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Performer
Dylan has performed as a soloist and with various types of ensembles including big bands, wind ensembles, jazz combos, pit orchestras, saxophone quartets, chamber winds, woodwind choirs, and saxophone choirs. His performance history spans a variety of musical styles, ensemble types, venues, and instruments. He's doubled on soprano, alto, tenor, baritone, and bass saxophones as well as clarinet, bass clarinet, bassoon, and even trombone. He enjoys discovering new music and often perform works that tend to be overlooked.
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He is honored to be an alumnus of the premier wind bands at all three universities he attended: SBU Wind Symphony, MSU Wind Ensemble, and UNT Wind Symphony.
Some of his most notable performances include:
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19th World Saxophone Congress in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Spain with the UNT Saxophone Octet
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​Texas Music Educators Association (TMEA) Conference with the UNT Wind Symphony, ​Evelyn Glennie and the Barcelona Clarinet Players
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​Missouri Music Educators Association (MMEA) Conference as a member of the Missouri State University Jazz Studies Ensemble
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​Featured soloist on Come Sunday (Omar Thomas) with the Missouri State University Wind Ensemble
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​Finalist in the 2022 Concerto Competition at the University of North Texas
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Dylan believes individuality is the most important aspect of music education, and he works to ensure that his students receive instruction that aligns with their personal musical goals and makes sense to them. Dylan's passion for education is what drives him to continue working hard!
Composer
Composing and arranging music are two of Dylan's passions. He loves expressing himself through creating original music! He enjoys rhythmic music, mixed and asymmetrical meters, and unique timbres. ​​His compositions are often rhythmic, groovy, and a little weird. Humor, unique instrumentations, and the blending of genres are common among his original works. He has arranged many tunes for pep band. Recordings of some of his original compositions can be found on his YouTube channel.
Creating written music is something he has had an interest in ever since his first experience with arranging back in high school. At the time, the song "Can't Hold Us" by Macklemore was very popular on the radio and he decided to arrange it his my high school's pep band. He set to work with his saxophone, a pencil, a stack of staff paper, and his iPod on repeat transcribing melodies and rhythms until finally he had a completed project! It was a big moment in his musical journey to hear the Union High School pep band premier his arrangement of this song! That moment led him down a path that brings him happiness and enjoyment to this day.
Educator
Ever since he was chosen as a section leader for his high school's marching band, Dylan's passion for helping musicians become the best version of themselves has grown stronger and stronger.
He has been teaching music in a variety of contexts since 2017, including band, applied lessons (on saxophone, clarinet, and bassoon), and saxophone master classes. He previously served as the Graduate Assistant to the Saxophone Studio and Jazz Studies Department at Missouri State University and as a Teaching Fellow for Classical Saxophone at the University of North Texas.
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He has experience teaching students of various ages and backgrounds (his youngest student being age 7 and oldest over age 90). From working with a 5-12 band program to directing a university pep band to teaching private bassoon lessons to an elderly gentleman who could no longer hold his baritone saxophone. Dylan's experiences with music education have been varied and fruitful.
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