Guest Artist: Jack Thorpe, saxophone
About Jack Thorpe:
An Atlanta-based musician, recording artist, and educator, Jack Thorpe currently serves as the artist affiliate of saxophone at Georgia State University. As a concerto soloist, he has performed with the Georgia State University Symphonic Wind Ensemble, the Stephen F. Austin State University Symphonic Orchestra, and the University of Illinois Symphony Orchestra.
Through his work as the alto player in the Versa Quartet, Thorpe won first place in the 2020 North American Saxophone Alliance’s Quartet Competition and performed William Bolcom’s Concerto Grosso for saxophone quartet and wind band with the University of Illinois Wind Symphony. In 2017, he co-founded the Snow Pond Saxophone Quartet, a chamber ensemble formed to represent the Frederick L. Hemke Saxophone Institute at the Snow Pond Center for the Arts to international audiences.
Thorpe holds a D.M.A. in saxophone performance and literature form the University of Illinois, an M.M. in saxophone performance from Stephen F. Austin State University, and a B.M. in saxophone performance from Georgia State University where he was the recipient of the Presser Undergraduate Scholar Award.
About Miya Suen:
A versatile and engaging performer, Miya Suen began her music career in Hong Kong at age ten and was accepted to study at the Music School of Tianjin at twelve. She went on to study at the Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatory in Saint Petersburg, Russia, where she completed her master’s degree in 2012. Suen then went on to earn her artist diploma from the Schwob School of Music at Columbus State University in 2016. She currently serves as a collaborative pianist at the University of North Georgia.
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