Saxophonist and new music curator Drew Hosler is an advocate for contemporary music, he has commissioned and premiered over ninety pieces by award-winning composers from all over the world including Andrew Mead, Alexis Bacon, Benjamin Attahir, Gregory Wanamaker, Shelly Washington, Jamie Sampson, and Marilyn Shrude. His debut self-released solo recording Hope Will Carry Us COVID-19 EP Music for Solo Tenor Saxophone features eleven world premiere recordings from composers all over the world. A selection can be heard on Classical WSMR 89.1 and 103.9 Florida’s Classical Music Station’s Modern Notebook for June 7: Special Marathon 2 hosted by Tyler Kline.

In addition to his passion for contemporary music, Drew is also an avid performer. He was selected as a winner of the 49th Bowling Green State University Competition in Music Performance and has performed concerti by Walter Mays and William Albright with the Bowling Green Philharmonia and the Bowling Green State University Concert Band. He has performed various works for solo saxophone at the Cortona Sessions for New Music, BGSU ArtsX Festival, and the North American Saxophone Alliance Conference. 

As a chamber musician, Drew has performed at the New Music Gathering, World Saxophone Congress, Bowling Green New Music and Art Festival, Toledo Museum of Art, United States Navy Band International Saxophone Symposium, and WGTE Toledo Radio. He was also a member of ensembles that won first and second prizes at the Douglas Wayland Chamber Music Competition. Drew is also a founding member, saxophonist, and Director of Public Relations for the new music chamber ensemble, The _____ Experiment. In March 2020, the ensemble released their debut CD entitled Conversations.

Drew is currently pursuing a Master of Music in Saxophone Performance from the University of Michigan, and he holds a Bachelor of Music in Saxophone Performance from Bowling Green State University. His primary instructors have been Timothy McAllister and John Sampen. He has performed in masterclasses with world-renowned saxophonists including Jan Berry Baker, Connie Frigo, Randal Hall, Jeffrey Heisler, Daniel Kientzy, and Bill Street.

John Martin, tenor, is highly sought after throughout the United States for his versatility, clarity, and nuance. As a soloist, he has received high praise for his interpretation of early music, including numerous Bach cantatas and the famed Mass in B Minor, Handel’s Messiah, and others. His exceptional upper register has also been featured in equally well-received performances as an alto soloist ranging from Bach’s Magnificat in D to Handel’s Messiah and Charpentier’s Te Deum.

Aside from early music, John has had roles as Nanki-Poo in Gilbert & Sullivan’s The Mikado, The Patient in the premiere of Ten Yeen Chong’s The Abyss, and others spanning the common practice to contemporary eras.

In addition to his work as a soloist, John is regularly engaged as a chorister (both tenor and alto) by ensembles such as Opus 8, Skylark Vocal Ensemble, and the Choir of Saint John’s Episcopal. Until recently, he held a staff alto position at the Cathedral Church of the Advent (Episcopal) in Birmingham AL under Dr. Frederick Teardo, and he is a founding (and current) member of Highland Consort, an early music chamber choir.

Not to be limited to the classical realm, John was also featured on NBC’s The Sing-Off in 2010 as a tenor and music arranger in Street Corner Symphony, a professional, 6-man contemporary a cappella group. Street Corner Symphony was voted runner-up on the show by millions of American viewers, and John toured the United States, Canada, and Europe with them before stepping down in 2013 to return to school. During his time with the group he was humbled to perform with many popular singers including Alison Kraus, Neil Diamond, and Ben Folds.

John is an acclaimed choral and contemporary a cappella clinician, arranger, and composer in addition to his performance work, and he holds membership in the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA), the National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS), Early Music America (EMA), and the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS). He is also the past Alabama State Representative for the A Cappella Education Association (AEA).

John holds Bachelor of Arts degrees in Religion and Music (Voice Performance) from Huntingdon College in Montgomery AL and the Master of Music degree in Voice Performance from the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa. He has studied voice with Dr. Susan Fleming and the late Dr. James W. Glass. He is currently the Director of Bands at Marianna High School in Marianna FL.

The music of Joanne Metcalf, critically acclaimed as “music of great beauty” (Klassik-Heute) and “extraordinarily beautiful” (International Record Review), is known for its evocative lyricism, rhythmic extravagance, and “beautiful use of vocal colours and texture” (Glasgow Herald). Ms. Metcalf has received commissions from the Hilliard Ensemble; Singer Pur, Germany’s pre-eminent vocal ensemble; Cappella Nova; and Canty, Scotland’s premiere vocal quartet. Her choral compositions have been performed by Variant 6, the Gothic Voices, The Crossing, and the Dresden Chamber Choir.

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