In increasing demand as a soloist and chamber musician, Todd Oxford has toured from Halifax, Nova Scotia to Bangkok, Thailand to Lisbon, Portugal, and throughout 46 of the fifty states.  His virtuosity as a performer and recording artist extend to the Soprano, Alto, Tenor, and Baritone Saxophones.  Recent engagements include Carnegie Hall, the University of Hawaii, California State University at Los Angeles, Texas State University, Georgia’s Spivey Hall, and the Texas Ranger’s Ballpark.  Mr. Oxford began studies of the saxophone at age 13, and upon receiving many young artist awards initiated advanced degree work at The University of Texas at Austin.  He received the Doctor of Musical Arts Degree in 2001.

He was invited to join the Harvey Pittel Saxophone Quartet in 1988 and performed some 600 engagements with the group through the 2001 season.  The Quartet presented concerts in affiliation with Columbia Artists Management, Midwest Arts Alliance, and the Texas Commission on the Arts in cities such as New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Washington D.C., Honolulu, Sacramento, CA, Rochester, MN, and Dallas, TX.  In addition, the group performed on hundreds of university/college campuses, radio/television programs, orchestral pops series, and as featured artists with wind ensembles.

Todd Oxford has received many performance awards to include the Dallas Concerto Competition First Prize, Best Instrumental Collaborator (Sidney Wright Award), the University of Texas Concerto Competition, and was recently a finalist in both the Coleman Chamber Music Competition and the Roy Crane Award for Excellence in Music.

Mr. Oxford has been involved in numerous world premiers and has collaborated with many prominent composers and performers such as Gunther Schuller, Karel Husa, Warren Benson, David Maslanka, Michael Daugherty, Michael Colgrass, Donald Grantham, Dan Welcher, Warren Barker, Oliver Knussen, Daron Aric Hagen, Shulamit Ran, Robert Xavier Rodriguez, David Holsinger, Allen Vizutti, Jeff Tyzik, Julie Budd, Kenny Rogers, and the Manhattan Transfer.  He may be heard as a featured artist on a number of recordings available on the Mark Records label by ensembles such as The Harvey Pittel Saxophone Quartet, the TEX-SAX Saxophone Ensemble, the United States Air Force Band of the West, and the University of Texas Wind Ensemble.  Todd Oxford’s solo CD, Finesse, is available on the Equilibrium label (www.equilibri.com) and is nationally distributed by Albany Records.  He most recently recorded with the Barbwire New Music Project. 

Mr. Oxford co-founded the Elision Saxophone Quartet in 1990 and is currently the group’s soprano/alto saxophonist.  The quartet performs in a vast array of live radio, television, concert, and festival settings.  A new CD, LIVE Through the Years, is available on the Equilibrium label and is available for purchase at www.amazon.com, and www.towerrecords.com.  Mr. Oxford’s teaching affiliations have included the University of Texas at Austin, the University of Alaska at Fairbanks, the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor, Temple College, the Leander I.S.D., and the Pflugerville I.S.D. (Texas).  He currently teaches at Texas State University and serves as a saxophone specialist in a number of San Antonio area schools. 

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