Ensemble
Karl Larson, Piano
Pat Swoboda, Bass
Matt Evans, Percussion

Works by Scott Wollschleger

Buy and Listen on Bandcamp

trios

Bearthoven: Trios

New World Records (2020)
Bearthoven Ensemble
Karl Larson, Piano
Pat Swoboda, Bass
Matt Evans, Percussion

Works by Brooks Frederickson, Anthony Vine, Ken Thomson, Fjóla Evans, Brendon Randall-Myers & Adrian Knight

Buy and Listen on Bandcamp

economyofmeans

Robert Honstein: An Economy of Means

New Focus Recordings (2018)
Karl Larson, Piano
Doug Perkins, Vibraphone

Works by Robert Honstein

Buy and Listen on New Focus Records

reyou

RE:you

Robert Honstein (2014)
Karl Larson, Piano

Works by Robert Honstein

Buy and Listen on Bandcamp

bookofnotions

Aaron Siegel: Book of Notions

Aaron Siegel (2016)
Karl Larson, Piano
Matt Evans, Vibraphone

Works by Aaron Siegel

Buy and Listen on Bandcamp

seamus

SEAMUS Electro-Acoustic Miniatures 2013

SEAMUS (2013)
Includes work by Cory Ryan Kasprzyk

Buy and Listen on CD Baby

worldlistening2019

Green Field Recordings | World Listening Day 2019

Green Field Recordings (2019)
Includes work by Cory Ryan Kasprzyk

Listen on Internet Archive

newphonia

A Crowd of Stars

(2024)
Newphonia Ensemble
Claudia Aizaga, flute
David Munro, oboe
Sandy Coursey, piano
Adam Har-zvi, bass
Katy Pracht Phares, voice

Inlcudes work by Adam Har-zvi

Buy and Listen on Bancamp

wordplay

[word]plays: microtonal works for saxophone by Emily Koh

Innova Recordings (2021)
Noa Even, saxophone
New Thread Quartet
Philipp Stäudlin, saxophone

Buy on Innova Records

saxvoice

SaxVoice by Ogni Suono

New Focus Recordings (2018)
Noa Even and Phil Pierick, saxophones and voice

Works by Felipe Lara, Erin Rogers, Kate Soper, Chris Fisher-Lochhead, Chris Dietz, Zach Sheets

Listen and buy at New Focus Records

object

Object/Shadow

New Focus Recordings (2016)
Ensemble dal Niente
Gregory Byer, percussion
Craig Hultgren, cello
Flexible Music
BGSU Saxophone Ensemble
Dan Lippel, guitar

Includes works by Mikel Kuehn

Listen and buy at New Focus Records

threads

Invisible Seams

Teal Creek Records (2014)
Ogni Suono
Noa Even & Phil Pierick (saxophones)

Includes works by Jimmy Bunch, Claudio Gabriele, Ian Dicke, Stephen Andrew Taylor, Halim Beere, Quinn Collins

Buy at Amazon

contemporaries

Contemporaries

Summit Records (2005)

Northwestern University Wind Ensemble, directed by Mallory Thompson

Includes works by John Adams, Arnold Schoenberg, Morten Lauridson, Paul Hindemith, Aaron Copland

Listen and buy at Summit Records

stillness

in search of stillness

AMP Recordings (2005)
Assembly Quartet
Jeffrey Heisler, soprano saxophone
Ian Jeffress, alto saxophone
Matthew Younglove, tenor saxophone
Adam Estes, baritone saxophone

Includes works by Benjamin Taylor, Marilyn Shrude, Kurt Isaacson, Simon Fink, John Fitz Rogers

Listen and buy at Amp Records

doublestar

Double Star: The Music of David Gillingham

White Pine Music (2009)

Includes works performed by Jeffrey Heisler

Listen and buy on Amazon Music

gradient

Gradient

AMP Recordings (2015)
Duo Aurous
Jeffrey Heisler, Saxophone
I-Chen Yeh, Piano

Works by Baljinder Sekhon, Chen Yi, Timothy Stulman, Philippe Leroux, Frank Wiley & Steve Reich

Buy it on Amazon

hushers

Hushers

New Focus Recordings (2016)
Quince Ensemble
Amanda DeBoer Bartlett
Kayleigh Butcher
Liz Pearse
Carrie Henneman Shaw

Works by Warren Enström, Kate Soper, Kaija Saariaho & Giacinto Scelsi

Buy it on Amazon and New Focus Recordings

realign-the-time

Realign the Time

(2014)
Quince Ensemble
Amanda DeBoer Bartlett
Kayleigh Butcher
Liz Pearse
Carrie Henneman Shaw

