Carter Doolittle is a third-year undergraduate saxophonist at the University

of North Carolina School of the Arts under the instruction of Dr. Robert Young. Since beginning his saxophone studies as a middle schooler in his

home state of South Carolina, Carter has accumulated a number of awards

including top prizes in the 2021-2023 National MTNA Solo Competitions, 2nd

place Cleveland International Music Competition, runner-up in the UNCSA

Concerto Competition, 1st prize in the Euterpe Solo Competition, and 1st

prize in the 2023 Rosen-Schaffel Competition. Carter has had the privilege of

attending masterclasses with many esteemed musicians including Joe Lulloff

(MSU), Karen Hill (Converse College), Timothy McAllister (UM), Taimur

Sullivan (NU), and Steven Banks (CIM).

 

Carter’s passion for the performing arts has always extended past his

classical saxophone studies which brought him to audition in 2023 for the

world class competitive drum and bugle corps, Carolina Crown, in which he

won a position to tour and compete internationally for audiences as large as

15,000 people. Carter is an advocate for contemporary music and music by

composers from underrepresented communities. Throughout his career, he

hopes to help bring classical saxophone into the premiere concert halls

across the world.