Matthew Patnode, associate professor of music, presented a series of saxophone quartet concerts in Phoenix and Los Angeles Sept. 21-24. Patnode, tenor saxophone, was invited to perform with the internationally acclaimed Joseph Wytko Saxophone Quartet.

While in Phoenix, the group performed at Glendale Community College, Arizona State University Kerr Center and the Tempe Center for the Arts. The group also presented a master class and concert at Chapman University in Orange, Calif. The tour program consisted of a saxophone quartet by Alexander Glazounov and feature premieres by the American composer Brent Weaver, and French composer Anthony Girard.