Faculty

• Steven Jordheim, saxophone
  

  Professor of Music

  Steven Jordheim was a winner of two major international performance competitions: the International Competition for Musical Performers in Geneva, Switzerland in 1983 and the Concert Artists Guild International Competition in New York in 1984. He presented his New York debut recital at Carnegie Recital Hall in 1985 and has performed as a recitalist and soloist with orchestras in Italy, China, Switzerland, France, Canada, Taiwan, and the United States. Jordheim holds degrees in music performance from Northwestern University and the University of North Dakota and has studied with Frederick Hemke and Jean-Marie Londeix.

  Since joining the faculty of the Conservatory of Music at Lawrence University in 1981, Jordheim has taught courses in saxophone, chamber music, music education, and instrumental pedagogy. In 2001, Jordheim received the Lawrence University Award for Excellence in Teaching.  He has been an artist-teacher of saxophone at the Xi'an Conservatory of Music in China, the International Saxophone Chamber Music Festival in Faenza, Italy, the Hsing Tien Kong Festival in Taiwan, and the National Music Camp at Interlochen, Michigan.  He has served as adjudicator for the Concert Artists Guild International Competition, the North American Saxophone Alliance Classical Saxophone Performance Competition, and the Hsing Tien Kong Competition in Taiwan.  Steven Jordheim's recording of David Maslanka's Song Book for alto saxophone and marimba, and Sonata for alto saxophone and piano is available on compact disc on the Albany Records label.  His performance as conductor of Rodney Rogers’ Two Views for saxophone ensemble, percussion, piano, and double bass with the Lawrence University Saxophone Ensemble is available on the Albany Records label, and his performance of James Chaudoir’s Pentragrams was released on the Capstone label.

  Works composed for Steven Jordheim include:

  • The Valley of Fire for saxophone quartet and organ -- William Albright
  • We Fall . . . We Rise for saxophone ensemble -- Javier Arau
  • Duo Concertante for saxophone and piano -- Leslie Bassett
  • Consilience for saxophone quartet -- Philippe Bodin 
  • Ballade for saxophone and chamber orchestra -- Michael Halstenson
  • Trio for flute, saxophone, and piano -- Michael Halstenson
  • Songbook for alto saxophone and marimba -- David Maslanka
  • Light (con una luce superna) -- Joanne Metcalf
  • Dialogue Symphonique for saxophone and chamber orchestra -- Lucie Robert
  • The Nature of this Whirling Wheel for saxophone and piano -- Rodney Rogers
  • Two Views for Saxophone Ensemble, Percussion, Piano, and Double Bass -- Rodney Rogers
  • Hydra for saxophone quartet -- Kenneth Schaphorst

  Jordheim's latest recordings can be found here.

  Jordheim’s research interests include endoscopic study of the vocal tract in standard and extended saxophone techniques.

  Contact by e-mail: steven.jordheim@lawrence.edu

• José Encarnacion, saxophone
  

  Instructor of Jazz & Improvisational Music and Jazz Performance Coordinator

  José L. Encarnacion leads the jazz improvisation classes, coaches jazz small groups, teaches applied jazz saxophone, and coordinates the jazz performance program at the Lawrence University Conservatory of Music. He studied saxophone, flute and clarinet at the Free School of Music in San Juan, Puerto Rico, completed his Bachelor of Music degree at the Berklee College of Music in Boston where he graduated magna cum laude, and received his Master of Music degree from the Eastman School of Music (including the 2002 Schirmer Prize in Jazz Performance). He previously served as Assistant Professor of Jazz Saxophone at the Eastman School of Music, Instructor of Saxophone, Latin Jazz Performance Workshop, and Youth Saxology for the Eastman Community School, and as Jazz Ensemble Conductor at the Rochester (NY) School of the Arts.

  He has performed jazz, salsa, and Latin music with the Bob Mintzer Big Band, the Dave Rivello Ensemble, Gilberto Santarosa, Roberto Rohena, Bobby Valentin, Domingo Quinones, Israel “Cachao" Lopez, Tito Puente, Danilo Perez, Dave Valentin, Giovanni Hidalgo, Batacumbele, Humberto Ramirez, and David Sanchez. His pops performances include appearances with the Temptations, Dianne Reeves, Natalie Cole, Doc Severinsen, Lou Ralls, New York Voices, Brasilia, Ann Hampton Calloway, and the symphony orchestras of Milwaukee, Rochester, and Green Bay.

• Sara Kind, saxophone
  

  Instructor in Music

  Active as a performer and educator, saxophonist Sara Kind completed her saxophone performance degree at Lawrence University under the guidance of Steven Jordheim. Ms. Kind continued her studies at Youngstown State University where she earned her Master of Music in Saxophone Performance while serving as saxophone teaching assistant and studying with Dr. James Umble. She has appeared as soloist with ensembles throughout the Midwest including the Concord Chamber Orchestra, the Lawrence University Wind Ensemble, the Lawrence University Symphony Orchestra and the Youngstown State University Percussion Ensemble. Her quartet has appeared twice at the United States Navy Band Saxophone Symposium, a group that was also honored to perform Michael Colgrass’ Urban Requiem with the Lawrence University Wind Ensemble. She has performed live on Wisconsin Public Radio after winning their Neale Silva Competition twice and was a prizewinner at the North American Saxophone Alliance Classical Performance Competition. An avid proponent of new music, Ms. Kind recently premiered a piece by John Hollenbeck entitled Ziggurat (Exterior) at NYC’s Whitney Art Museum and recorded Dave Morgan’s Suite Sara, written for Ms. Kind in 2009. Other recent projects include a 2010 Midwest tour featuring the music of composer Mohammed Fairouz.

  Contact by e-mail: sara.a.kind@lawrence.edu