Dr. Ness Performance Resume
Melbourne University Saxophone Ensemble Concerts
Marc Mellits, ExtraSensory Perception
Melbourne International Saxophone Festival
Aram Khatchaturian, Violin Concerto (arranged for Bb Soprano Saxophone)
Niccolò Paganini Arr. Thomas Brun, Rondo La Campanella
Art and Soul: Music – The Pen of the Soul
Felix Mendelssohn Arr. Nessyah Buder, Sonata for Clarinet and Piano (arranged for Bb Soprano Saxophone)
Re-Joyce Salon Concert, Alexandria, VA Dec, 2017
S. Gross Arr. Aaron Gallagher, Ki Hem (World Premiere)
A. Rotenberg, Yo Ribon
Eliyhu Klang Arr. Aaron Gallagher, Al Ze Hoyo (World Premiere)
M. Yarmush Arr. Aaron Gallagher, Yedid Nefesh (World Premiere)
Harold Arlen Arr. Re-Joyce!, Somewhere Over the Rainbow
Gershwin, Someone to Watch Over Me
Naomi Shemer, Yerushalayim Shel Zahav
Ehud Manor and Nurit Hirsh, B’Shana Haba’a
100SAX Concert, Melbourne Saxophone Ensemble Melbourne, AU July, 2017
Tomás Gubitsch, Blow the lid off
Mark Phillips, What If
Franck Tortiller, Laloue
Katia Beaugeais, First Light at Uluru
Fairfax Wind Symphony Fairfax, VA May, Feb, 2017, Dec, Oct, 2016
Pedagogical Considerations of Contemporary Australian Concert Saxophone Music: A Lecture Recital Winchester, VA 2016
Matthew Orlovich, Flying Colours
Brenton Broadstock, Not too near … not too far
Barry Cockcroft, Ku Ku
Master’s Degree Composition Recital Fairfax, VA Apr, 2016
Aaron Gallagher, Animas
A Musical Journey Through the History of the Saxophone
Lecture Recital at the Museum of the Shenandoah Valley Winchester, VA Nov, 2015
Alexander Glazunov, Concerto for Alto Saxophone
Mikhail Glinka, Overture to Russlan and Ludmilla
Doahnamics Saxophone Quartet Fairfax Tour Fairfax, VA May 11-15, 2015
Performance/Masterclass at 13 elementary, middle, and high schools
Aaron Gallagher, Shalom Aleichem (world premiere)
Aaron Gallagher, Theme and Variations
Joseph Speranzo (Arr.), Tchaikovsky’s Album for the Young
Isaac Albeniz, Sevilla
Eugene Bozza, Andante et Scherzo
Nessyah Buder, That Two (world premiere)
Gavin Whitlock, Celtic Suite
Andrew Herring (Arr.), Star Wars Medley
Music From Down Under: The Australian Saxophone DeKalb, IL Jan, 2015
Matthew Orlovich, Air Traffic Control
Three Little Birds: A Saxophone Recital Winchester, VA
Dec, 2014
Libby Larsen, Holy Roller
Nikola Resanovic, The Ox and the Lark
Giacinto Scelsi, Tre Pezzi
Paul Creston, Concerto for Alto Saxophone and Piano
Takashi Yoshimatsu, Fuzzy Bird Sonata
Ear Candy Experimental New Music Concerts Winchester, VA
Nov, Feb, 2014; Nov, 2013
Marc Mellits, Black for Saxophone Quartet
Marc Mellits, Black for Two Baritone Saxophones
Barry Cockcroft, P for SATB Saxophone Quartet
Edge Ensemble Winchester, VA Sept, 2014
Robert Davidson, McLibel
Robert Davidson, Generation After Generation
Time Dilation: A Saxophone Journey Winchester, VA May, 2014
Philippe Portejoie, Paris Eternel
John Anthony Lennon, Distances Within Me
Karlheinz Stockhausen, En Freundschaft
Mischa Zupko, In Transit
Marc Mellits, Black
Shenandoah Treasures Winchester, VA Feb, 2014
David T. Little, Raw Power for Saxophone Quartet
Frost School of Music Saxophone Ensemble Concerts Miami, FL Nov, Apr, 2012
Aldemaro Romero, Fuga con Pajarillo (arr. Esneider Valencia) (world premiere)
Dorothy Hindman, Cascade (world premiere)
Saxophone Music in Australia: A Lecture Recital in collaboration with Barry Cockcroft Melbourne, Australia Aug, 2012
Barry Cockcroft, Gorge
Lachlan Davidson, Strange Times
Barry Cockcroft, Slap Me
Matthew Orlovich, Crazy Logic
Also presented at University of Miami as Music From Down Under: A Saxophone Recital And at The Winchester Medical Center as Music From Down Under: The Australian Saxophone Miami, FL June, 2012; Winchester, VA Oct, 2013
Senior Recital Evanston, IL Jan, 2011
Edison Denisov, Sonate pour Saxophone Alto et piano
