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future performances
April 4-6, 2025:
2025 North American Saxophone Alliance Regional Conferences, Cal State Fullerton
April 7, 2025
Performance and Masterclass
Utah Tech
past performances
2018
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March 12, 2022: set of four original compositions on BYU-Idaho Jazz Festival main concert
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March 11, 2022: FOUR + Six regional public-school visits, student coaching and performance
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March 10, 2022: BYU-Idaho Jazz Festival recital with FOUR + Six 2018
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July 2018 Tour: World Saxophone Congress performance, Jazz & Cabaret: Club Kontesa in Zagreb, Croatia; tour performances in Russia, Germany, and Luxembourg cancelled due to Watkins’ increased blindness; Watkins and quartet member Ray Smith lectured at the conference
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April 2018: with Utah State Jazz Orchestra, Logan, UT
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March 2018: master class and performance, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT
2017 -
November 2017: master class and performance, Brigham Young University—Idaho, Rexburg, ID
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November 2017: recording sessions at Studio 10, Orem, UT for There You Go Thinking Again double quartet album; other quartets added their parts in early 2018
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May 2017: Caldwell Performing Arts Series, Caldwell, ID, with Chuck Smith Trio
2015 -
July 2015 Tour
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Reykjavik, Iceland: Jómfrúin
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London, England: Concert with Sam Petchey Trio at St Philip and James Church, Whitton, London, UK and street performances (busking), Red Cross fund raisers, sponsored by Marriott; sax.co.uk, short concert broadcast online; Music Art and Poetry Club with Sam Petchey Trio; work with Buckingham Palace Guard Band cancelled due to their being called to duty at the last moment
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Strasbourg, France: XVII World Saxophone Congress, conference performances a cappella and with Saxitude, Strasbourg club performances
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Luxembourg: Blues Express and other events with Saxitude
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Wulfenbüttel, Germany: Landesmusikakademie Niedersachsen (Music Academy of Lower Saxony); concert (standing room only), workshop, lessons
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Hanover, Germany: Landeshauptstadt Hannover Musikschule, Germany (Music school in the state capital of Hanover), concert, workshops; Hanover Saxophone Society, performance, question and answer session
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April 2015: recording sessions at Studio 10, Orem, UT for Got Somethin’ to Say album
2012 -
July 2012 Tour
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Reykjavik, Iceland: Jómfrúin
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St. Andrews, Scotland: XVI World Saxophone Congress
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Hanover, Germany: Landeshauptstadt Hannover Musikschule, Germany residency, a cappella performance, concert with Clean, Fine, and Funky Big Band
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Luxembourg: Jazz and Blues Rallye, Summer in the City, Café do Brasil, and other events
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April 2012: recording sessions at Rosewood Studio, Provo, UT for FOURway Stop album
2009 -
July 2009 Tour
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Rangsit, Thailand: Rangsit University residency, concert with Rangsit faculty trio
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Bangkok, Thailand: Royal Queen’s Park Hotel Jazz club, jam session host
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Bangkok, Thailand: XVV World Saxophone Congress, Mahidol University, performance and lecture
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Singapore: concert at The Arts House, Singapore Radio interview
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Quezon City, Philippines: University of the Philippines residency, concert with jazz trio, jazz ensemble, and concert band, workshops, and private instruction
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Original itinerary: Beijing Conservatory visit cancelled due to H1N1 virus; Taipei, Taiwan concert sponsored by P. Mauriat cancelled due to temporary restriction of foreign performers by government; Kathmandu Jazz Conservatory residency cancelled due to social upheaval
2008 -
July 2008: recording sessions at BYU-Idaho for On a Warm Summer’s Evenin’ album
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February 2008: Premier of With Friends Like These, Of Things Hoped For, and Felices para siempre for saxophone quartet and concert band; performed with the BYU-Idaho Symphony Band
2006 -
July 2006 Tour
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Reykjavik, Iceland: Jómfrúin
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Vienna, Austria: Jazzland
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Ljubljana, Slovenia: XIV World Saxophone Congress
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Venice, Italy: cancelled due to club closure
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Rome, Italy: Villa Celimontana Jazz Festival
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London, England: Jazz After Dark; invited to perform at Ronnie Scott’s but date too late for tour duration
2005 -
October 2005: performance with Idaho Falls Symphony (On a Warm Summer’s Evenin’, Chim Chim Cheree, and a cappella compositions)