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Biography

Based in Philadelphia, Noa Even is a versatile saxophonist dedicated to the creation of new music through close collaboration with composers, improvisation, and most recently, composition. Ongoing projects include atomic, a multimedia solo program exploring themes of human connection; an interview series called Talking Free Music; her duos, Ogni Suono and Patchwork; and The Saxophone Repository, a list of resources and music for saxophonists that focuses on living, historically excluded composers, musicians, and authors. Noa recently joined New Thread Quartet in New York City. In 2017, she co-founded Cleveland Uncommon Sound Project (CUSP), a non-profit organization that champions new and experimental music. Noa is Lecturer and Head of Woodwinds at Rowan University in New Jersey, a Conn-Selmer Artist-Clinician, a Vandoren Artist, and Treasurer of the North American Saxophone Alliance. For more information, visit www.noaevenmusic.com. 

Education:

• DMA, Contemporary Music (Saxophone), Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH
  • Document: Examining François Rossé’s Japanese-Influenced Chamber Music with Saxophone: Hybridity, Orality, and Primitivism as a Conceptual Framework
• MM, Saxophone Performance and Literature, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 
• Study Abroad, Saxophone Performance, Conservatoire à Rayonnement Régional de Boulogne-Billancourt, France
• BM, Saxophone Performance and Music Education, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL