Congratulations to UNCSA Saxophonists!

January 2012:
Good luck to the UNCSA Saxophone Quartet as they travel to Clinton, Mississippi for the Divisional MTNA Chamber Music Competition!

May 2011:
The North Carolina Symphony Concerto Competition has awarded their 2011 First Prize to Steven Banks. Steven will performas a guest soloist with them during their 2011-12 Season. Steven was also named he First Prize winner in the Omega Psi Phi Competition. Read the press release.

March 2011:
Professor Sullivan and Steven Banks are featured on WFDD (local NPR station from Wake Forest University). The interview can be heard here.

February 2011:
Steven Banks has been named a winner of the Durham Symphony Young Artists Competition - the first saxophonist to win in their long history. He will perform Paul Creston's Concerto for Alto Saxophone on March 6 in the Carolina Theatre in Durham, NC.

December 2010:
The UNCSA Saxophone Mob (Chris Bravo, Will Conlin, Matt Hess, Shane Rathburn, Ben Robinette, and Nick Statzer) heads to New York City to perform at the Popshiavili Gallery, in a collaborative work by artist Alex Lee!

May 2010:
Congratulations to Ben Robinette for being named one of two winners of the 2010 UNCSA Concerto Competition! Ben will perform Tomasi's Concerto during the 2010-2011 season.

March 2010:
Kudos to the UNCSA Saxophone Quartet for a terrific peformance at the North American Saxophone Alliance Quartet Competition.

October 2009:
Congratulations to Ben Robinette for winning the state level of the MTNA solo competition! Ben will compete at the southeast division level in Alabama in January.

September 2008:
Congratulations to Corey Dundee for being selected by From The Top to perform as a concerto soloist with the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra! Corey will perform Russell Peck's The Upward Stream, which he will also record for Telarc. Corey will also perform the Peck with the NCSA Symphony Orchestra on November 22, as winner of the UNCSA Concerto Competition.

April 2008:
Congratulations to the NCSA Saxophone Quartet for winning 3rd Prize at the 2008 North American Saxophone Alliance Quartet Competition! A wonderful showing at the first quartet competition sponsored by NASA.

May 2008: Congratulations to......Owen Broder for admission into the Eastman School of Music, and selection into the Monterey Next Generation Jazz Band...., Annalise Stalls and Joey Trahan for admission into Arizona State University, Andrew Park for admission into Bowling Green State University...Travis Calvert for being selected as a Lincoln Center Institute Teaching Fellow.

Past news: Congratulations to....NCSA Saxophone Quartet (Annalise Stalls, Joey Trahan, Corey Dundee, Ryan Lemoine) winning 2nd place and being selected as the state alternate in the North Carolina MTNA Competition.....Eddie Barbash for winning the Yamaha Young Performing Artists Competition, Downbeat "Outstanding Performance" Award, admission into the Monterey Next Generation Band and Juilliard School.....Sam Owens for admission into the Berkelee School of Music....Annalise Stalls, Ryan Lemoine, Sam Owens, Eddie Barbash, for performances at the North American Saxophone Alliance Region VII conference....Owen Broder for being nominated as finalist in the NCSA Concerto Competition and selection into the Monterey Next Generation Band....NCSA Saxophone Quartet (Ryan Lemoine, Robert Perkins, Travis Calvert, Owen Broder) for being selected to perform at the "Illuminations " Festival during the summer of 2007.....Corey Dundee for selection into the Honors Band of America and winning the North Carolina Governors School Concerto Competion....