SEAN MEYERS, saxophonist Biography 2015-2016

Praised by the Baltimore Sun for his “technical aplomb and keen expressive nuance,” saxophonist Sean Meyers performs as a soloist and collaborative artist across the Eastern U.S. and beyond. He has commissioned more than a dozen new compositions for saxophone, including the Concerto for Alto Saxophone and Chamber Orchestra by Andrew Boss, which he premiered and recorded in Baltimore in September 2015.

Other world premieres include James Young’s Rainbow Shark for saxophone quartet, which was presented in collaboration with a multimedia art installation at the Maryland Institute College of Art. The composer and Sean’s saxophone quartet also presented the piece in a lecture recital at the Johns Hopkins University’s Meet the Musician: Today’s Classical Musician seminar and performed excerpts on the Academy Art Museum’s Music at Noon concert series in Easton, MD.

Sean has been a featured performer on several Peabody Conservatory composition department recitals, and he has been praised by composers for the “eagerness, kindness, and pure excellence with which [he] gobble[s] up new works.” Most recently, he has joined a consortium supporting a new musical composition for saxophone and soprano voice by composer and arts entrepreneur Kevin Clark, with a regional premiere planned for later this year.

Sean’s repertoire also encompasses masterpieces by renowned composers ranging from Bolcom to Piazzolla. He has performed extensively in the Baltimore-D.C. area in traditional and non-traditional venues, and his upcoming recital at the Peabody Conservatory will feature prominent musical works for saxophone and piano by Robert Muczynski, Michael Djupstrom, William Bolcom, and William Albright.

Sean has a passion for making music exciting and accessible to everyone, regardless of ability to pay or travel to traditional concert venues. He has organized and performed concerts for patients at the Johns Hopkins Hospital and seniors at the Basilica Place Senior Living Community as part of his work with the Creative Access at the Peabody Conservatory.

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Sean is deeply involved with the Baltimore-based chamber orchestra

Symphony Number One. In addition to playing with the orchestra, Sean has served as the orchestra’s Executive Director. A co-founder of the orchestra, Sean’s enthusiasm for new music and innovative concert experiences fuels the orchestra’s mission to develop close working relationships with young and emerging composers, give new works multiple hearings, produce substantial recordings of new works, and create innovative musical programs for the community. Under his leadership, the orchestra has presented several concerts in Baltimore featuring substantial world premieres, published two albums, and was awarded $12,000 by the Baltimore Office of Promotion & the Arts to perform at Baltimore’s inaugural Light City Festival.

Protégé of the eminent saxophonist Gary Louie, Sean is completing degrees in Saxophone Performance and Music Education at the Peabody Institute of The Johns Hopkins University. He studies conducting with Harlan D. Parker. Learn more and hear him perform at seanmeyers.net.

SEAN MEYERS, saxophonist Short Biography 2015-2016

Praised by the Baltimore Sun for his “technical aplomb and keen expressive nuance,” saxophonist Sean Meyers performs as a soloist and collaborative artist across the Eastern U.S. and beyond. He has commissioned more than a dozen new compositions for saxophone, including the Concerto for Alto Saxophone and Chamber Orchestra by Andrew Boss, which he premiered and recorded in Baltimore in September 2015.

Other world premieres include James Young’s Rainbow Shark for saxophone quartet, which was presented in collaboration with a multimedia art installation at the Maryland Institute College of Art. The composer and Sean’s saxophone quartet also presented the piece in a lecture recital at the Johns Hopkins University’s Meet the Musician: Today’s Classical Musician seminar and performed excerpts on the Academy Art Museum’s Music at Noon concert series in Easton, MD.

Sean’s repertoire also encompasses masterpieces by renowned composers ranging from Bolcom to Piazzolla. He has performed extensively in the Baltimore-D.C. area in both traditional and non-traditional venues. He has a passion for making music exciting and accessible to everyone, regardless of ability to pay or travel to traditional concert venues. He has organized and performed concerts for patients at the Johns Hopkins Hospital and seniors at the Basilica Place Senior Living Community as part of his work with the Creative Access at the Peabody Conservatory.

Protégé of the eminent saxophonist Gary Louie, Sean is completing degrees in Saxophone Performance and Music Education at the Peabody Institute of The Johns Hopkins University. He studies conducting with Harlan D. Parker.

SEAN MEYERS, saxophonist CONCERTO REPERTOIRE Boss, Andrew Concerto for Alto Saxophone and Chamber Orchestra [1, 1, 1, 1, 1, pf., synth., 2 perc., strings] Dahl, Ingolf Concerto for Alto Saxophone and Wind Ensemble Glazounov, Alexander Concerto for Alto Saxophone and String Orchestra Ibert, Jacques Concertino da Camera for Alto Saxophone and 11 players [1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 and strings] Martin, Frank Ballade for Alto Saxophone and Orchestra [pf., perc., strings] Milhaud, Darius Scaramouche for Alto Saxophone and Orchestra Villa-Lobos, Heitor Fantasia for Soprano Saxophone and orchestra

SEAN MEYERS, saxophonist CD RELEASES EMERGENCE (EP) Concerto for Alto Saxophone and Chamber Orchestra (Andrew Boss) Jordan Randall Smith/Symphony Number One SNOtone Records CD: 002 Released: March 4, 2016

SEAN MEYERS, saxophonist PRESS “Saxophonist Sean Meyers offered technical aplomb and keen expressive nuance throughout.” THE BALTIMORE SUN