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Dochnahl/Vine Duo
Jesse Dochnahl, alto saxophone
Lexi Vine, bass trombone


Sunday, March 29, 2020
​11:00-Noon


​Program

Duo for Alto Saxophone and Bass Trombone - Carter Pann (b. 1972)
     I. Lyrical Lois
     2. Chopper's Rag

Timing: 10 minutes

Artist Bio 
​Jesse Dochnahl is in his fourth year as the band teacher-conductor at Big Sky High School in Missoula, Montana. An active chamber musician, clinician, and conductor, he has worked with young musicians across Montana, Wisconsin, and Illinois. He served on the faculty at the University of Montana teaching saxophone in 2018. Prior to his appointment at Big Sky, Mr. Dochnahl taught instrumental music at C.S. Porter Middle School (2013-2016) and Sheboygan Falls High School (WI) (2007-2010). In the 2012-13 academic year, he served as Instructor of Saxophone and Freshman Studies at Lawrence University. He was awarded First Prize in the MTNA Woodwind Young Artist (2005) and Chamber Music (2012) National Competitions, and was the winner of the Lawrence Symphony Orchestra Concerto Competition. He has performed as concert soloist with the Manitowoc Symphony Orchestra and the Lawrence Symphony Orchestra and in recitals at the NASA 2012 National Conference, SEAMUS 2012 National Conference, 13th World Saxophone Congress, the 2005 & 2012 MTNA National Conferences, and the U.S. Navy International Saxophone Symposium. Dochnahl has performed with Sinfonia da Camera Chamber Orchestra, Eugene Symphony, Green Bay Civic Orchestra, Sheboygan Symphony, Missoula Symphony, and Helena Symphony. A staunch advocate of new music, Dochnahl has presented world premieres of music by Javier Arau, Ming-Ching Chiu, Andrew Seager Cole, Joanne Metcalf, Asha Srinivasan, Scott Unrein, Stephen Wood, and Carl Wittrock, among others. He earned his Master of Music at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign where he studied with Debra Richtmeyer and holds degrees in music education and saxophone performance from Lawrence University where he studied saxophone with Steven Jordheim. Dochnahl also worked ten seasons as a trails technician with the Forest Service near Ennis, MT, his hometown.

Lexi Vine is a recent graduate of University of Montana with a Bachelor's Degree in Music Education. She has performed with Missoula Symphony Orchestra, and at ITEC 2019 with the UM Tuba and Euphonium Choir. Currently, she is the pep band director at Big Sky High School.