Jon Amon
Dr. Jonathan Amon is a music educator and saxophonist based in the Boston area. He serves on the faculties of the University of Rhode Island and Bridgewater State University, where his combined responsibilities include teaching applied saxophone, chamber music, and various courses in music history and theory. Additionally, he teaches saxophone at The Fenn School and the Instrumental Music School of Carlisle and Concord (IMSCC), both located in Concord, MA. An avid soloist, he is especially interested in contemporary music and works that blend practices from the spheres of classical, popular, and traditional music. He has performed at various events of the North American Saxophone Alliance, World Saxophone Congress, and United States Navy Band Symposium, and has premiered works by several composers including Joan Tower, Pierre Grouvel, Francine Trester, and Claudio Gabriele. He is an adjudicator for the Massachusetts Music Educators Association and the Rhode Island Music Educators Association. His primary teachers have been Ken Radnofsky, Jean-Michel Goury, and Matt Sintchak.
Jennifer Bill
Dr. Jennifer Bill is dedicated to cultivating human connection through the arts. A multifaceted musician and educator, saxophonist and conductor, Dr. Bill, has performed in Asia, throughout Europe, and the United States. Her poignant performance style captivates audiences around the globe. Dr. Bill is a Selmer Artist.
A versatile saxophonist, Dr. Bill has performed as a soloist and a contemporary chamber musician with a diverse group of artists. For over a decade, she has partnered with visual artist Linnea Maas in the experimentation of the aural-visual in a collaboration named BRUSH|REED. She is also a founding member of the Pharos Quartet, J.E.Y., and the BiND Ensemble. Her debut album, Divergent Reflections, was released in 2019.
As a conductor, Dr. Bill currently leads the Boston University Concert Band and is an active clinician throughout New England. She has been a guest conductor with the Hong Kong Wind Ensemble and has led ensembles on tours through Ireland and Italy.
Dr. Bill is currently on faculty at Boston University, Boston College, Rhode Island College, and the Boston University Tanglewood Institute. Dr. Bill is also the sole organizer, director, and officer of Music Performance &Education, Inc. jenniferbill.com
Amy McGlothlin
Saxophonist Dr. Amy McGlothlin is a dynamic performer, teacher, and conductor with studies in a wide range of performance genres. She is a chamber music specialist and performs regularly with the Pharos Quartet as well as the Triage Woodwind Ensemble.
As a performer, Amy has commissioned works from several composers, including Brandon Nelson, James Hamel, Shih-Hui Chen, and John MacDonald, and is a frequent co-commissioner of works from the World Wide Concurrent Premieres & Commissioning Fund. Dr. McGlothlin has performed with the Boston Modern Orchestra Project and the New Hampshire Music Festival Orchestra as a bagpipe soloist.
Dr. McGlothlin is currently the director of bands at Fitchburg State University in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, and a Yamaha Artist. www.mcglothlinmusic.com
Andy Wilds
Dr. Andy Wilds is a saxophonist, music educator, and music administrator based in Boston, Massachusetts. He has performed with ensembles such as the Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra, the San Antonio Symphony Orchestra, the Austin Symphony Orchestra, the Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra, the Round Top Festival Orchestra, the New Bedford Symphony Orchestra, Symphony New Hampshire, and others. In 2018, Andy gave the world premiere of Joan Tower’s solo saxophone piece, Second Flight, after assisting the composer in editing the work. His recent concerto performances include the Alexander Glazunov Concerto with Kendall Square Orchestra and the Narragansett Bay Symphony, Giovanni Santos’ I Dream Awake with the MIT Wind Ensemble, and the Ingolf Dahl Concerto with the Metropolitan Wind Symphony. Andy is currently alto saxophonist with Jamaica Plain Saxophone Quartet, baritone saxophonist with Pharos Saxophone Quartet, and saxophonist with Mischief Mile, a Boston-based events band. He is also a published arranger, including publications for saxophone quartet with RC Editions, and for saxophone and piano with Murphy Music Press. Andy earned his Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees in Music Performance from the University of Texas at Austin, where he studied with Harvey Pittel. In 2019, he completed his Doctorate of Musical Arts at the New England Conservatory, where he studied saxophone with Ken Radnofsky.