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Angela Wyatt received a graduate degree in saxophone performance in 1998 from Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, where she studied with Frederick Hemke and Jonathan Helton. She was awarded program honors for her work at Northwestern. Her undergraduate degree is from St. Olaf College where she studied with Ruben Haugen. After graduation from St. Olaf, Wyatt studied with respected saxophonist and pedagogue Jean-Marie Londeix. She later received first prize in the Twin Cities' Schubert Club Competition.
A founding member of the Minneapolis based Ancia Saxophone Quartet, Wyatt has performed with the Quartet in concerts in the United States, Canada and Europe and has also appeared on Minnesota Public Radio as a member of the Quartet. An ardent supporter of new music, Wyatt works closely with composers and has premiered a number of works for quartet or solo saxophone including a joint-commission project of Pulitzer prize winning composer Gunther Schuller.
She has performed solo recitals at Augsburg College, where she is on the music faculty, has presented solo performances at the World Saxophone Congress and has been the featured soloist with the Mississippi Valley Chamber Orchestra and the St. Olaf Band. She has also performed with the Bloomington (MN) Symphony, Minneapolis Civic Orchestra, and Metropolitan Symphony (Mpls.). Wyatt teaches 5th grade instrumental music in the Eagan, Minnesota public schools.
