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DAVID MILNE

Twin Cities Saxophonist, Minneapolis/St Paul MN, USA
University of Wisconsin at River Falls, Professor of Saxophone and Jazz Studies
Music Department Chair
ANCIA Saxophone Quartet, tenor saxophone.
JAZZAX Saxophone Quartet, soprano/alto saxophone.
The X-tet, alto/soprano/flute/bass clarinet.

Bio:
Saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist David Milne is an accomplished and versatile performer, composer, and arranger in musical settings ranging from creative jazz, modern big band, and progressive popular styles to symphonic/orchestral, chamber music, and contemporary classical styles. Originally from Rochester NY, he earned a DMA in Saxophone Performance at the Eastman School of Music, an MM in Woodwind Performance and a BA in Music from the Indiana University School of Music. He serves as Professor of Music and Chair of the Music Programs at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls, where he teaches applied saxophone, directs the UW-River Falls Jazz Ensembles, and teaches jazz-related courses. David Milne is a Conn-Selmer Saxophone Artist-Clinician.

David Milne has performed with the Minnesota Orchestra, Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Minnesota Opera, Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, JazzMN Big Band, Phil Woods, Doc Severinsen, Gordon Goodwin, Bob Florence, Rob McConnell, Bob Mintzer, Bobby McFerrin, Ray Charles, Jack McDuff, Lou Rawls, Ernestine Anderson, Terry Gibbs, Smokey Robinson, and the Nelson Riddle Orchestra, among others. Dedicated to the performance of new music, he has fostered, commissioned, and premiered dozens of works for saxophone quartet and chamber music ensembles with The Ancia Saxophone Quartet, The JAZZAX Saxophone Quartet, and the contemporary music ensemble Zeitgeist. As a performer, he has received awards, grants, and commissions for new works from The American Composers Forum, The Jerome Foundation, THE Commission Project, and Downbeat jazz journal. His compositions for saxophone ensembles have been performed at the North American Saxophone Alliance and World Saxophone Congress conventions. David’s compositions for saxophone ensemble and jazz ensemble are published by Really Good Music LLC and BIT Musikverlag, Berlin, Germany.

At UW-River Falls, David Milne teaches Applied Saxophone, directs the UW-River Falls Jazz Ensembles, and teaches jazz-related courses. In addition, he has taught master classes and workshops at the Eastman School of Music, Indiana University School of Music, MacPhail Center for Music, McNally Smith College of Music, Shell Lake Arts Center, Norwich Center for Arts and Education (UK), Minnesota All-State Jazz Ensemble, and at high schools and colleges throughout the US. He was an artist teacher from 1996-2002 at the Frei Kunst Schule Summer Jazz Workshop in Berlin, Germany. David is a Selmer Saxophone Artist-Clinician, and his performances and educational appearances are supported in part by the Conn-Selmer Company.
Discography
Recording with ANCIA Saxophone Quartet, Short Stories, NAXOS International (July 2009).
Recording with The X-tet, "Where's When," Artegra Records (Super Audio CD, 4 stars in Downbeat).
Recording with Zeitgeist, "Music of Eric Stokes," on New World Records.
Recording with Zeitgeist, "Earthworks: Music In Honor of Nature," on Innova (American Composers Forum).
DAVID MILNE Plays
Selmer Paris
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Influences
Saxophone study (DMA) at the Eastman School of Music with Dr. Ramon Ricker, Senior Associate Dean for Professional Studies, Professor of Saxophone
Director, Institute for Music Leadership.

Saxophone study (BA and MM), with Dr. Eugene Rousseau, Distinguished Professor Emeritus at Indiana University School of Music

Jazz studies at the Eastman School of Music with Fred Sturm, Bill Dobbins.

Jazz Studies at the Indiana University School of Music with David Baker, Dominic Spera.

Dr. Roger Eckers, Conn-Selmer Saxophone Artist colleague, a wonderful saxophonist and teacher, first saxophone mentor in my early years.

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