CGE 2023-24 Mentor
Anna Marie Wytko
Anna Marie Wytko is Professor of Saxophone within the School of Music, Theatre, and Dance at Kansas State University and a Yamaha Performing Artist-Clinician. Internationally, Dr. Wytko has performed as soloist with the Banda Sinfónica de Montevideo of Uruguay, the Banda de Conciertos de San José of Costa Rica, the Polish Air Force Band in Poland, as soloist at Carnegie Hall for the New York International Music Festival, at the Royal College of Music in London, and as soloist with orchestra throughout England and Scotland, among others. Additional sample international guest concerts and master classes have been presented throughout Argentina, Italy, France, Mexico, Uruguay, Poland, England, Scotland, and throughout the United States. Professor Wytko has served as one of three North American adjudicators for the final rounds of the Collegiate Solo Competition as part of the North American Saxophone Alliance Biennial Conference. Dr. Wytko has performed as soloist with the Phoenix Symphony Orchestra. She has appeared as soloist for the American Bandmasters Association in Colorado, the American Band College in Oregon, the Dr. Lawrence R. Sutherland Wind Festival in California, and the College Band Directors National Association Conference in Colorado, to name a few. Hailed by international music journal The Absolute Sound as an artist “possessing a prodigious technique plus extraordinary control of tone and dynamics,” TimeGrabber Digital Recordings released Anna Marie’s recordings titled When night came, Anna Marie Wytko - Saxophonist, and The Loveliness of Air - I Can’t Breathe. As invited recording artist, she has recorded music for the Encuentro de Saxofonistas in Costa Rica and with saxophonist Eugene Rousseau. Professor Wytko is the author of the following books published by RJ Upmarket Press: The Saxophonist As Rank Beginner and Beyond: A Guide for Saxophone Methods Class, Band Directors, and Private Instructors as well as The Saxophonist As Musician First - A Sampling of Resources.
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