“…the 136-year-old ensemble led by David Robertson, its music director since 2005, and its traveling virtuoso saxophonist, Timothy McAllister…he premiered the piece in 2013 and gave a steadily energetic, swimmingly sweeping performance of the modern work.”
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Bradley Zint Los Angeles Times (2/1/16)

“fantastic virtuosity and lyric beauty”

John Corigliano Pulitzer Prize Laureate, Grammy, and Oscar-winning composer

“Certainly this is a virtuosic piece, designed to test the limits of the soloist for whom it was written, Tim McAllister, who showed his technical chops and his expressive musicianship with a piece that had his instrument now noodling thoughtfully, now dashing in crazy, frenetic runs up and down the scale…”

Anne Midgette Washington Post (Sept 2013)

“This new recording reunites conductor, orchestra and record label and adds a first-class soloist, saxophonist Timothy McAllister. “City Noir,” which gets some of its inspiration from movies like “Double Indemnity,” begins with hyperkinetic power shifting to ominous quiet and melancholy passages for McAllister’s soulful alto sax…performances are all superb…the jazz-filled Saxophone Concerto was written specifically for McAllister, and his performance, well-supported by Robertson,...

Sarah B Miller St. Louis Post-Dispatch (Aug. 2014)

“Friday evening, Jennifer Higdon’s lyrical Soprano Sax Concerto displayed the classical capabilities of the instrument and the musical talents of soloist Timothy McAllister. The music concentrates on song-like lines and emotional sensitivity rather than virtuosic fireworks, though McAllister’s gleaming tone and supple runs enhanced this fine work.”

Phyllis Rosenblum The Santa Cruz Sentinel

“Timothy McAllister flew through complicated passagework, produced high notes of arresting intensity and intoned lyrical lines with soul and playfulness”

Daniel Hathaway ClevelandClassical.Com (10/18/14)

“…energetic and captivating…McAllister danced Hailstork’s exuberant folk-inspired rhythms and motifcs into existence, with the orchestra keeping pace through every virtuosic tutti section.”

Forrest Howell I Care If You Listen (8/15/25)

Steven Mackey

A new concerto for saxophone and orchestra by Steven Mackey is coming for the 25/26 Season! Anemology (Concerto for Saxophone) is made possible by a gift from the Gail Straith Commissioning Fund in conjunction with the Monterey Symphony (lead), the Utah Symphony, and the Seattle Symphony. Published by Boosey & Hawkes.

Anemology (2025)
I. Spindrift (alto saxophone)
II. Soughing (soprano saxophone)
III. Aeolian Howl (alto saxophone)
Duration: 22 minutes

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