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David Milne (Saxophonist)
David Milne serves as professor of Music-Saxophone/Jazz Studies and Chair of the Department at the University of Wisconsin River Falls. Milne is a performer, composer, and arranger in musical setting ranging from creative jazz, modern big band, and progressive popular styles to symphonic, orchestral, chamber music, and contemporary classical styles. David serves as an Artist-Clinician for Selmer Saxophones and Vandoren Reeds

Education
Dave Milne has received his Bachelor of Arts degree and Master of Music from Indiana University where he studied saxophone with Eugene Rousseau (saxophonist). He has also gone on to receive his Doctor of Musical Arts degree in saxophone performance from the Eastman School of Music where he studied with Ramon Ricker. []

Performance
David Milne has performed with the Minnesota Orchestra, Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Minnesota Opera, Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, JazzMN Big Band, Phil Woods, Doc Severinsen, Gordon Goodwin, Bob Florence, Rob McConnell, Bob Mintzer, Bobby McFerrin, Ray Charles, Jack McDuff, Lou Rawls, Ernestine Anderson, Terry Gibbs, Smokey Robinson, and the Nelson Riddle Orchestra. Dedicated to the performance of contemporary music, David Milne has fostered, commissioned, premiered, and recorded new works for chamber music ensembles with the ANCIA Saxophone Quartet, JAZZAX Saxophone Quartet, and Zeitgeist. David's compositions and arrangements for saxophone ensembles have been performed at the North American Saxophone Alliance and World Saxophone Congress conventions. David's compositions for saxophone ensemble and jazz ensemble are published by Really Good Music LLC, and BIT Musikverlag, Berlin, Germany. As a performer, he has received awards, grants, and commissions for new works from The American Composers Forum, The Jerome Foundation, THE Commission Project, and Downbeat jazz journal.http://www.davidmilne.com/profile.htm

Recordings

 * Variations  Ancia Saxophone Quartet
 * Short Stories Ancia Saxophone Quartet

David has recorded contemporary music for NAXOS International, New World Records, Innova Recordings (American Composers Forum), Artegra Records, and Artists' Quarter Records.http://www.davidmilne.com/profile.htm