Arthur Sagami: President

Hometown: Rancho Santa Margarita CA, Mountlake

Terrace WA
Year: First year graduate student/ TA of the Saxophone
studio
Degree: Music Performance
Favorite Musicians: Some of my favorite musicians are
Gerry Mulligan, Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Arno
Bornkamp, and Nobuya Sagawa.
Favorite pieces: Sibelius' Symphony No. 2, the Dahl
Concerto, Duke Ellington's Diminuendo in Blue, and John
Coltrane's A Love Supreme.
What do you like to do outside of school?: Outside of
school, I enjoy cooking, exercising, and composing.


Drew Pfaff: Vice-President
Hometown: Smelterville ID
Year: Third year
Degree: Music Education
Favorite Musicians: Right now, I am listening to Prism
Saxophone Quartet, Streetlight Manifesto, and I will be
listening to Foo Fighters and Red Hot Chili Peppers once
their albums come put this year.
Favorite pieces: Drastic Measures, Pypes, All The Thing
What do you like to do outside of school?: I like to play
videogames, and play sports.


Joe Stewart: Secretary
Hometown: Rupert ID
Year: Fourth year
Degree: Music Education
Favorite Musicians: As far as saxophone goes, my favorites
are Gerald Albright, Eric Darius, and Cannonball Adderely.
When I'm not listening to saxophone, I will most likely be
listening to metal. My favorites are Avenged Sevenfold,
We Came As Romans, Stone Sour, Slipknot, Asking
Alexandria, and All That Remains.
Favorite pieces: Jacob TV's Billie, William Albright's
Fantasy Etudes mvt. 2: Pypes, Amy Quate's Light of
Sothis, and Gerald Albright's version of Georgia On My
Mind.
What do you like to do outside of school?: I like to play
videogames, cook, ski, and hang out with friends.



Kim Cunningham: Treasurer
Hometown: La Grande OR
Year: Fourth year
Degree: Music Education
Favorite Musicians: My favorite saxophonists are probably
Claude Delangle and Paul Desmond. Outside of saxophone
I love Trombone Shorty, Ben Folds and Ingrid Michaelson
and I'm always trying to find new groups to listen to.
Favorite pieces: My favorite classical saxophone pieces are
Fuzzy Bird Sonata mvt. 1, and Pequena Czarda, and my
favorite jazz tunes are currently My One and Only Love,
and All of Me
What do you like to do outside of school?: Outside of
school, I ski race during the winter season.



Aaron Dickinson
Hometown: Boise ID
Year: Fourth year
Degree: Music Performance
Favorite Musicians: Colman Hawkins, Ben Webster, Lester
Young, Lenny Picket, Ibrahim Maalouf, and modern artists
like Mumford and Sons, and Fun.
Favorite pieces: Glazounov Concerto, Tomasi Concerto,
Karg-Elert etudes, and jazz transcriptions from my favorite
players.
What do you like to do outside of school?: Cook, draw,
work on my car, hang out with friends, and Netflix binge
with a pint of Ben and Jerries.


Garret Bigger
Hometown: Lewiston ID
Year: Third year
Degree: Music Education
Favorite Musicians: Sonny Rollins, Phil Woods, Dream
Theater, Red Hot Chili Peppers, and Kaskade.
Favorite pieces: Sonny Rollins' Oloe and Autumn Leaves,
Phil Woods' Sonata, and both of the Dubois' Concertos
What do you like to do outside of school?: Exercise, go
fishing, play video games, and learn random card tricks.


Alejandra Hernandez
Hometown: Mountain Home ID
Year: Second year
Degree: Music Education
Favorite Musicians: I love Sonny Rollins. I listen to a large
variety of music. However, my favorite would be Spanish/
Mexican music. .
Favorite pieces:
What do you like to do outside of school?: My three
favorite hobbies are watching movies, playing tennis, and
riding my bike.



Sam Gentzler
Hometown: Walla Walla WA
Year: Second year
Degree: Music Composition
Favorite Musicians: My favorite composers of all time are
Gustav Holst, Aaron Copland, and Paul McCartney. My
favorite saxophone players are Paul Desmond and Lester
Young and my current favorite jazz group is Snarky
Puppy. When Im relaxing, my go-to favorites include
CAKE, The Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Beatles,
Wolfmother, and Johnny Cash.
What do you like to do outside of school?: When I'm not in
school ,I love to write, sing, and play guitar in various rock
groups and eat lots of food.
Alex Lardie
Hometown: Nampa ID
Year: First year
Degree: Music Education (Jazz Emphasis)
Favorite Musicians: Hank Mobley, Vincent Herring, Huey
Lewis and the News, and Earth, Wind, and Fire.
Favorite pieces: Brush Taps by Louie Bellson, Boom-Boom
by Bob Brookmeyer, I Thought About You arranged by
Vern Sielert, and Caccia and Chorale by Clifton
Williams.
What do you like to do outside of school?: Fish, arrange
Big Band charts, and write tune heads.



Zack Julian
Hometown: Kennewick WA
Year: First year
Degree: Music Education
Favorite Musicians: I love movie score music, but my
favorite musicians are Huey Lewis and the News, Prism
Quartet, and Eric Darius
Favorite pieces: William Albright's Pypes, Zoot Suit Riot,
and anything by Michael Brecker.
What do you like to do outside of school?: I like to play
video games, play sports, and hang out with my friends.