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Vince Gnojek Professor of Saxophone

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Selected Performances

I have performed as a solo recitalist and featured soloist with orchestras and concert bands internationally and throughout the United States. These performances also include appearances with the Kansas Woodwinds faculty woodwind quintet and the following student ensembles at The University of Kansas: Symphony Orchestra, Wind Ensemble, Symphonic Band, Concert Band, Jazz Ensemble I, Chamber Orchestra.
Selected solo appearances include:
  • Singapore: Esplanade Concert Hall with the Philharmonic Winds, Leonard Tan, cond.; Esplanade Recital Studio recital; Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts Wind Ensemble, Jacomo Bairos, conductor Macau Conservatory of Music, Macau
  • China: Shengyang Music Hall, Shengyang Conservatory of Music
  • Kunming Concert: 60th Celebration of the end of World War II
  • Chengdu Concert at Sichuan Conservatory Music Hall
  • Chengdu Concert: 60th Celebration of the end of World War II
  • Thailand International Saxophone Conference, Bangkok
  • Estonian Academy of Music, Tallin, Estonia
  • Latvian Academy of Music, Riga, Latvia, “Riga” Wind Ensemble, Janis Purins, conductor
  • Lithuanian Academy of Music, Vilnius, Lithuania, “Trimitas” Wind Ensemble, Algirdas Budrys, director, Vytautas Lukocius, conductor
  • Symphonic Band of the University of Costa Rica, School of Musical Arts, Eugene O’Neill Theatre, Juan Manuel Arana, conductor
  • Philharmonic Winds, Singapore—An American Portrait concert, Victoria Concert Hall, Leonard Tan, conductor
  • University of Costa Rica, School of Musical Arts, San José, Costa Rica
  • Forty-Eighth Annual Mid-West International Band And Orchestra Clinic, Chicago, IL
  • National MENC Convention, Washington, D.C.
  • University of Nebraska, School of Music, Lincoln, NE
  • Rutgers University Concert Band, Joe Brashier, conductor, New Brunswick, NJ
  • The University of Northern Iowa, School of Music, Russell Hall, Cedar Falls, IA
  • North American Saxophone Alliance Region IV Conference, Manhattan, KS
  • Del Mar College, Corpus Christi, TX
  • University of Northern Colorado Symphonic Band, Richard Mayne, conductor
  • The North American Saxophone Alliance Region II Conference, Greeley, CO
  • Evergreen Chamber Orchestra, Evergreen, CO, William Morse, conductor
  • Colorado Wind Ensemble, Denver, CO, Martha Cox, conductor

Saxophone Quartet

As the alto saxophonist with the highly acclaimed HARVEY PITTEL SAXOPHONE QUARTET, which performed over 200 concerts in 42 states, Portugal, Thailand, Mexico and Canada. 30 Years of the Harvey Pittel Saxophone Quartet was filmed and recorded in July of 2008 to be released in 2010.
Selected quartet appearances include:
  • Meadowlark Music Festival, Lincoln, NE
  • August to April Concert Series, The International Festival Institute at Round Top, 31st Season, Festival Concert Hall, Round Top, TX
  • Featured artists, National Association of College Wind and Percussion Instructors 50th Anniversary National Symposium, The University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
  • Spivey Concert Hall Tenth Anniversary Season, Concert Series, Clayton College, Atlanta, GA
  • Grand Valley Music Festival Summer Concert Series, Grand Junction, CO
  • 1995 Music Festival of San Miquel De Allende, San Miquel de Allende, Mexico
  • Forty-Ninth Annual Mid-West International Band And Orchestra Clinic, Special Event Concert, Hilton Hotel Grand Ballroom, Chicago, IL
  • Hawaii Public Radio Station Concert, Honolulu, HI, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI
  • Royal Academy of Music, Mahidol University, Benefit Concert, Bangkok, Thailand
  • Bangkok Cable Television Concert, Felix Arnoma Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand
  • Thailand Music Educators Conference, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
  • Featured Artists, Region II Conference of the North American Saxophone Alliance, Greeley, CO
  • American Music Series Recital For Cultergest, Grande Auditorium, Lisbon, Portugal
  • Rochester Symphony Orchestra Pops Concert, Jere Lantz, Conductor, Rochester, MN
  • Pops Concert, Austin Symphony Orchestra, Sung Kwak, Conductor, Austin TX
  • Pops Concert, Sacramento Symphony Orchestra, Carter Nice, Conductor, Sacramento, CA

Ensembles

Soprano, alto or tenor saxophonist with the following ensembles:
  • Topeka Symphony Orchestra, John Strickler, conductor
  • Kansas City Symphony Orchestra, Michael Stern, Eric Kuensal, Anne Manson, conductors
  • Denver Symphony Orchestra, Denver, CO, Jim Setapen, conductor
  • Denver Chamber Orchestra, Denver, CO, JoAnn Falletta, conductor
  • Colorado Music Festival Orchestra, Boulder, CO, Giora Bernstein, conductor
  • Steve Reich at Carnegie Hall, American premiere of Music for a Large Ensemble, New York, NY
  • Carnegie Hall Concert, Peter Schickele Performs the Music of PDQ Bach, New York, NY

Jazz Groups

Free-lance jazz performances on soprano, alto and tenor saxophone with a variety of big bands and jazz/commercial groups.
KANSAS CITY and LAWRENCE, KS:
  • Featured soloist with the University of Kansas Jazz Ensemble I, 2008 European tour, including the Montreux Jazz Festival
  • The University of Kansas Jazz Workshop Faculty Jazz Combo and Big Band Concerts
  • The Capitol City Big Band, Todd Wilkinson, Director
  • The Boulevard Big Band, Michael McGraw, Director
  • The Steve Miller Orchestra
  • Featured Soloist, Hastings College Jazz Festival, Hastings, NE
  • Featured Artist, Rocky Mountain College Jazz Festival, Billings, MT
  • Substitute lead alto saxophonist, Jimmy Dorsey Band, Kansas City, MO
DENVER, CO
  • Featured Jazz Artist, Closed Door Jam Session, Clarion Hotel
  • Featured Soloist, Jefferson County Honor Jazz Ensemble
  • The Denver Bronco Band, Jess Gerardi, Director
  • The Gordon Dooley Big Band
  • The Dean Bushnell Big Band
  • Applause Music Productions, Ed Stephen
  • The Denver Kicks Jazz Ensemble, Lynn Zorek, Director
NEW YORK, NY:
  • The New Pulse Jazz Band, Galt MacDermot (composer of Hair), Composer and Leader