Edward Goodman
Saxophonist Edward Goodman is a versatile performer, improviser, and educator comfortable in a wide array of musical idioms.
He has received numerous awards of regional and national acclaim, including first prize in the North American Saxophone Alliance National Classical Solo Competition, 1st prize in the Society of Musical Arts Competition, winner of Michigan State University’s Concerto Competition, and winner of the University of Michigan’s Concerto Competition. Goodman’s debut album with pianist Liz Ames, Liminal, has been considered “diabolically brilliant…superbly performed by two very special performers'' (Fanfare Magazine), and whose interpretations are “to become standard (The Saxophonist).”
Goodman serves as Soprano Chair and is a co-founder of the internationally recognized saxophone sextet, The Moanin’ Frogs. They earned notoriety as winners of the Senior Winds Division of the 2018 M-Prize Competition. The ensemble enjoys having an educational and performance profile, performing for concert series, as concerto soloists, and for educational programs throughout the US and abroad. A few such performances include appearances at The Kennedy Center in Washington, DC; Strasbourg, France; concerto soloists with the United States Air Force Band of the West; and Western International Band Clinic. Other chamber ensembles Edward has performed with include the internationally acclaimed PRISM Saxophone Quartet and the award-winning Donald Sinta Saxophone Quartet.
As an accomplished orchestral performer, Goodman regularly has been invited to serve as principal saxophonist of the Tucson Symphony Orchestra, and has been invited to perform in the wind sections of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, the Music Academy of the West Orchestra, the New World Symphony, the Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra, and the University of Michigan Symphony Orchestra
Goodman has been invited as a guest artist and clinician at several colleges across the country as well as internationally, including the University of Cincinnati Conservatory; Texas A&M Commerce University; University of Nevada Las Vegas; New Mexico State University; University of Oklahoma; University of Massachusetts, Amherst; and Conservatoire à rayonnement départemental d'Aulnay sous Bois, France. Goodman has served on the faculty of the internationally renowned Interlochen Center of the Arts Saxophone Institute along with PRISM Saxophone Quartet, and has served on the faculty for Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp in Michigan.
Dr. Goodman currently serves as the Associate Professor of Saxophone at the University of Arizona Fred Fox School of Music. He holds a Doctorate of Musical Arts Degree and Master of Music Degrees in saxophone performance and improvisation from the University of Michigan, and Bachelor of Music degrees in saxophone performance and music education from Michigan State University. Edward trianed under Donald Sinta, Timothy McAllister, Andrew Biship, Joseph Lulloff and Diego Rivera.
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Fanya Lin - Piano
Described as a “striking interpreter” who gives a “committed and heartfelt performance” by Musical America and The New York Times, pianist Fanya Lin has entranced audiences worldwide with her charismatic and fiery performances. Lin’s “mesmerizing performance” of Rachmaninoff’s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini in UK was depicted as “a tornado had touched down through her body and lifted her, feathers fluttering, from the piano stool as she weighed into the keys.” Her orchestral appearances include the Utah Symphony, Savannah Philharmonic, The Jackson Symphony, Mississippi Valley Orchestra, New Art Symphony, among others. Her concerto album Rhapsodic with Maestro Theodore Kuchar and the Lublin Philharmonic was released by Navona Records and distributed by Naxos in 2023.
An avid soloist, Fanya promotes classical music to the public by creating thematic concert programs and engages her audience by presenting interactive performances. Her solo recitals have been featured in numerous prestigious concert series, including the Schubert Club Musicians on the Rise, the Stecher and Horowitz Young Artist Series, and The Steinway Society of Western Pennsylvania.
Fanya also dedicates herself to new music by performing with contemporary music organizations such as Focus and Axiom. Her recent projects include performance of Boulez Sur Incises for three harps, three pianos, and three percussionists, piano-duet concert featuring works by celebrated female composers Tania León, Gabriela Lena Frank, Chen Yi, and Kay He.
A native of Taipei, Taiwan, Fanya is a top prizewinner of the Hastings International Piano Concerto Competition, Concours International de Piano France-Amériques, New York International Piano Competition, and Seattle International Piano Competition. Fanya earned her Doctoral Degree at the University of Minnesota under the guidance of Emerita Distinguished McKnight Professor Lydia Artymiw; her Master’s Degree at The Juilliard School with Professor Hung-Kuan Chen and Jerome Lowenthal; and her Bachelor’s Degree at Weber State University with Dr. Yu-Jane Yang. Currently, Dr. Fanya Lin is serving as the Associate Professor of Practice in Piano at the University of Arizona, where she teaches applied piano lessons, chamber music, piano literature, and Yoga for Musicians course.