William Albright, Sonata for Alto Saxophone and Piano
William Bolcom, Lilith
Barry Cockcroft, Beat Me for solo tenor saxophone
International Saxophone Symposium Fairfax, VA Jan, 2018; Winchester, VA Jan, 2015; Fairfax, VA Jan 2008, 2009, 2010
Robert Muczynski, Sonata, Op. 29
David Maslanka, Mountain Roads
John Heins, Concerto for Alto Saxophone
David Kechley, Stepping Out for saxophone quartet
F. et. M. Jeanjean, Quatuour pour Saxophones
Alexander Glazunov, Quatuor Op. 109
William Albright, Fantasy Etudes for Saxophone Quartet
Amy Williams, Univocity for Saxophone Quartet (premiere)
Pierre Lantier, Andante et Scherzetto
Antonín Dvorak, American Quartet (arr. Johnny Salinas)
Michael Torke, July for saxophone quartet
Northbrook Symphony Orchestra, Tenor Saxophonist
Ravel, Bolero Northbrook, IL
Aaron Performance Resume
Musical “Bye Bye Birdie” for Washington Lee Highschool, Alexandria, VA Jan. - Feb. 2018
Alto Sax and Bb Clarinet
100SAX Concert, Melbourne Saxophone Ensemble Melbourne, AU July, 2017
Tomás Gubitsch, Blow the lid off
Mark Phillips, What If
Franck Tortiller, Laloue
Katia Beaugeais, First Light at Uluru
VMEA 37th Annual Professional Development Conference Hot Springs, VA 2016
“It’s A Set-Up!!” with the Fairfax Wind Symphony
Master’s Degree Composition Recital Fairfax, VA Apr, 2016
Aaron Gallagher, Animas
Theme and Variations by Aaron Gallagher
Crossroads Fairfax, VA Nov. 2015
Oh, the Places You’ll Go by Andrew Cote
Sweet Tooth by Marijke Boers
Locally Grown Fairfax, VA October, 2015
Reflexively Hexiflexagonal by Ben Ryer
A Multimedia Circus Fairfax, VA May, 2015
Sleep. Overdose. Repeat. by Blake Chamlee
Graduate Recital Fairfax, VA April, 2015
Saxophone Quartet by Laura Collier
Saxophone Studio Recitals Fairfax, VA March, May, 2015
Fuzzy Bird Sonata by Takashi Yoshimatsu
The Girl With the Flaxen Hair by Claude Debussy
Old Wine in New Bottles Fairfax, VA March, 2015
Sonata in Swing by Brandon Homayouni
Ear Candy Experimental New Music Concert Winchester, VA February, 2014
Black for Two Baritone Saxophones by Marc Mellits
Senior Recital Morehead, KY October, 2010
Oleo by Sonny Rollins
My One and Only Love by Guy Wood
A Night in Tunisia by Dizzy Gillespie
Moment’s Notice by John Coltrane
On Green Dolphin St. by Kaper/Washington
In a Sentimental Mood by Duke Ellington
Rio San Juan by Patrick Gallagher
Firestreet Jazz Quartet Tour Masterclasses and Workshops
Morehead, KY; Green County, KY; Pikeville, KY April, 2010– May, 2010
Three Pieces for Saxophone Quartet by Bob Mintzer
Iberia Suite by Ed Calle
Rice and Beans by Ed Calle
A Night In Tunisia by Dizzy Gillespie/Arr. Aaron Gallagher
Junior Recital Morehead, KY October, 2009
Cheesecake by Dexter Gordon
Blow Mr. Dexter by Dexter Gordon
Round Midnight by Thelonious Monk
Song for Bilbao by Pat Metheny
Summertime by George Gershwin
Captain Marvel by Chick Corea
Three Pieces for Saxophone Quartet by Bob Mintzer
Blue Wisp Jazz Club Cincinnati, OH 2009–2010
Some Skunk Funk by Randy Brecker
Invitation by Kaper/Washington
Blue Bossa by Kenny Dorham
The Fuzzy Duck Morehead, KY 2008–2010
Sandu by Clifford Brown
Tenor Madness by Sonny Rollins
Anthropology by Charlie Parker
Beautiful Love by Victor Young
All Blues by Miles Davis
Black Orpheus by Louis Bonfi
Au Privave by Charlie Parker
Autumn Leaves by Johnny Mercer
Blue Monk by Thelonious Monk
Blue Trane by John Coltrane
Blues for Alice by Charlie Parker
Lester Leaps In by Lester Young
Ive Got Rhythm by George Gershwin
Don’t Get Around Much Anymore by Duke Ellington
Equinox by John Coltrane
Fables of Faubus by Charles Mingus
Moanin’ by Bobby Timmons
Giant Steps by John Coltrane
Footprints by Wayne Shorter
Four by Miles Davis
Four on Six by Wes Montgomery
Have You Met Miss Jones by Rogers/Heart
All the Things You Are by Hammerstein/Kern
Caravan by Duke Ellington