James Grass

Currently an Undergraduate Performance major at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, I am a frequent collaborator in

ensembles small and large. I have experience in solo performance and ensemble playing nationally and internationally.

I am experienced in teaching small classes of young children from ages 3-14 and can handle students with special needs from learning

disabilities to medical impairments. CPR and AED certified.

UNCG Wind Ensemble Fall 2023 - Present

• Combined Principal Saxophonist
• First Chair Alto and Soprano Saxophonist
• Performed at CBDNA 2025
• Alto 1 and ensemble soloist in Ida Gotkovsky's Symphonie pour Orchestre dHarmonie
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UNCG Cardinal Quartet (Alto) Fall 2024 - Present

• Chosen to perform in the UNCG Premiere Saxophone Quartet as a third-year undergraduate, along with two DMA students and a fellow third-year undergraduate.
• Performed at the 2025 U.S. Navy Saxophone Symposium and 2025 NASA Region 7 conference
• Participates in outreach and charity performances

Repertoire performed: Borodin String Quartet No. 2 in Re Major (Movements 1 and 3), Memory (Nepomuk's Dances) Marcelo Zarvos, you've been talking in your sleep David Biedenbender, Quatuor Guy Lacour Variations Saxophoniques Fernande Decruck.

Loam Quartet (Soprano) Fall 2022 - Fall 2024

Founder and Soprano saxophone player in the Loam Quartet. Founded in 2022, the Loam Quartet has performed many works from Alfred Desenclos Quator, to Children's Songs by Chick Corea on an International Stage. Performed at the Navy Band International Saxophone Symposium, in the College Quartet Series Performed at local church service.

UNCG Concerto Competition 2024/2025

 Paul Creston's Concerto, Movement one.  Placed 4th (runner up)

Solo and Duo 

Concertino Da Camara – Jacques Ibert 

Sonata for Alto Saxophone and Piano - Fernande Decruck

Maï - Ryo Noda

Concerto - Robert Muczynski  

Concerto - Lee Actor

Concertino - Eugène Bozza 

Scaramouche - Darius Milhaud

Oriental – Masanori Katoh (alto)

Duo Concertante - Mark Engebretson (alto 2)

Concerto - Paul Creston

Strange Lights - Harriet Steinke

Clarinet Sonata No. 2 in Eb Major - Johannes Brahms

Sonata for Alto Saxophone and Piano - William Albright

Quartet

Quatuor - Alfred Desenclos

Children's Songs - Chick Corea, arr. Rob Buckland

Introduction Et Variations Sur Une Ronde Populaire - Gabriel Pierné

String Quartet No. 2 in Re Major - Alexandre Borodin, arr. Guillaume Berceau

you've been talking in your sleep - David Biedenbender

Memory (Nepomuk's Dances) - Marcelo Zarvos, arr. Darius A Mackie

Variations Saxophoniques - Fernande Decruck

MSG Matthew J. Carmichael

Principal Saxophonist in the U.S. Army Ceremonial Band, Pershing’s Own

Dr Steve Stusek

Professor of Saxophone at UNC Greensboro