Education
There he studied saxophone performance with Jim Riggs and Dennis F. Diemond. He studied flute with Ralph Johnson and Clare Johnson, oboe with Charles Veazey, and clarinet with Lee Gibson.
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Steve Duke
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Steve Duke earned both B.M. and M.M. degrees in performance at the University of North Texas. Duke also performed in the One O"Clock Laboratory Band playing lead alto saxophone. Duke joined the faculty of Northern Illinois University (NIU) in 1980 until his recent retirement in 2011.
He was awarded the Presidential Research Professorship at NIU in 1999.
In addition to teaching contemporary saxophone repertoire, techniques and performance, Duke also teaches using the Feldenkrais Methods.
Achievements
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While at North Texas, he was awarded the Phi Kappa Lambda Outstanding Soloist Award, the highest award given for classical music performance. Of particular importance are BluesAx for alto and soprano saxophones and computer music, by Larry Austin, (for which Austin was the first American composer to receive the Magistere (Magisterium) Award in the 23rd International Electroacoustic Music Competition at Bourges in 1996) and "Veiled Resonance" for soprano saxophone and live interactive electronics, by Elalinie Lillios (for which Lillios received a first prize in the 36e Concours Internationale de Bourges in 2009).
