Eric M. Nestler

Previous Scheduled Teaching

Published Intellectual Contributions

CD Recording - Chamber

• Klein, J.P., McNutt, E.B., Olschofka, F., Nestler, E.M., Deane, C.J. (2014). Improbable Encounters — Music by Joseph Klein.

CD Recording - Ensemble

• Nestler, E.M. (2014). Saxophone Expressivo: Eugene Rousseau with the UNT Symphony.
• Nestler, E.M. (2010). Saxophone Concertos with Eugene Rousseau and the UNT Symphony. Hams Lake, MN,

CD Recording - Solo

• Nestler, E.M. (2013). Improbable Encounters: Music of Joseph Klein.

Commission of Music

• Nestler, E.M. (1999). Commissioned: Composer Gunther Schuller to write a Sonata -Alto Saxophone and Piano.
• Nestler, E.M. (1995). Commissioned: Composer David Dzubay to write a Sonata for Alto Saxophone and Piano.
• Nestler, E.M. (1993). Commissioned: Composer John Harbison to write a Sonata for Alto Saxophone and Piano.

Critical Review

• Nestler, E.M. (2012). Eugene Rousseau, by Thomas Liley. Hams Lake, MN, Jeanne Music Inc..

Editor for Book

• Nestler, E.M. (2013). Rousseau, Eugene. Saxophone Artistry: Performance and Pedagogy.. Hams Lake, MN, Jeanne Music Inc..

Journal Article

• Nestler, E.M. (2017). The Nightmare of Musician’s Dystonia: A New Hope for Treatment. 40 (2017) 22. The Saxophone Symposium, official publication for the North American Saxophone Alliance.
• Nestler, E.M. (2014). An Interview with Eric Nestler by Thomas Erdman. Medfield, MASS, Dorn Publications.
• Nestler, E.M. (2012). Henri Tomasi's Concerto for Alto Saxophone and Orchestra: An Analysis. 35
• Nestler, E.M. (2012). Double Tonguing for the Saxophone, ed. Sean Murphy. 67 (4)
• Nestler, E.M. (2009). Jindrich Feld’s “Quatuor pour Saxophones:” An Analytical Guide to it’s Structures and Meaning. 33 67-185. NASA.
• Nestler, E.M. (2008). Analytical Considerations in the Preparation for Performance of Marilyn Shrude's "Renewing the Myth". 32
• Nestler, E.M. (1999). Review of Raschèr International compact disc, Lawrence Gwozdz, saxophone and Lois Leventhal, piano.
• Nestler, E.M. (1997). An Analysis of Alfrèd Desenclos' "Prélude, Cadence et Finale". Volume 21, nos. 3-4 (Summer, Fall 1996); Volume 22 (1997) 24-42.
• Nestler, E.M. (1994). Review of Joseph McNeil Murphy's Doctoral Document entitled Early Saxophone Instruction in American Educational Institutions  (Northwestern University, 1994).
• Nestler, E.M. (1994). An Analysis of Florent Schmitt's "Saxophone Quartet, op. 102". Summer (1994) 13-23.

Scholarly Preface

• Nestler, E.M. Dr. Anna Marie Wytko's Book entitled "Saxophonist as Musician First - A Sampling of Resources". Saxophonist As Musician First - A Sampling of Resources.

Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research

Contract

• Nestler, E.M. (Other), "Contract to produce a Masterclass Compact Disk on Baroque Ornamentation applied to the saxophone," sponsored by Contract with Ken Dorn of the Woodwind Service, Medfield MA, Private, $1500 Funded. (1994 - 1994).

Grant - Research

• Nestler, E.M., "Charn Fund Award," sponsored by UNT International Affairs, University of North Texas, $2500 Funded. (2024 - 2024).
• Nestler, E.M., "Research and Creativity Enhancement (RCE) Grant from the Office of Research and Economic Development," sponsored by UNT, University of North Texas, $11269.89 Funded. (2010 - 2011).