Dr. Tracy Heavner

Dr. Tracy Heavner is an internationally renowned music educator and distinguished performance artist who has performed in more than fifteen countries on five continents as an artist for Cannonball, D’Addario and Jody Jazz Music Corporations. He is also a recording artist for LiveHorns.com, a music studio whose projects have received two Grammy nominated projects and a Dove Award. Dr. Heavner has served on the faculty of the University of South Alabama for the past twenty-five years, where he is a professor of saxophone, music education and director of jazz studies. In addition, he has authored two books, the most recent is entitled Saxophone Secrets: 60 Performance Strategies for the Advanced Saxophonist published by the Rowan & Littlefield Publishing Group.