Saxophonist Nathan Bogert has performed throughout the United States, Canada, Belgium, Mexico, Japan, and Brazil both as a soloist and with various ensembles. Described as "unbelievably stunning" by Sequenza 21 of the Contemporary Classical Music Community, Nathan's musical endeavors have offered him the opportunity to perform in prestigious venues ranging from the Chautauqua Institute in New York to the Oscar Peterson Concert Hall at the Université Concordia-Loyola in Montreal, Quebec. Nathan serves as the Assistant Professor of Saxophone at Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana, having previously served on the faculties at Cornell College and Grinnell College in Iowa.
Nathan's teachers include Dr. Kenneth Tse, Dr. Eugene Rousseau, and Dr. George Wolfe, with whom he began his saxophone studies at Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana. Dr. Wolfe describes him as, "a deeply expressive performer." In 2013, Nathan completed the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Saxophone at the University of Iowa. In 2010, Nathan completed a Master's in Jazz Studies at the same institution, studying saxophone with Dr. Kenneth Tse.
Nathan has been a featured soloist with the Youth Performing Arts School Wind Ensemble, the Ball State Symphony Orchestra, the Ball State Jazz Lab Ensemble, the University of Iowa Jazz Repertory Ensemble, the University of Iowa's Johnson County Landmark, and the University of Iowa Chamber Orchestra. He has also premiered compositions by American composers Dr. Jody Nagel, Dr. Benjamin Fuhrman, and Dr. Israel Neumann.
In 2007, Nathan was selected as the overall winner of the Yamaha Young Performing Artists competition after performing for an audience of over 3,000 people at Illinois State University's Braden Auditorium. He was also awarded first place in the Ball State University Concerto Competition and the University of Iowa Concerto Competition. Nathan won first prizes in both the 2012 North American Saxophone Alliance classical solo competition at the Biennial conference at Arizona State University, and the 2012 Music Teachers National Association Young Artist Competition held in New York City. In 2010, Nathan was awarded second prize in the North American Saxophone Alliance (NASA) Quartet Competition as the baritone saxophonist of the Axius Saxophone Quartet. With Axius, he was also awarded first prize in the Music Teachers National Association (MTNA) National Chamber Music Competition and a silver medal at the Fischoff Chamber Music Competition.
Nathan has worked with esteemed saxophonists such as Claude Delangle, Eugene Rousseau, Timothy McAllister, Kenneth Tse, Otis Murphy, Joseph Wytko, Patrick Meighan, Bill Street, and Jean-Marie Londeix. His passion for jazz has led him to share the stage with jazz artists Wayne Bergeron, Andy Milne, Winnard Harper, Ted Nash, Jimmy Greene, Marcus Printup, Andy Martin, Chuck Findley, Buddy DeFranco, Don Aliquo, Denis DiBlasio, and Carmen Bradford. With his band Groove Theory, Nathan has garnered regional attention as a gifted young jazz saxophonist.
