Nathan Boal

Nathan Boal is a Corvallis native and graduate of Corvallis High School and received his Bachelor of Arts degree in music from Valparaiso University in Indiana with emphases on saxophone performance, conducting, and music theory. He continued these studies at the University of Oregon where he earned his Master's Degree in Saxophone Performance. During his studies he was a winner of VU’s concerto contest. Along with numerous performances in Indiana and Oregon he has also performed at venues across the country, including Severance Hall in Cleveland and Carnegie Hall in New York, as well as performances in Canada and Japan.

Boal has played with various area jazz ensembles and was the the beginning jazz instructor at Crescent Valley High School. He has also been involved with theater performances as a orchestral musician, as an actor, and also as music director. He has performed with the Oregon Coast Music Festival Orchestra and has judged woodwinds for numerous Oregon School Activities Association State Solo and Ensemble competitions. Boal was a featured performer at the Region 1 conference of the North American Saxophone Alliance and performed as a soloist with the Willamette Valley Symphony. As Oregon State University's Saxophone Instructor, Boal has been a featured soloist with each of OSU's premier ensembles: the Wind Ensemble, the Chamber Choir, and the Corvallis-OSU Symphony Orchestra.

Nathan lives in Eugene with his wife and daughters.