Department of Music

Who: Charlottesville and University Symphony Orchestra

Kate Tamarkin, Music Director

Timothy Roberts, Alto Saxophone

What: Pictures at an Exhibition

Final Concert in the 2008-09 Epic Season

Program:

• Samuel Barber Overture to “The School for Scandal”
• Maurice Ravel Pavane for a Dead Princess
• Paule Maurice Tableaux de Provence
• Timothy Roberts, alto saxophone
• Mussorgsky/Ravel Pictures at an Exhibition

When:

Saturday, April 18 at 8:00pm, at Old Cabell Hall
Sunday, April 19 at 3:30pm, at Monticello High School

Tickets: Single tickets range from $10 to $35 and can be purchased at the Cabell Hall Box Office at (434) 924-3984, 12pm to 5pm, Monday through Friday. For more information, visit cvillesymphony.org.

Timothy Roberts, Saxophone Soloist

American Saxophonist Timothy Roberts, a native of Richardson, Texas, is Principal Saxophonist and a National Tour Soloist with the United States Navy Band in Washington, DC. He is also Coordinator of the Navy Band’s International Saxophone Symposium. Having performed for four U.S. Presidents and throughout all 48 states since joining the ensemble in 1987, Roberts is a regularly featured soloist on Navy Band National Concert Tours throughout the Washington, D.C. area and around the world.

As winner of the National Symphony Orchestra's Concerto Competition, he appeared as soloist with the orchestra at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. The Washington Post was on hand and described his performance of Jacque Ibert's Concertino da Camera as "simply stunning." His 1999 concerto performance with the Navy Band in Quebec was reviewed by Le Soliel as "The audience enjoyed the fluid technique, lightness of tone, and impeccable playing of saxophonist Timothy Roberts." In 2007, the Dallas Morning News noted, “Tim Roberts poured forth the creamiest, most gorgeous sounds ever heard from a saxophone, and phrased eloquently besides."

Roberts makes frequent appearances with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra performing in Dallas, on European festival tours, and on numerous recordings for the Dorian, Delos, and Hyperion compact disc labels. He recently performed at the XIV World Saxophone Congress in Ljubljana, Slovenia, and was also one of three international saxophonists chosen to perform with the Orchestre d'Harmonie du Congres Mondial du Saxophone at the XII World Saxophone Congress in Montreal. Roberts recently completed his Doctorate of Musical Arts from the Catholic University of America, where he also served as Director of Instrumental Ensembles for three years. He has had numerous pieces composed especially for him, most recently John Heins' Concerto for Alto Saxophone and Wind Ensemble, and Wilfred Holcombe's Blues Concerto for Alto Saxophone. He was also part of the original commission consortium and influential advisor to John Mackey in the creation and development of his new Concerto for Soprano Saxophone and Wind Ensemble.

A strong proponent of music education, Roberts has published over thirty columns for Saxophone Journal. He has developed a popular master class entitled "Developing a Disciplined Practice Routine" that was premiered on a compact disc included in the magazine. Much in demand as a soloist with university and community wind ensembles, Roberts also performs with the East Coast Saxophone Quartet and maintains an active teaching studio at both George Mason University in Fairfax, VA, and Shenandoah Conservatory in Winchester, VA. He recently concluded four years service as Secretary of the North American Saxophone Alliance.