Dylan Ward

Tourmaline feature

Viet Cuong’s Naica was featured on KCUR 89.3 Classical KC program, with host Brooke Knoll. This broadcast highlighted UMKC Miller Nichols library’s recent “Shining a Light on Underrepresented Composers” initiative.

Tourmaline review

Tourmaline was reviewed by Frédéric Cardin of Pan M 360. Cardin praises Tourmaline for being “as beautiful and intellectually stimulating as it is playful”, further stating “Dylan Ward is a talented saxophonist who dares to be demanding of music lovers, but rewards them with music that is clear and coherent in its discourse and original in its sounds, and that communicates its intentions directly.” Read the full review in the link below!

Tourmaline Review

Tourmaline was reviewed by Colin Clarke of Fanfare Magazine. Describing the work as “exhilarating” and “quite a ride”, Clarke writes “the musical processes themselves are fascinating, the electronics incredibly imaginative, the sax lines beautifully complementary…kaleidoscopic, sometimes dizzying, sometimes pacifying.” Read the full review in the link below!

Tourmaline interview

Dylan Ward was interviewed by writers Paige Gullifer and Lara Mitosky Nuess at MASS MoCA regarding his time as a Fellow at the Bang on a Can Summer Music Festival, as well as the recent release of Tourmaline.

Gullifer and Neuss write “in each of these works, Ward’s playing is warm, clear, and concise, and the ideal timbre for blending seamlessly into the electronic sounds surrounding him. He performs the technical aspects of the pieces with ease and skill, as to not distract from the sonic soundspace he has created.” Read the full interview in the link below!

Tourmaline Review

Tourmaline was reviewed by George Harris of Jazz Weekly. Describing the work as “a kind of sax version of Morton Subotnick…dreamy and almost subconscious”, Harris praises Ward’s ability to “create a visceral atmosphere throughout, almost feeling like radiation of heat on Sum of its Parts. Musical colors for the museum of modern art.” Read the full review in the link below!

Tourmaline Interview

Dylan Ward was interviewed by WFAE’s Jesse Steinmetz regarding the recent release of Tourmaline. Read/listen to the interview in the link below!

Tourmaline Broadacast

Sum of its Parts was featured on the In Memory of John Peel Show Episode 842, with host and producer Zaph Mann. Listen to the broadcast in the link below!

tourmaline broadcast

Tourmaline was featured on Martian Gardens Radio Episode 1112, with host and producer Max Shea. Listen to the broadcast in the link below!

tourmaline revew

Tourmaline was reviewed by Rafael de Acha of All About the Arts. Heralded as “a gem of a new release”, Acha praises Tourmaline for being a “perfectly produced, engineered, and packaged collection of experimental music.” Read the full review in the link below!

Tourmaline review

Tourmaline was reviewed by Chris Spector of Midwest Record. Described a “zesty trip into the uncharted”, Tourmaline is “experimental but accessible.” Read the full review in the link below!

Tourmaline Broadcast

Tourmaline was featured on a special edition of CLASSICAL DISCOVERIES celebrating American composers, with host and producer Marvin Rosen. Listen to the sound files in the link below!

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Hocket Album Review

Hocket was reviewed by Steve Carmichael of The Saxophonist for their September/October 2021 issue. Carmichael states “I found every track on Hocket to be fresh and clean sounding. The blend of Dionysus is one to be envied by other musicians. Bravo Dionysus on a concept recording of the highest order.” Read the review in the link below!

Dylan Ward’s performance of the Henri Tomasi Saxophone Concerto with Jim Waddelow and the Raleigh Symphony Orchestra was reviewed by CVNC writer John Lambert. Lambert writes “Ward – also playing from memory – was brilliant in this music, interacting with keen enthusiasm with his orchestral compatriots.” Read the full review in the link below!