The Fancher Zandmane Duo combines virtuosity and sensitive musicality in their performances. The Duo’s repertoire spans from the Baroque dances of Antonio Vivaldi to twentieth-century French music of Darius Milhaud and Francis Poulenc. Their current touring program “Music of the Americas” features music by Brazilian Heitor Villa-Lobos, Argentine Astor Piazzolla and North Americans Paul Creston, John Harbison and Donald Womack. With its brilliant technique and gorgeous lyricism, this ensemble is a first-rate concert experience, sure to please.

Susan Fancher's work to develop the saxophone repertoire has produced dozens of commissioned works as well as transcriptions of music by composers as diverse as Josquin Desprez, Ben Johnston and Steve Reich. She has worked with a multitude of composers in the creation and interpretation of new music including Terry Riley, Michael Torke and Charles Wuorinen, just to name a few, and has performed in many of the world's leading concert venues and contemporary music festivals. Tours have taken her to Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Canada, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Norway, Spain, Sweden, and throughout the US. Her many CD recordings appear on the Innova, Philips, Lotus Records, Capstone, New World and Extraplatte labels. Susan Fancher is a regularly featured columnist for the nationally distributed Saxophone Journal. Her principal teachers were Frederick Hemke, Jean-Marie Londeix, Michael Grammatico and Joe Daley.She is a clinician for the Selmer and Vandoren companies, and teaches saxophone at Duke University and the Hartwick College Summer Music Festival.