~Nois will join My Brightest Diamond on stage at storied Metro in Chicago. My Brightest Diamond will be opening for Canadian indie rock band, Stars. Doors are at 8 pm and the show starts at 9 pm. Get your tickets here!

~Nois will perform Gemma Peacocke's stunning Dwalm at the Princeton Sound Kitchen. Princeton Sound Kitchen is a vital forum for the creation of new music. Serving the graduate student and faculty composers of the renowned composition program at Princeton University, PSK presents a wide variety of concerts and events. 

~Nois will be a featured soloist on the Northshore Concert Band's 2018/2019 Series Opening Concert. The quartet will perform Concerto Grosso for saxophone quartet and wind band by Pulitzer Prize winner, William Bolcom. Conducted by Dr. Mallory Thompson, the Northshore Concert Band is a 100-member symphonic band that performs throughout the Chicago metropolitan area. Now in its 63rd season, NCB has become internationally known and respected for its musical excellence, leadership in community music, and service to music education.  For more information and tickets, please visit the NCB website.

~Nois and Nick Zoulek will perform at Howard’s Club H in Bowling Green, OH. Zoulek and ~Nois met at the 2018 Blackbird Creative Lab and immediately struck up a fantastic friendship and musical connection. Zoulek is a modern saxophonist of “pure mindfulness and talent” (PopMatters), Nick Zoulek's focus on performance, collaboration, multimedia, and improvisation,  has led to a diverse portfolio of distinctive artistic ventures, performing across France, the United Kingdom, Canada, and the United States. Come check out new collaborative works, improvisation, and sounds from Pauline Oliveros, Gemma Peacocke, and Joe Krycia. There is a $5 cover and the show is all ages. For more info, click here!

~Nois returns to the Frequency Series at Constellation to present a program of new works written for the quartet. This concert will feature the Chicago premiere of Gemma Peacocke's Dwalm, as well as a world premiere by Chicago-based composer Darcy Copeland. ~Nois will also perform Hans Thomalla’s Albumblatt II along with Pauline Oliveros' Thirteen Changes, a completely improvised work that has become a staple of ~Nois live shows. The concert will also feature our friends in F-PLUS, an exciting violin, clarinet, and percussion trio based in Chicago and New York. Get your tickets here!

~Nois will be a featured artist at this year's Continuum Music Festival in Memphis, Tennessee. Organized by Crosstown Arts, Continuum Music Festival is a festival of collaborations among musicians and artists of diverse genres from Memphis and beyond, bringing to life unique performances and workshops in the award-winning Crosstown Concourse. Performing the music of Marcos Balter, Pauline Oliveros, Gemma Peacocke, Dave Reminick, and Hans Thomalla, ~Nois will play at 5:45 pm in the Listening Room of the Concourse. Get your tickets here!

Performed by members of Blueshift Ensemble, ~Nois, and ICEBERG New Music. The program will feature a variety of works by John Cage including Imaginary Landscape No. 4 (for 12 radios) and several of Cage’s “plant-based” compositions, in which performers play on amplified cacti and other plants. Get your tickets here!

~Nois and Brandon Quarles will give the world premiere performances of works by Chilean composer, José Miguel Arellano.

~Nois will perform at the 2018 Eighth Blackbird Gala at the Ivy Room in Chicago. As fellows for the upcoming Blackbird Creative Lab, ~Nois will represent the wonderful work Eighth Blackbird is doing through the Lab. For more information about Eighth Blackbird, click here!

~Nois will present the music of Chicago-based composers at James Madison University. The quartet will play recently commissioned works by Mathew Arrellin, Niki Harlafti, Craig Davis Pinson, and Phil Taylor as well as music by David Reminick and Marcos Balter. The concert is free and open to the public. Click here for the performance's Facebook event!

~Nois will perform for the students of Albert Einstein High School in Kensington, Maryland. The quartet will present the music of living composers to show that composition is not just a thing of the past. The members of ~Nois will also present on the career of being a chamber musician in the 21st century. 

~Nois will perform Joe Krycia's ©? at the Manhattan School of Music Student Composers Recital. This work for saxophone quartet and stereophonic playback takes its inspiration from the plunderphonics movement of electronic music. 

~Nois will perform a recital of new works for saxophone quartet at 7 pm in the Dancz Center for New Music at the Hugh Hodgson School of Music. The concert will feature works recently written for the quartet by Mathew Arrellin, Niki Harlafti, Joe Krycia, Craig Davis Pinson, and Phil Taylor, as well as the music of David Reminick. This performance is free and open to the public. Click here for the performance's Facebook event!

