Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025 at 7:30 p.m.
Squires Recital Salon

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Joseph Murphy was the saxophone professor at Mansfield University, Pennsylvania from 1987-2022. He was also director of bands, department chair, and taught many courses. He received a BME degree from Bowling Green State University and masters and doctorate degrees from Northwestern University.

Murphy was the music director of Tiffin (Ohio) Calvert High School from 1983-85. In 1985 86 he received a Fulbright Award for a year of study in Bordeaux, France where he received a Premier Prix. In June 1996 he performed a solo recital at Lincoln Center.

He has performed in all 50 states, eight Canadian provinces, 25 countries, and six continents. He has performed in New York, London, Berlin, Paris, Warsaw, Sydney, Athens, Tokyo, Bangkok, Johannesburg and at ten World Saxophone Congresses. He has premiered over 100 new works and is a clinician for the Selmer Corporation and Rico Corporation and has recorded 10 CDs. He has played with guitarist Matthew Slotkin in Duo Montagnard since 2002.

On the program: works by Annika Socolofsky, Joan Tower, Marilyn Shrude, Viet Cuong, Ruby Fulton, Michael Daugherty, Stacy Garrop, Christian Lauba, Paquito d'Rivera.