Noah Getz is a Grammy-nominated jazz and classical saxophonist that has performed throughout the United States. He will be joined by jazz pianist and composer Nathan Lincoln-DeCusatis to present their original tunes and to reinterpret jazz standards.

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Noah Getz (Saxophone)

Noah Getz is a jazz and classical saxophonist based in Washington, DC. He has performed at major venues throughout the United States, including Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, The Phillips Collection, The National Gallery of Art, the Dame Myra Hess Concert Series in Chicago, the Music Center at Strathmore, and the World Saxophone Congress XIII. Dr. Getz received a first-round Grammy nomination for his contribution with the New Hudson Saxophone Quartet to America’s Millennium Tribute to Adolphe Sax, Vol. V. In 2007, his album Crosscurrents, which explores the intersection of jazz and contemporary classical music, was released by Albany Records. His next album, featuring works written for him, will be released in late 2010.

Dr. Getz is the alto saxophonist and founding member of the Levine School Jazz Quintet, an Artist-In-Residence ensemble at the Levine School of Music in Washington, DC, with recent performances at Blues Alley, the Swiss Embassy, and the Music Center at Strathmore. He has performed with Sheila Jordan and collaborated frequently with David Amram, including a recent performance at the Cornelia Street Café in New York City.

He has given masterclasses and performed at universities across the country, including at Mannes-The New School of Music, University of Oregon, University of California at Berkeley, Johns Hopkins University, and University of Puerto Rico. He was a finalist in the 2009 Haverhill International Soloist Competition in the United Kingdom. Dr. Getz is the Saxophone Musician-In-Residence at American University and Artist-in-Residence at the Levine School of Music.

Nathan Lincoln-DeCusatis (Piano)

Nathan Lincoln-DeCusatis is an award-winning Washington, DC-based classical composer and jazz pianist who has performed at the Strathmore Mansion, the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage, and various Washington, DC clubs such as Twins’ Jazz, Utopia and Bohemian Caverns. As a classical composer, his past and current projects include performances by the Chesapeake Orchestra, the Left Bank Quartet, saxophonist Noah Getz, and upcoming commissions by the Inscape ensemble, and the piano and saxophone duo Six Impossible Things. Recent awards and accolades include a 2006 Walsum prize in composition for his string quartet Quinta Corda, a River Concert Series commission for large orchestra and narrator celebrating the 375th anniversary of the founding of the Maryland colony (2009), and an American Music Center CAP award (2009).

Originally from Rising Sun, MD, Nathan Lincoln-DeCusatis attended Ithaca College, graduating Magna Cum Laude in 2004 with a B.M. in composition, and then went on to be a University Fellow at the University of Maryland, College Park obtaining his D.M.A. in composition in 2008. During this time he also studied at the École Normale de Musique – Alfred Cortot in Paris, France in 2003, was an Associate Artist and the Atlantic Center for the Arts studying with composer/musician Henry Threadgill in 2005, and completed a masterclass with various Italian composers at the Alba International Music Festival in Alba, Italy in 2006. Currently, he serves as Adjunct Professor of music at the George Washington University in Washington, DC and at Shepherd University in Shepherdstown, WV where he teaches music theory and composition.