Jade Deatherage

Saxophonist Jade Deatherage is currently in her first year of doctoral study at Arizona State University under the instruction of Dr.Christopher Creviston.  Jade received her Master’s degree in saxophone performance at ASU and her undergraduate degree at the University of Central Florida, where she studied with Dr.George Weremchuk. Throughout her career, Jade has performed as a soloist in recital and concert settings, as a soloist with orchestra, and has been a member of several competitive saxophone quartets, the most recent of which is Kodachrome, with which she was awarded first prize in the Coltman Chamber Music Competition, Plowman Chamber Music Competition and the Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition.  A multi-instrumentalist, Jade has performed on television and in orchestral and musical theater settings on a variety of instruments, ranging from cello to piccolo.  Jade is an educator in the Phoenix area, and currently one of two teaching assistants for the ASU saxophone studio and an assistant director of the ASU Saxophone Choir.