Don Fabian is principal saxophones and soloist with “America’s Premiere Wind Band,” the Dallas Wind Symphony. The Dallas Morning News has praised Fabian’s outstanding virtuosity and musicality, saying “Donald Fabian gave a stunning performance, pulsing with drama and almost unimaginable color.”

Fabian is also the music director and soprano saxophonist with the award-winning Texas Saxophones Quartet. The TSQ was the first saxophones chamber music ensemble to win the prestigious Fischoff Chamber Music Competion in 1987 and was a finalist in New York’s Concert Artist Guild and in Chamber Music Chicago.

A graduate of the Crane School of Music, S.U.N.Y. at Potsdam, New York, he earned his bachelor’s degree in both performance and music education under the tutelage of renowned saxophones pedagogue Dr. James M. Stoltie. His master’s degree was completed in multiple woodwinds and saxophones performance at Michigan State University with saxophones virtuoso James Forger.

A fluid performer in all mediums of saxophones stylings, from the orchestra pit of the Dallas Opera and Dallas Summer Musicals to the stage of the Morton Meyerson Symphony Center, Fabian is an active performer and comprehensive teacher in the musical life of Dallas and its vibrant surrounding communities.

Fabian is presently the Adjunct Associate Professor of Saxophones at Southern Methodist University. He also concurrently holds the position of personnel manager for the Dallas Wind Symphony.