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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Liz Ames is a collaborative pianist who is passionate about performing and working with instrumentalists, vocalists, and composers. Her international appearances include performances in the UK, Spain, the 2012 World Saxophone Congress in St. Andrews, Scotland, the 2015 World Saxophone Congress in Strasbourg, the 2008 Contemporary Music Festival in Lima, Peru, and at the 2011 and 2016 International Double Reed Society Conferences. Liz has served as piano coordinator and staff pianist at the North American Saxophone Alliance Biennial Conferences in Tempe, AZ, Urbana-Champagne, IL, and Lubbock,TX. While specializing in saxophone literature, Liz continues to pursue projects with a wide variety of instrumentalists and vocalists. She curated a series of concerts during the 2010-2011 season where she performed the entire collection of 114 Songs by Charles Ives with eight different singers in Phoenix, Arizona. Alongside her work as a performer, Liz is devoted to creating piano reductions using extended techniques. She has written several published reductions including Henry Brant’s Concerto for Saxophone and Orchestra, Peter Schickele’s Concerto for Simply Grand Piano, and multiple concertos and oratorios by Steven Bryant, Joel Puckett, Don Grantham, and John Mackey.

Liz completed her doctorate in collaborative piano at Arizona State University and is currently living in Ann Arbor, Michigan. She performs with musicians throughout the Midwest and with her duo partner, two-time Grammy winning saxophonist, Timothy McAllister.

Dave Schall, Recording Engineer Wiley Ross, Digital Editor

In his debut album, saxophonist Edward Goodman performs the music of John Anthony Lennon, Joan Tower, William Bolcom, Daniel Asia, and Pierre Boulez.