NEWS

Tokyo Concert

My great friend and British saxophone colleague, Gillian Blair, will be coming to Tokyo in April for a Duo Recital! We are excited to be...

World Saxophone Congress

The acceptance emails to the World Saxophone Congress in Zagreb, Croatia have started to be sent out and so happy the all of my proposals...

Andrew Boss Commission

British Saxophonist, Gilly Blair and I are excited to lead a consortium commission for a new work by Andrew Boss! This new piece will be...

"as one." - Jack Roberts

I had the the unique privilege to commission a work by not only a fellow colleague at The University of Texas at Austin, but to...

Podcast

I had the privilege to talk with Mark McArthur, creator of the Modern Saxophonist Podcast and Adjunct Professor of Saxophone at the...

DMA - Done!

I passed my DMA Defense and I'm officially Dr. Nathan Mertens! The DMA is finished and I'm finally done with school...in America. It's...

Moving to Japan!!

I'm thrilled to announce that I have passed the final screening of the 2017 Monbukagakusho Research Student Scholarship. The Ministry of...

D'Addario Article

One of the articles that I wrote as a D'Addario Woodwind Method Clinician has been published!! (Read Here!) This article entitled, "The...

DMA 2 Recital

I'm very excited to be presenting this program for my last solo recital at The University of Texas - Butler School of Music in Bates...

D'Addario Woodwinds

I'm happy to announce that I'm now a D'Addario Woodwinds Method Clinician for Austin, Texas and Nebraska! I'm happy to be working for...