Natalie / Howard Duo

Sunday, March 30, Choral Room, 11:00am - 11:30am

"Two Lines No. 2"

Composers: M. Maxwell Howard (1989)

Two Lines No. 2: fragment from Charlie Parker solos layered on top of each other

Nicholas Natalie, saxophone (he/him) and M. Maxwell Howard, piano (he/him)

Nicholas Natalie is a saxophonist from NYC. He is a multi-instrumentalist, composer, arranger, improviser, and music educator. Jazz journalist and historian Scott Yanow says, "a very skilled saxophonist who shows creativity and humor in his music... His own unpredictable playing and adventurous compositions show that he has plenty to say that is well worth hearing." In a review of his 2018 solo record, UK music critic Phil Stiles says, “an album for those who like to seek beyond the obvious and explore the hinterlands of what genre has to offer, Bitingly Right is jazz at its most exploratory and is all the more enjoyable for it.” As a concert saxophonist and has been a featured soloist with the Duquesne University Wind Ensemble and Vienna Community Band. He has performed with the Pittsburgh Jazz Orchestra, Loudoun Symphony Orchestra, Fairfax Wind Symphony, Capital Wind Symphony, and Fairfax City Band. His recorded work has received airplay on WNYU Radio, WQED-FM Pittsburgh, and WAMU’s Capital Soundtrack. He has performed at venues such as Manchester Craftsman Guild, Heinz Hall, Pittsburgh’s Carnegie Music Hall, Tilles Center for the Performing Arts, The Mansion at Strathmore, Kennedy Center’s Millennium Stage, and Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts. As a composer, Natalie's works have premiered at the 2023 and 2024 International Navy Band Saxophone Symposium and the 2016 North American Saxophone Alliance Conference.