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I have recently been named an endorsing artist for Key Leaves, Inc., along with the rest of the Carolina Saxophone Quartet! I am excited for this new collaboration with another wonderful company! Along with Conn-Selmer, Inc., Selmer Paris, and Vandoren, Key Leaves is one of the best and most innovative companies in the woodwind realm today!
https://keyleaves.com/pages/andrew-allen
Check out my new article, “Middle or Side? Guidelines for Saxophone Placement",” in the February/March 2021 issue of The Instrumentalist!
Andrew J. Allen and the rest of the Carolina Saxophone Quartet will be presenting an online clinic on chamber music at the 2021 Georgia Music Educators Association In-Service Conference in January! Stay tuned for more details!
Check out my new recording of Anne Neikirk’s Balloonman for solo tenor saxophone and electronics, available on her album Spring Shadows: Electronic Solo Works on Ravello Records!
Check out my latest article in the November/December 2019 issue of JazzEd, available here: http://digitaleditiononline.com/publication/?m=27630&l=1#{%22issue_id%22:635715,%22page%22:0}
Check out my latest article on the saxophone in the National Solo and Ensemble Contest in the 2019 issue of The Saxophone Symposium. In addition, you can find my review of Ogni Suono’s SaxoVoce, and a review of Rogue Two’s Step Inside!
Check out my article “So You Want to Be A Music Major?” in the October 2019 issue of The Instrumentalist! The article is geared towards tips and strategies for high school students looking to major in music in college.
I am very happy to announce that I will be presenting my clinic “Stop the Honks! Beautiful Saxophone Sounds From Day One,” at the 2020 Georgia Music Education Association Conference in Athens in January! Stay tuned for details!
I am very pleased to announce that I will be joining the faculty of Georgia College & State University as an assistant professor of music in the Fall! My primary responsibilities will include teaching saxophone, saxophone chamber music, jazz courses, and serving as coordinator of winds and brass.
I will be performing as a soloist with the Wichita Falls Symphony Orchestra on January 26th, 2019! For more information, visit their website!
I am happy to have an article on beginning steps to chamber playing published in the June issue of The Instrumentalist! It is available online, free of charge!
https://theinstrumentalist.com/articles/The-Instrumentalist/June-2018/Duet-Club/
I am extremely happy to announce that I’ve been added to the outstanding roster of Vandoren Performing Artists. Along with my relationship with Conn-Selmer, Inc. and Selmer Paris, it is a great pleasure to perform on the greatest saxophones, reeds, mouthpieces, and ligatures in the world!
I will be performing a recital of works for solo soprano saxophone at the 18th World Saxophone Congress, to be held in Zagreb, Croatia in July, 2018. Works will include a European premiere of Francois Rosse's Olassimo, and world premiere performances of Into Thin Air by Robert Lemay and Fang Man's Spring Bliss.
Rogue Two's debut album, Step Inside: New American Music for Saxophone and Percussion is now available for digital download! Physical cds will be ready by February 1st! To get your own digital copy, visit the website of Equilibrium Recordings at: https://www.equilibri.com/album/EQ146/ or, find the album on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/step-inside-new-american-music-for-saxophone-percussion/1326168915
Rogue Two's recording of Jay Batzner's Reflections on the Nature of Impermanence was recently featured in an interview with the composer on the Lexical Tones podcast. Check it out at the link below!
https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/57-jay-batzner/id1119872833?i=1000395320635&mt=2
Be sure to check out my article in the November/December 2017 issue of JazzED, titled "Teaching Jazz in the Big Band."
Check out my latest article, titled "What Students Need to Know About Practicing," out now in the November 2017 issue of The Instrumentalist.
Check out my latest article for The Instrumentalist, appearing in the October 2017 issue: "Tricky Trills for Saxophone." I give some advice for executing what appear to be difficult or impossible trills and tremolos across the "break."
Be on the lookout for my article "Stop the Pops: The Secrets of Saxophone Articulation," now appearing in the October 2017 issue of the National Association for Music Education's Teaching Music magazine!
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