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Trent P. Kynaston (1973)
Saxophone, Jazz
B.M. Arizona
M.M. Arizona
Medaille d'Honneur (France)
Trent Kynaston is a recognized artist in classical and jazz music and
has performed throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, Central
America, South America, and Asia. A professor of music at Western
Michigan University, he teaches saxophone, jazz studies, and performs as
a member of the Western Jazz Quartet, a resident faculty ensemble in the
School of Music. He holds degrees from the University of Arizona in
Tucson and the coveted gold Medaille d'Honeur in saxophone and chamber
music from the Conservatoire National de Musique de Bordeaux, France.
Kynaston is the recipient of Down Beat magazine's annual Achievement
Award for Jazz Education, and the Outstanding Service Award and Dean's
Outstanding Teaching Award from the College of Fine Arts. He received
the Western Michigan University Distinguished Teaching Award in 2007,
and is WMU's 2008 nominee for the State of Michigan "Professor of the
Year" recognition.
Professor Kynaston has published numerous compositions, books, and
articles on various aspects of music, and is recognized world-wide for
his jazz solo transcription books. He has performed and toured with
numerous internationally recognized jazz artists, including Art Farmer,
Red Rodney, Urbie Green, Billy Hart, Mark Murphy, Stefon Harris, Kenny
Werner, and Randy Brecker. His recordings include Live at the Akwarium
Jazz Club (Warsaw, Poland) on Koch Jazz International, Firebird on SMR
(listed in the January 2000 issue of Down Beat Magazine as one of the
best CD's of the 90's), Blue Harts on SMR, Turtles (with Randy Brecker)
on Polonia, The Waning Moon on Mercury, Sabine's Dance on Sea Breeze
Jazz, and Mayan Myths on Sea Breeze Jazz.
Email: trent.kynaston@wmich.edu
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