Northwestern University Quartet 1966. Eric HonourProfessor of MusicDirector of Music TechnologyUniversity of Central Missouri Jeremy JustesonProfessor of SaxophoneKutztown University of Pennsylvania Gail B. LevinskyProfessor of SaxophoneSusquehanna University Anders LundegardInternational performer Joseph MurphyProfessor of SaxophoneMansfield University of Pennsylvania Nathan NabbProfessor of SaxophoneStephen F. Austin State University Ryo Noda Stephen J. ParkerTeacher, PerformerNaples philharmonic Harvey PittelProfessor of SaxophoneUniversity of Texas at Austin Scott PluggeDirector of the School of MusicProfessor of SaxophoneSam Houston State University Debra RichtmeyerProfessor of SaxophoneUniversity of Illinois Timothy RobertsAssociate Professor of SaxophoneShenandoah University Johnny SalinasVisiting Assistant Professor of SaxophoneOklahoma State University John SampenProfessor of SaxophoneBowling Green State University David SanbornInternational jazz performerand recording artist Andy SnitzerInternational jazz performer andrecording artist William H. StreetProfessor of SaxophoneUniversity of Alberta Masahito SugiharaProfessor of SaxophoneSam Houston State University Matthew YoungloveAssistant Professor of SaxophoneTennessee Tech University Naomi SullivanProfessor of SaxophoneBirmingham Conservatoire Michael Rene TorresAssistant Professor of Practice, Saxophone and CompositionOhio State University Shawn TracyProfessor of Jazz SaxophoneMerit School of Music Jeremy WilliamsonTeacherSeminole State College andSeminole County Public Schools Kathleen MitchellProfessor of SaxophoneThe College of New Jersey Steven JordheimProfessor of SaxophoneLawrence University Other positions Hemke was well known as the designer of a line of reeds which bear the trademark "Frederick L. Hemke Reeds." Rico Reeds began making the brand in 1982. Hemke was an artist-clinician for The Selmer Company, the North American distributor of saxophones made in France by the Paris firm, Henri Selmer Paris. In 1979 Hemke was host for the Sixth World Saxophone Congress held at Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois. Performing career Hemke was an internationally acclaimed saxophone artist. Hemke has appeared extensively as a solo artist and has given master classes and lectures in the United States, Canada, Scandinavia, and the Far East. He performed with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and many other orchestras. He premiered several works for saxophone, including Allan Pettersson's Symphony No. 16 (February 24, 1983) and James Di Pasquale's Sonata for tenor saxophone. Di Pasquale, a prolific composer, had studied saxophone with Hemke and Sigurd Rascher. Selected performances Hemke made his New York debut on April 16, 1962, at the Town Hall, a storied concert venue that had its first-ever classical saxophone performance on February 5, 1937 — by Cecil Leeson. Hemke performed compositions by Pascal, Lantier, Rueff, Hartley, and Stein and arrangements by Mule of Bach and Leclair. Premier, February 27, 2014, Augusta Read Thomas, Hemke Concerto, Prisms of Light, for solo alto saxophone and orchestra