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Name: Timothy McAllister

Sound: Classical music

History: McAllister is an acclaimed classical saxophonist with a few Michigan ties. As a teenager, he studied at the Interlochen Center for the Arts in Interlochen, Michigan, has degrees from the University of Michigan and is currently Professor of Saxophone at the University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre and Dance. A celebrated soloist who has performed with orchestras worldwide, McAllister is also a member of the Grammy Award-winning Prism Quartet. He's been called “one of the foremost saxophonists of his generation” by the New York Times.

The latest: McAllister recently released "Project Encore, Vol. 2," a new collection of compositions written for him by Wynton Marsalis, Jennifer Hi

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