Stephen Page
“For more than twenty years, I have cultivated my artistic voice through E. Rousseau mouthpieces, and now with the new ER50 Custom, I have found the next step in its evolution. With a tone that is deep and warm, while flexible and full of life, alongside incredible response and articulation, the ER50 allows me to sculpt a sound that is well suited to any situation. This incredible new design is produced at the JodyJazz factory to exceptional standards and hand-finished using their superb proprietary Chedeville Rubber, ensuring superior quality and consistency, and by extension, reliability for the artist. As the next generation in mouthpieces by E. Rousseau, the ER50 delivers everything I have hoped for, and more!”
Biography:
Described by noted American composer Libby Larsen as “fearless on stage,” saxophonist Stephen Page has garnered international prominence as one of the leading saxophonists of today’s younger generation. Dr. Page has appeared across four continents, in the United Kingdom, France, Belgium, Thailand, Hong Kong, Japan, Canada, Australia, and throughout the United States.
Well known for his interpretations of the great original works for saxophone, Stephen has also gained acclaim for his innovative arrangements and performances of the violin repertoire, including works by Strauss, Grieg, Franck, Prokofiev, and Bach. He continues to further the saxophone repertoire through the commissioning of new works from composers such as John Mackey, David Maslanka, David Rakowski, Ida Gotkovsky, David Canfield, Mischa Zupko, Greg Wanamaker, and Marc Mellits, among others.
Stephen has earned prizes in no fewer than ten international and national competitions, including the Music Teachers National Association Young Artist and Chamber Music Competitions, the North American Saxophone Alliance Solo and Quartet Competitions, the Fischoff Chamber Music Competition, the Yamaha Young Performing Artist Competition, and the AUREC Saxophone Competition, among many others.
As the Alto Saxophone chair of the critically acclaimed Zzyzx Quartet, Stephen has appeared internationally in venues both public and academic. Zzyzx has been featured in concert at meetings of the North American Saxophone Alliance, and the World Saxophone Congress, along with performing extensively across the United States. Zzyzx Quartet was recently selected to serve on the panel of the Barlow Endowment, subsequently premiering competition winner Ben Hjertmann’s new work for saxophone quartet.
Dr. Page has released more than fifteen recordings as a soloist and chamber musician which can be heard on the Enharmonic, Teal Creek, Crystal Music, and AUR Labels. Stephen’s premier recording of John Mackey’s Soprano Saxophone Concerto and John Adams’ Saxophone Concerto will be released in 2021.
Stephen Page serves as Associate Professor of Saxophone and Director of Undergraduate Studies at the Butler School of Music within the University of Texas at Austin and has earned degrees from the University of Minnesota, the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, and the University of Iowa, having studied under Eugene Rousseau, Otis Murphy and Kenneth Tse, respectively.
Stephen Page is a Yamaha Performing Artist, D’Addario Artist, and Rousseau Mouthpiece Artist.
