Ithaca College

Faculty saxophonist Steven Mauk will present a free recital at 4:00 p.m. on Sunday, February 12 in the Hockett Family Recital Hall at Ithaca College. He will be joined by colleagues Diane Birr, piano; Kim Dunnick, trumpet; and Patrice Pastore, soprano. They will perform music of Debussy, Depelsenaire, Hoiby, Satterwhite, and Wilson.

Mauk has presented numerous solo, chamber music, and concerto performances in such locales as the England, Ireland, Scotland, Holland, Japan, Russia, Italy, Luxembourg, Slovenia, Croatia and Canada, as well as countless cities in the U. S. Included in these have been three performances at Weill Recital Hall in Carnegie Hall, a concerto presentation at Alice Tully Hall, and four concerto performances with the United States Navy in Washington, DC. Recently he presented master classes and concerto performances in St. Petersburg and Moscow, Russia. He is a founding member of the Empire Saxophone Quartet and the saxophone and guitar duo “Remeleixo.”

Mauk has recorded 17 albums, written over 100 articles, and authored four books. He has received a Dana Teaching Fellowship and a Dana Research Fellowship at Ithaca College for his excellence in teaching and research, as well as an Ithaca College President's Recognition Award. Mauk was the recipient of Ithaca College's Excellence in Teaching Award for 2001-2002.