Gail Levinsky, D.Mus.
Music
Education
- DM, Northwestern University
- MM, Northwestern University
- BM, Butler University
Area of Specialty
Saxophone
Jazz Ensemble Director
Music Education
Professor of Music
Program Director of GO Arts of Italy
Contact Information
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Email Addressgblevinsky@joyerianicaragua.com
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Phone Number570-372-4266
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Office LocationCunningham Center - Rm 150
A native of Western Massachusetts, Gail B. Levinsky is Professor of Music at Susquehanna University, where her responsibilities include teaching applied studies in saxophone, chamber music, woodwind methods, and instrumental pedagogy. As a solo performer, her presentations include performances at the North American Saxophone Alliance, World Saxophone Congress, British Saxophone Congress, United States Navy Band Saxophone Symposium, and Festival of Women Composers. Active in commissioning new works for the saxophone, she has also premiered compositions by Matthew Quayle, Andrea Clearfield, and Douglas McConnell to name a few. Her CD recording “Tipping Point: Music Saxophone & Other Voices” explores the saxophone in a variety of chamber music settings.
She presents clinics at universities, state music education symposiums. and includes presentations at MENC-Eastern, and the Midwest Band & Orchestra Clinic. Her publications are varied and include an updated edition of Rosemary Lang’s “Beginning Altissimo Method” (Ensemble Publications); the saxophone chapters “Teaching Woodwinds: A Guide for Students and Teachers (Mountain Peak Music, 2015); and a saxophone ensemble arrangement of Tómas Victoria’s “O vos omnes” (Edition Musicus, 2016).
She has served as Treasurer and Secretary for the North American Saxophone Alliance, and presently holds the position of NASA District VIII director. During the summer months, Dr. Levinsky serves as Program Director for the Snow Pond Music Festival, and on the faculty of New England Music Camp Sidney, Maine.
Dr. Levinsky earned her Doctor of Music, Artist Diploma, and Master of Music from Northwestern University, and Bachelor of Music from Butler University.
- FYSE-101: FYS Hear Voice: Music Injust
- MUED-041: Woodwind Class I
- MUED-047: Woodwind Class II
- MUED-400: Classroom Management
- MUED-400: Classroom Performance
- MUED-400: Preparation and Planning
- MUED-400: Student Teaching
- MUSC-011: Woodwind Lesson
- MUSC-012: Woodwind Lesson
- MUSC-076: Sax Ensemble
- MUSC-076: Saxophone Ensemble
- MUSC-076: Sm Ens: Saxophone
- MUSC-076: Small Ensemble
- MUSC-076: Woodwind Trio
- MUSC-078: Jazz Ensemble
- MUSC-501: Independent Study
- MUSC-506: Independent Study in Music-Capstone
- OFFR-ITALART: The Arts of Italy
- OFFS-ITALART: The Arts of Italy
- PRDV-104: Perspectives
Professional Experience
A native of Western Massachusetts, Gail B. Levinsky is Professor of Music at Susquehanna University, where her responsibilities include teaching applied studies in saxophone, chamber music, woodwind methods, and instrumental pedagogy. As a solo performer, her presentations include performances at the North American Saxophone Alliance, World Saxophone Congress, British Saxophone Congress, United States Navy Band Saxophone Symposium, and Festival of Women Composers. Active in commissioning new works for the saxophone, she has also premiered compositions by Matthew Quayle, Andrea Clearfield, and Douglas McConnell to name a few. Her CD recording “Tipping Point: Music Saxophone & Other Voices” explores the saxophone in a variety of chamber music settings.
She presents clinics at universities, state music education symposiums. and includes presentations at MENC-Eastern, and the Midwest Band & Orchestra Clinic. Her publications are varied and include an updated edition of Rosemary Lang’s “Beginning Altissimo Method” (Ensemble Publications); the saxophone chapters “Teaching Woodwinds: A Guide for Students and Teachers (Mountain Peak Music, 2015); and a saxophone ensemble arrangement of Tómas Victoria’s “O vos omnes” (Edition Musicus, 2016).
She has served as Treasurer and Secretary for the North American Saxophone Alliance, and presently holds the position of NASA District VIII director. During the summer months, Dr. Levinsky serves as Program Director for the Snow Pond Music Festival, and on the faculty of New England Music Camp Sidney, Maine.
Dr. Levinsky earned her Doctor of Music, Artist Diploma, and Master of Music from Northwestern University, and Bachelor of Music from Butler University.