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TIMOTHY McALLISTER
Hailed by The New York Times as a “virtuoso…one of the foremost saxophonists of his
generation”, “brilliant” (The Guardian, UK), and “a sterling saxophonist” (The Baltimore
Sun), TIMOTHY McALLISTER is one of today’s premier soloists, a member of the renowned
PRISM Quartet, and a champion of contemporary music credited with dozens of recordings and
over 150 premieres of new compositions by eminent and emerging composers worldwide. His
rise to international fame came in 2009 with his celebrated work in John Adams’s “City Noir,”
filmed as part of Gustavo Dudamel’s inaugural concert as music director of the Los Angeles
Philharmonic, and the world premiere of John Adams’s Saxophone Concerto in August 2013
with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra under the baton of the composer in the Sydney Opera
House. Subsequent critically-acclaimed U.S. premieres with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
and St. Louis Symphony followed, along with engagements with the Milwaukee Symphony
Orchestra, Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo, Cabrillo Festival Orchestra, BBC
Symphony Orchestra at the London Proms, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic and the New World
Symphony, among others.
McAllister has recently been soloist with the Fort Wayne Philharmonic, Elgin Symphony, Albany
Symphony Orchestra, Reno Philharmonic, Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Royal Band of the
Belgian Air Force, United States Navy Band, Hong Kong Wind Philharmonia, Tokyo Wind
Symphony, Pacific Symphony and the Nashville Symphony, among others. An in-demand
orchestral saxophonist, he has toured in the U.S. and abroad with both the Los Angeles
Philharmonic and Chicago Symphony Orchestra, among many others.
A renowned teacher of his instrument, he has served as Professor of Saxophone at
Northwestern University (IL), a Valade Artist Fellow for the Interlochen Center for the Arts (MI),
and is a clinician for the Conn-Selmer and D’Addario companies. In September 2014 he joins
the faculty of the University of Michigan School of Music, succeeding his legendary mentor,
Donald Sinta. McAllister's work can be heard on the Nonesuch, Deutsche Grammphon, Naxos,
OMM, Stradivarius, Centaur, AUR, Albany, Parma, New Dynamic, Equilibrium, New Focus and
innova record labels.
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TIMOTHY McALLISTER
Hailed by The New York Times as a “virtuoso…one of the foremost saxophonists of his
generation”, “brilliant” (The Guardian, UK), and “a sterling saxophonist” (The Baltimore
Sun), TIMOTHY McALLISTER is one of today’s premier concert soloists and soprano chair of
the acclaimed PRISM Quartet. He serves as Professor of Saxophone at The University of
Michigan School of Music, Theatre and Dance. Additionally, he spends his summers as
distinguished artist faculty of the Interlochen Arts Camp (MI), and regularly performs with the
Chicago Symphony Orchestra and the Cabrillo Festival Orchestra. He has recently been
featured with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, St. Louis Symphony, Baltimore Symphony, Sao
Paulo State Symphony Orchestra, Milwaukee Symphony, Sydney Symphony Orchestra,
Melbourne Symphony, National Symphony, Toronto Symphony, Tokyo Wind Symphony, Dallas
Wind Symphony, and United States Navy Band, among others. McAllister's work can be heard
on the Nonesuch, Deutsche Grammphon, Naxos, OMM, Stradivarius, Centaur, AUR, Albany,
New Dynamic, Equilibrium, New Focus and innova record labels.
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