Cooking with Creatives: Ep. 5 Jeff and Eric make Fried Rice

In this episode, Jeff and Eric make Fried Rice while we talk about food, family, saxophone, and Novus New Music.

Recipe: www.spencerarias.com/cooking-with-creatives/eric-and-jeff-make-fried-rice

Music in this episode was all composed by Spencer Arias
Playlist:
As I escape the water calms - Performed by Lotus Trio
Economic Shorts - Performed by Kendra Wheeler and Charlie Chadwell
What is your World? - Performed by Grace Gelpi
From Death to Richest - Performed by Lotus Trio
Voices of Influence - Performed by Jeffrey Leung and James Schippers
Waves 22 - By Spencer Arias

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Erics Bio:

Eric Zheng seeks to enhance the human experience through artistic performance, education, and a commitment to authenticity using the saxophone as his voice. He is dedicated to furthering his mission through the sharing of music by way of performance and teaching in solo, chamber, or large ensemble contexts. Additionally, he wishes to create a lasting and positive community centered around accessible and innovative musical experiences in advocacy of Asian-American representation.

Eric made his solo debut with the Tucson Youth Philharmonic Orchestra at age 16 and has received numerous awards since. He has won top prizes in multiple national competitions including Yamaha Young Artist, North American Saxophone Alliance, and Vandoren Emerging Artist.

Regarding chamber music, he is the alto chair of the Group 2, a stylistically diverse and musically engaging saxophone quartet committed to presenting an array of repertoire and deep musical experiences to their audiences. Most recently, they were selected to compete in multiple national chamber music competitions.

Previously, he has performed both with Northwestern’s Contemporary Music Ensemble and the Northwestern University Symphony Orchestra, acting as the featured saxophonist for the Midwest premiere of “My City” under Dr. Donald Nally. Eric has also had the privilege of performing with a variety of other ensembles, having been under the batons of Dr. Kevin Sedatole, Dr. Mallory Thompson, and Dr. Shawn Vondran.

He currently serves as the Applied Saxophone Instructor at Albion College and is pursuing his Master of Music at Michigan State University studying under Joseph Lulloff. He received a Bachelor of Music in Saxophone Performance from Northwestern University studying under Taimur Sullivan.

Jeff's Bio:

Hailed as “a truly modern virtuoso,” JEFFREY LEUNG (b. 1991) “effortlessly navigates the most demanding scores for saxophone without losing his trademark warmth, sensitivity, and lyricism” (Roydon Tse, composer). As an active performer, improviser, and educator, Jeffrey is on the Artist Faculty roster with the Maryland Chamber Winds and serves as the Vice President of Novus New Music, Inc. His performance accolades have received numerous honours and awards – most notably from the Skokie Valley Symphony Orchestra and Montreal Symphony Orchestra.
Curating musical programs spanning traditional to contemporary repertoire, Jeffrey has presented recitals and concerts throughout North America including concerto performances at the Maryland Wind Festival and appearances with the New World Symphony Orchestra and Detroit Chamber Winds and Strings. Several of Jeffrey’s performances can be found on albums and recording projects by Michigan State University, people|places|records (PPR), Arts Laureate, and Sly Pup Productions.
Jeffrey has premiered and commissioned over thirty new works for the saxophone including music by Theo Chandler, Spencer Arias, Shelley Washington, Annika Socolofsky, Keaton Garrett, Timothy Peterson, Roydon Tse, Baldwin Giang, and Gregory Wanamaker. Since joining Novus New Music Inc. in 2016, Jeffrey has helped organize consortiums for new music as well as Novus’ Women in Music Campaign and Novus Spark projects.
Holding degrees from the University of Michigan, Northwestern University, and University of Toronto, Jeffrey is pursuing dual degrees at Michigan State University (Doctor of Musical Arts in Saxophone Performance; Master of Music in Music Theory). Jeffrey’s mentors include Professor Joseph Lulloff, Dr. Timothy McAllister, and Dr. Wallace Halladay, as well as Dr. Christian Matijas Mecca, Dr. Leigh VanHandel, and Dr. Michael Callahan.