Works by Amanda Feery, Anthony T. Marasco, David Grant, Max Grafe, Morgan Krauss, Ravi Kittappa & Jonathan Sokol

Listen on Spotify or buy vinyl at Quince Ensemble

sanctuary

Viet Cuong: Sanctuary - Single

Octiive (2022)
Joshua Heaney, Saxophone
Benjamin Nylander, Piano

Listen on Spotify

untrammeled

Untrammeled

CD Baby (2018)
Composed by Stephen Wood
Joshua Heaney, Saxophone
Akira Quartet

Listen on Spotify

rushingpastwillow

Rushing Past Willow

Innova Recordings (2016)
Nick Zoulek, Saxophone

Works by Nick Zoulek

Buy it on Innova Records

spectral

Sarah Hennies: Spectral Malsconcities

New World Records (2020)
Karl Larson, Piano
Pat Swoboda, Bass
Matt Evans, Percussion
David Friend, Piano
Bill Solomon, Percussion

Buy and Listen on Bandcamp

restless

Ken Thompson: Restless

Ken Thompson (2016)
Ashley Bathgate, Cello
Karl Larson, Piano

Buy and Listen on Bandcamp

remnants

Anthony Vine: Remnants

Ugly Horse Publishing (2016)
Anthony Vine, electric guitar
Adrian Knight, electric guitar
David Lackner, alto saxophone, harmonica
Matt Evans, percussion
Karl Larson, piano, melodica, harmonica
Pat Swoboda, double bass, harmonica

Works by Anthony Vine

Buy and Listen on Bandcamp

nutshellstudies

David Smooke: Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death

New Focus Recordings (2016)
Karl Larson, Piano


Works by David Smooke

Buy and Listen on Bandcamp

smallworks

Brooks Frederickson: Small Works

Brooks Frederickson (2018)
Including Performances by:
Karl Larson, piano

Works by Brooks Frederickson

Buy and Listen on Bandcamp

nataraja

Nataraja

New Focus Recordings (2014)

Conor Nelson, Flute
Thomas Rosenkranz, Piano

Works by Cory Ryan Kasprzyk, Jonathan Harvey, Josh Levine, Christopher Dietz, Sam Pluta, and Elliott Carter

Buy and Listen on New Focus Records

memoriam

In Memoriam Juraj Filas

CDBaby (2023)
Radium Duo
Curtis Biggs, trombone
Jackie Biggs, piano

Listen and buy here

offbrand

Off Brand

New Focus Recordings, 2020
Collage Project
Aidan Plank, bass
Dan Bruce, electric guitar
Dan Lippel, guitar
Nathan Douds, drums
Noa Even, tenor saxophone
Chris Anderson, trombone

Includes work by Dan Lippel, Aidan Plank and Dan Bruce

Listen and buy on Bandcamp

patchwork

Patchwork by Patchwork

New Focus Recordings (2020)
Noa Even, saxophone
Stephen Klunk, drums

Includes work by
Osnat Netzer, Hong-Da Chin, Erin Rogers, Eric Wubbels, and Dan Tramte

Listen on Youtube

seamus27

Music from SEAMUS, Vol. 27

SEAMUS Records (2018)
Noa Even, alto saxophone
Keith Kirchoff, piano
Melissa Krause, flute
Sam Wells, trumpet
Jason Bolte, synthesizer
defunensemble

Includes works by Carter Rice, Brian Sears, Russell Pinkston, Robert Seaback, Sam Wells, Nathaniel Haering, Jason Bolte, Timothy Page

Listen and buy at New Focus Records

worldwords

World Without Words: Debra Richtmeyer and the University of Illinois 2008-2009 Saxophone Studio

Mark Records (2011)

Performers: Debra Richtmeyer, Michael Holmes, Henning Shroeder, Nathan MAndel, Noa Even, David Tribley, Collin Wilson, Phil Pierick, University of Illinois Saxophone Ensemble

Includes works by Hilary Tann, Keith Murphy, Erik Lund, Ed Martin, D. Mack, Henning Shroeder, Jimmy Bunch, Stephen Andrew Taylor

Listen on Apple Music

drift

Drift: Society of Composers, Vol. 34

Navona Records (2020)

Includes works performed by Jeffrey Heisler, written by Andrea Reinkemeyer

Listen and buy at Navona Records

nmbg

New Music from Bowling Green Vol. 38

Centaur Records (2010)

Includes works performed by Jeffrey Heisler & James Fusik

Includes work written by Marilyn Shrude

Listen and buy at Presto Music

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Updated: 04/21/2024 12:17PM