Reese Burgan

Houston-based saxophonist and educator Reese Burgan is Adjunct Professor of Saxophone at Lone Star College - CyFair and Lone Star College - Montgomery, and is coordinator of the annual Montgomery Saxophone Day. His performing career has taken him around North America, performing in venues spanning the United States to Canada. Additionally, Reese is a private lessons teacher for Conroe ISD and the John Cooper School in The Woodlands, maintaining a vibrant saxophone studio of over 60 students and is in high demand as a master class clinician. He is also a Site Coordinator for the Young Saxophonist’s Institute, an annual summer saxophone camp with locations throughout Houston and Dallas.

As a passionate educator he has most recently given masterclasses at Stephen F. Austin State University and Sam Houston State University, as well as clinics at the 2022 Texas Music Educators Association Conference (TMEA), 2021 NASA Region VI Conference, the 2019 Midwest Convention, and multiple clinics, performances, and adjudication as part of the TMEA Conference from 2018 to the present day. His special interests include new music and collaboration. Recent commissions include works by composers including Viet Cuong, Robin McLaughlin, Michael Markowski, and Parker Fritz spanning genres including electronic music, chamber music, and solo works. Recently, he published duet arrangements of the 48 Famous Studies by W.F. Ferling, available through Murphy Music Press.