William Pyle | saxophone
Will Pyle is a saxophonist based in Portland, OR. He is driven by a love of connecting people with each other, art and the world around them.
Will is a member of the Aruna Quartet which has garnered national and international acclaim, including the Grand Prize of the 46th Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition. As a member of Aruna, he recently premiered Second Nature by Viet Cuong for Saxophone Quartet and Wind Ensemble with Sarah McKoin and the Texas Tech University Symphonic Wind Ensemble. Will also makes music with Anne Kunkle (saxophone) and Elizabeth W. Mayo (harp) as a part of the unusual trio, keystring. He has performed as a fellow at the Divergent Studio festival and at the 2023 Bang on a Can Summer Festival.
Will first fell in love with chamber music when he formed the Quid Nunc Saxophone Quartet with his best friends in high-school. He pursued music with professor David Dees at Texas Tech University where he won the concerto competition and performed Florent Schmitt’s Légende under the baton of David Cho. He continued his studies with professor Chein-Kwan Lin at the Eastman School of Music where he performed with the Eastman Saxophone Project.