In addition to performing, ~Nois will also give presentations to the UGA saxophone and composition studios where the ensemble will dive into detail about the works composed for the quartet and how they use the saxophone.

~Nois will perform for the students of Cedar Shoals High School in Athens, GA. The quartet will present the music of living composers to show that composition is not just a thing of the past. The members of ~Nois will also present on the career of being a chamber musician in the 21st century. 

~Nois will present the music of Chicago-based composers as well as the late Pauline Oliveros at the University of South Carolina. The quartet will play recently commissioned works by Mathew Arrellin, Niki Harlafti, Craig Davis Pinson, and Phil Taylor as well as music by Pauline Oliveros and David Reminick. The concert is free and open to the public. Click here for more information and here for the performance's Facebook event!

~Nois will join the Bang On A Can All-Stars for the performance of Michael Gordon's Big Space at the 2018 Big Ears Festival in Knoxville, Tennessee. For more information about this fantastic festival, click here!

~Nois will present the music of Chicago-based composers and the late Pauline Oliveros at East Tennessee State University. The quartet will play recently commissioned works by Mathew Arrellin, Niki Harlafti, Craig Davis Pinson, and Phil Taylor as well as music by Pauline Oliveros and David Reminick. The concert is free and open to the public. Click here for the performance's Facebook event!

~Nois will also give a master class to the ETSU saxophone studio that afternoon. All are welcome to attend.

~Nois will present the music of Chicago-based composers, as well as the late Pauline Oliveros, at Tennessee Technological University. The quartet will play recently commissioned works by Mathew Arrellin, Niki Harlafti, Craig Davis Pinson, and Phil Taylor as well as music by Pauline Oliveros and David Reminick. ~Nois will also give a master class to students of the Tennessee Tech saxophone studio prior to the concert. The concert and master class are free and open to the public. Click here for the performance's Facebook event!

~Nois will present the music of Chicago-based composers, as well as the late Pauline Oliveros, at the University of Tennessee. The quartet will play recently commissioned works by Mathew Arrellin, Niki Harlafti, Craig Davis Pinson, and Phil Taylor as well as music by Pauline Oliveros and David Reminick. The performance will take place in Performance Hall #32 in the Alumni Memorial Building on the campus of the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, TN. The concert is free and open to the public. Click here for more information and here for the performance's Facebook event!

~Nois will also give a master class to the University of Tennessee saxophone studio that afternoon.

~Nois will present a brief performance for the Lee University Saxophone Lab. 

~Nois will present an exciting concert at Rock Bridge Community Church in Ringgold, GA on Saturday, March 17th at 7:30pm. During the concert, ~Nois will traverse the many different musical styles of 21st century music. Music by Martin Bresncik, David Ludwig, David Reminick, Robert Schumann (arr. William Bolcom) and Phil Taylor. This event is free and open to the public. Say you're attending via our Facebook event!

~Nois will give a master class and performance at the University of Akron. This event is free and open to the public.

~Nois will present the music of Chicago-based composers as well as the late Pauline Oliveros at Baldwin Wallace University. The quartet will play recently commissioned works by Mathew Arrellin, Niki Harlafti, Craig Davis Pinson, and Phil Taylor as well as music by David Reminick. The concert will also feature Pauline Olivers' text-score Thirteen Changes where ~Nois will realize thirteen lines of text through improvisation. The concert is free and open to the public. Say you're attending on our Facebook Event!

~Nois will also give a master class to the Baldwin Wallace University saxophone studio the following day, March 14, at 2pm.

~Nois will present the world premiere of Joe Krycia's ©? as well as Phil Taylor's Foursquare at the 2018 North American Saxophone Alliance Biennial Conference hosted by the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. The performance will take place in Cohen Hall.

~Nois opens the Impromptu Fest, a festival organized by New Music Chicago and curated by Amy Wurtz, at 7:30pm on February 15th at the Chopin Theatre. ~Nois will present an exciting and diverse program of works for saxophone quartet including the second performance of Phil Taylor's Foursquare: Three Antique Games. Also featured on the program will be a performance of the late Pauline Oliveros' evocative Thirteen Changes, a text score realized by the quartet through improvisation. The quartet will also perform the music of Martin Bresnick, David Ludwig, Fuminori Tanada, and Chicago's own David Reminick. Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for students with a valid student ID. Tickets can be purchased here!