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Heidi Radtke, saxophones
October 4, 2024 @ 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm
Free
A passionate teacher, Dr. Radtke has held teaching positions at Butler University in Indianapolis and was a private instructor for the Carmel High School Band Program. An active clinician, she has served on the faculties of the Illinois Summer Youth Music Pre-College Saxophone Camp, the Indiana University Summer Saxophone Academy, and Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp. Dr. Radtke currently holds the position of Lecturer of Saxophone at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, where she co-teaches the saxophone studio alongside Rahsaan Barber. She also serves on the North American Saxophone Alliance Committee for Gender Equity and has been the leader of the Women+’s Mentoring Program since 2021.
As a soloist, Dr. Radtke has performed throughout the United States, giving recent appearances in Washington, D.C. and soloing with the UNC Wind Ensemble and Symphony Band. She gave a premiere performance of Stacy Garrop’s concerto Alpenglow with tubist Anthony Kniffen and the Butler University Wind Ensemble at the 2022 American Bandmasters Association Convention and performed Garrop’s concerto Quicksilver at Butler University in the spring of 2018. Since arriving in Chapel Hill in 2022, Dr. Radtke has performed with the North Carolina Symphony Orchestra, Winston-Salem Symphony, and Charlotte Symphony Orchestra. Her debut solo album, Convergence, was released in March 2024 on Navona Records. Dr. Radtke holds undergraduate and graduate degrees from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and a Doctor of Music degree from Indiana University. She is a Conn-Selmer Artist/Clinician and Vandoren Artist/Clinician.
