Frederick Hemke - Teaching Career

Teaching Career

Since 1962, Hemke has been the professor of saxophone at the Northwestern University School of Music in Evanston, Illinois. He currently serves as Louis and Elsie Snydacker Eckstein Professor of Music and Associate Dean of the School of Music. In this position he has taught hundreds of saxophonists, many who have gone on to become teachers in their own right. His students teach and perform in teaching and performing positions throughout the world.

His students include:

• Roger Birkeland, Professor of Saxophone, Elmhurst College
• James Bishop, Professor of Saxophone, Stetson University, DeLand, FL
• Ron Blake, Professor of Jazz Saxophone, Juilliard School of Music
• Dave Bomberg
• Paul Bro, Professor of Saxophone, Indiana State University
• David Dees, Professor of Saxophone, Texas Tech University
• Jonathan Helton, Professor of Saxophone, University of Florida
• Eric Honour, Professor of Music, Director of Music Technology, University of Central Missouri
• Jeremy Justeson, Professor of Saxophone, Kutztown University of Pennsylvania
• Gail B. Levinsky, Professor of Saxophone, Susquehanna University
• Anders Lundegard, international performer
• Joseph Murphy, Professor of Saxophone, Mansfield University of Pennsylvania
• Nathan Nabb, Professor of Saxophone, Stephen F. Austin State University
• Ryo Noda
• Scott Plugge, Associate Chair of Music, Professor of Saxophone, Sam Houston State University
• Debra Richtmeyer, Professor of Saxophone, University of Illinois
• Timothy Roberts, Associate Professor of Saxophone, Shenandoah University
• Johnny Salinas, Professor of Saxophone, TBA
• John Sampen, Professor of Saxophone, Bowling Green State University
• David Sanborn, international jazz performer and recording artist
• Masahito Sugihara, Professor of Saxophone, Morehead State University
• Naomi Sullivan, Professor of Saxophone, Birmingham Conservatoire
• Shawn Tracy, Professor of Jazz Saxophone, Merit School of Music
• Jason Fritts, Teacher and Performer