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Biography

Jeffrey Allardyce is a saxophone performer, music theorist, and educator from West Michigan. He currently serves as Visiting Assistant Professor of Saxophone and Music Theory at the University of Utah. On the stage, in the classroom, and beyond, he connects with his audiences through his musical passion, welcoming personality, and desire to make a meaningful impact in his community.

As a soloist, Allardyce competed in the 8th International Adolphe Sax Competition in Dinant, Belgium in addition to being named a finalist in the North American Saxophone Alliance (NASA) Collegiate Solo Competition and Music Teachers National Association (MTNA) Young Artist Competition. As a chamber musician, he holds the tenor chair in Sound Session, an award-winning saxophone quartet that received first place in the Fischoff “Lift Every Voice” Competition, NASA Quartet Competition, MTNA Chamber Music Competition, Barbara Wagner Chamber Music Competition, and NOLA Chamber Fest. Allardyce serves as Director of Operations for the ensemble’s L.L.C. As a large ensemble musician, he has performed with the Lansing Symphony Orchestra and internationally with saxophone ensembles at the 17th and 18th World Saxophone Congresses in Strasbourg, France and Zagreb, Croatia, respectively. As an academic, Allardyce’s research involves performance and analysis, identity and religion in music, musical narrative, and a dissertation about popular music influences on contemporary saxophone music relating to groove, timbre, and harmony.

Allardyce holds a Doctor of Musical Arts in Saxophone Performance and Master of Music in Music Theory Pedagogy from Michigan State University, a Master of Music in Saxophone Performance and Literature from the Eastman School of Music, and two Bachelor’s degrees in Music Education and Performance from Central Michigan University. His previous teachers include Joseph Lulloff, Chien-Kwan Lin, John Nichol, and Jonathan Nichol.

Courses Taught

• Private applied lessons
• Music Theory III