“The world premiere ‘Adagio (For Wadada Leo Smith)’ by the artiste etoile Tyshawn Sorey brings a meditative contrast. Together with the saxophonist Timothy McAllister, the musicians paint broad lines, delving into the mysteries of sound. The plucking strings are falling drops of water that always sound different. The mixture of bass clarinet, trombones, and string basses - a hum that resonates inside us.”
Roman KuhneLuzerner Zeitung (August 2022)
“a mature, polished performer…whose dynamic and color contrasts enhance his ability to communicate - Bravo!”
Leone Buyse
Former Associate Principal Flute, Boston Symphony Orchestra
“Tim McAllister is a stunning saxophonist…he has played and recorded two of my saxophone works, and I can’t imagine them being played any better by anyone.”
William Bolcom
Pulitzer Prize in Composition 1988
“One of America’s bright young stars in teaching and in performing…exceptionally gifted.”
Michael Segell
Award-Winning Author and Contributing Editor, Esquire Magazine
“Soloist Timothy McAllister proved brilliantly up to the enormous demands — vast spreads of pitches, disjunct lines that wanted to be as lyrical as possible and some dazzling scurries.”
Scott Cantrell
The Dallas Morning News (4/25/12)
“Timothy McAllister delivers unusually pure and sweet tone in the cadenzas of Rush, the alto saxophone concerto. Faletta shows a clear affinity throughout for Fuchs’s warm, spacious, neo-Romantic idiom, and the LSO responds with lush yet pristine playing.”
Joshua Rosenblum
Opera News (February 2019)
“…breathtaking and spectacular…a revolution displayed in the hands of an artist…”
Donald Sinta
Earl V. Moore Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Saxophone, The University of Michigan