Rhett Bender is Professor of Music at Southern Oregon University Department
of Music. In the summers he is the Director of both Britt Festival’s
Saxophone Workshop and SOU’s Ashland Chamber Music Workshop and serves
as graduate faculty for the American Band College. Additionally, he is
the Region 1 Director of the North American Saxophone Alliance. Bender
has performed throughout China and visits the Sichuan Conservatory in
Chengdu yearly where he teaches as saxophone
artist/teacher-in-residence. He is the director of the Siskiyou
Saxophone Orchestra and plays soprano saxophone in the Globe Saxophone
Quartet. His live performances have been broadcast over KING-FM in
Seattle, Peach State Public Radio, Iowa Public Radio, and Jefferson
Public Radio. He is one of the featured saxophonists on AUR’s seven
volume CD set, America’s Millennium Tribute to Adolphe Sax. His solo
saxophone CDs Transformations and Meldings were distributed by mp3.com.
Rhett Bender is a Yamaha performing artist and clinician.
