Noah Getz is a jazz and classical saxophonist based in Washington, DC, and Musician-In-Residence at American University. Praised for his “virtuosity, sensitivity, and beauty of tone” (Fanfare), he made his Carnegie Hall debut as Grand Prize winner of the National Alliance for Excellence and earned a Grammy nomination with the New Hudson Saxophone Quartet. A committed advocate for new music, he has commissioned and premiered works by composers including Aaron Jay Kernis, Lewis Spratlan, David Amram and Stephen Hartke, whose concerto Willow Run he premiered at Oberlin. His method book Stratosphere: Altissimo Etudes for the Saxophone is published by Schott. Getz performs with the National Gallery New Music Ensemble and his World Music Collective, and has recorded Crosscurrents, Still Life and The Salon Sessions.
