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Monday, May 26

4:00pm

 

Mace Hibbard, a native of Waco, TX, is one of the most versatile saxophonists on the scene today.  Mace moved to Austin for college and earned a Bachelor's degree degree in musical performance

and a Masters degree in jazz studies from the University of Texas at Austin. While in Austin, Mace developed as a composer and formed the band Odd Man Out, releasing their self-titled debut on Viewpoint Records in 2000.

Mace relocated to Atlanta, Georgia in 2003 and is continuing his reputation as a gifted soloist, educator, and solid performer. Mace has written many original compositions and he is currently an Adjunct Professor of Jazz Studies and Saxophone at both Jacksonville State University and Georgia State University. In 2004, He published the first in a series of technical studies for the saxophone entitled “Scales and Patterns For Saxothone, Volume 1, Major Scales and Intervals.”

Mace has performed throughout the United States and Europe, sharing the stage with Wynton Marsalis, Wessel Anderson, Marcus Printup, Michael Brecker, Phil Woods, Bobby Shew, Arturo Sandoval, James Moody, the Austin Symphony, The Four Tops, The Temptations, The O'Jays and many others.