Thomas Snydacker, a concert saxophonist and educator based in Chicago, has been praised for his “plush tone” (South Florida Classical Review) and his “stunning tour-de-force” and “thoroughly compelling” performances (Chicago Classical Review). Snydacker teaches saxophone at the Northern Illinois University School of Music and Roosevelt University’s Chicago College of the Performing Arts. He is a member of the Chicago Philharmonic and has frequently appeared as an orchestral musician with such world-class ensembles as the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Milwaukee Symphony, and the New World Symphony under such luminaries as John Adams, Leonard Slatkin, Michael Tilson Thomas, Susanna Mälkki, Marin Alsop, Bobby McFerrin, and Matthias Pintscher. Snydacker is the baritone saxophonist in the Estrella Consort.