Guest Artist Masterclass: Otis Murphy, Saxophone

About this event

The Georgia State University School of Music welcomes saxophonist Dr. Otis Murphy for a guest artist masterclass. Professor of Saxophone and Chair of Woodwinds at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, Dr. Murphy joined the faculty at twenty-eight, becoming one of the youngest appointments in the school's history.

An internationally acclaimed soloist and clinician, Dr. Murphy has performed in more than twenty countries across four continents and has appeared at Carnegie Hall's Isaac Stern Auditorium, Casals Hall in Tokyo, Palau de la Musica in Valencia and the Muziekgebouw aan het IJ in Amsterdam. A prizewinner in both the Adolphe Sax International Saxophone Competition in Belgium and the Jean-Marie Londeix International Saxophone Competition in France, he has recorded more than fifteen albums including four solo releases. His performance of Ellen Taaffe Zwilich's Quintet for Alto Saxophone and String Quartet with the Pacifica Quartet earned a GRAMMY Award for Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance.

Dr. Murphy has taught at the Paris Conservatory, the Amsterdam Conservatory, the Cologne Academy of Music, the Royal College of Music in London and festivals worldwide. He holds Doctor of Music and Master of Music degrees from Indiana University and studied in France on a Fulbright Fellowship at the Conservatoire National Régional de Musique in Cergy-Pontoise, earning the Prix de Perfectionnement à l'unanimité.

Georgia State students will perform for Dr. Murphy and receive coaching in front of a live audience. Observers are welcome.

Free and open to the public.