Saxophonist, Dr. Jennifer Bill performs solo and chamber music with a variety of groups around southern New England, including the Back Bay Saxophone Quartet (www.backbayquartet.com). She has performed contemporary chamber music with a variety of artists including vocalists, clarinetists, cellists, flutists, taped media, percussionists and dancers. Currently she is working with a visual artist (Linnea) in the experimentation of the auralvisual in a collaboration named BRUSHREED. In December of 2005, Dr. Bill was a guest soloist with the Boston University Wind Ensemble, performing John Harbison's San Antonio. In the spring of 2006 she was a guest conductor with the Providence College concert band. She has premiered numerous pieces for saxophone including Reflection by Michael Kregler in 2007, The Miraculous Tale for saxophone and derabucca by Halim El-Dabh as part of World-Wide Concurrent Premieres in 2007, and works by Howard Frazin and Shih-Hui Chen as part of Worldwide Concurrent Premieres in 2005. In the spring of 2009 she will again be participating in Worldwide Concurrent Premieres by performing Yuan by Lei Liang. She has participated in national and world conferences including the World Saxophone Congress in 2003, the North American Saxophone Alliance national conference in 2000 and the North American Saxophone Alliance regional conference in 2005.
Dr. Bill is currently a Lecturer in Saxophone at Boston University, a Special Lecturer in Music at Providence College (theory, ear training, saxophone, and chamber music), and a Faculty member at The Boston Conservatory (liaison between Boston Conservatory and the Boston Arts Academy). She is also the saxophone instructor,wind ensemble coordinator, and saxophone workshop assistant for the Boston University Tanglewood Institute. Dr. Bill also serves on the International Advisory Board for World-Wide Concurrent Premiers and Commissioning Funds, Inc.
Dr. Bill received her education from Providence College (BA), The Boston Conservatory (MM) and Boston University (MusAD). Her teachers have included Kenneth Radnofsky, Christopher Kelton and Carrie Koffman.
Along with her musical passions Dr. Bill is also an athlete and a coach. She captained her Division I ice hockey team during her undergraduate time at Providence College and was an assistant coach for Northeastern University’s women’s ice hockey team from 2001 to 2004. She also coached ice hockey camps and clinics for young players from 1997-2006.
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