NEWS

CD Recording

After a long day, the first half of our Debut CD is recorded!! We were very lucky to record in the new recording studios at The...

Project with Polish Artist

Had a great time collaborating with Polish conceptual visual artist, Pio Bujak for his 2019 shows in Japan and Poland. I recorded a few...

"Ready to Move"

So excited to perform a Duo Recital with Emi Kondo in one month! Emi is a brilliant saxophonist who currently works for Yanagisawa. The...

Kumamoto Residency

What a fantastic week in Kumamoto! Had a great time playing a concert and doing outreach at the local nursery and elementary schools....

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...