Faculty
Dan Goble
Chair, Department of Music Dan Goble has performed as a saxophonist at the highest level, including performances with the New York Philharmonic under Zubin Mehta, Leonard Slatkin, and Lorin Maazel, the Brooklyn Philharmonic under Robert Spano, Speculum Musicae, Ensemble Mosaic, and the New York City Ballet. He recently had the honor of performing with the New York Philharmonic on their historic concert in Pyongyang, North Korea. In high demand in the contemporary classical music scene in New York City, he has performed music by such renowned composers as John Adams, Phillip Glass, Tania León, Alban Berg, Paul Hindemith, Anton Webern, Frank Zappa, Thomas Adés, and Luciano Berio to critical acclaim. His first CD, Freeway, includes significant new compositions by Pulitzer Prize winning composers Charles Wuorinen and John Harbison (CRI 876). His most recent recording is of the Webern Quartet, Opus 22 (with Robert Kraft), available on the Naxos label. He is currently the baritone saxophonist with the renowned Harvey Pittel Saxophone Quartet and was a featured performer at the 2004 Thailand International Saxophone Conference in Bangkok, Thailand. He was the First Prize-winner at the 1993 Louise D. McMahon International Competition, and has won or placed in numerous other prestigious competitions, including, the Concert Artist Guild International Competition Ima Hogg International Young Artist Competition, the Fischoff Chamber Music Competition, and the annual Down Beat Magazine Student Recording Awards. Dr. Goble is currently the Chair and Professor of Saxophone at Western Connecticut State University in Danbury, Connecticut. He is active as a guest conductor and clinician throughout the United States. Contact: gobled@wcsu.edu |
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