Andrew Hutchens performs an evening of saxophone.
About the artist
Andrew Hutchens resides in Columbia, South Carolina
where he is a graduate assistant at the University of South Carolina. He is an
active performer of solo repertoire, chamber music, and new music for the
saxophone.
Hutchens serves as a
clinician throughout western North Carolina and South Carolina while
maintaining a private studio of secondary school saxophonist. He has participated
as a faculty member at the Carolina Saxophone Camp alongside the Assembly
Saxophone Quartet.
Hutchens’s repertoire encompasses masterworks
from composers ranging from Biedenbender to Bach. He has performed
extensively across the United States in both professional and casual venues
such as the North American Saxophone Alliance Biennial Conferences, American Single Reed Summit,
Asheville Symphony Orchestra, Navy Band Saxophone Symposium, NASA Regional
Conferences, and the National Conference for Undergraduate Research, Foothills
Arts Council, and the Glitterbox Theatre.
As an advocate for new
music, Andrew is involved in the commissioning and premiering of new music,
including works by Stacy Garrop, Alan Theisen, Jeff Weston, Ruby Fulton,
Jeff Herriott, and Benjamin Dean Taylor.