Located in Washington, D.C., Chance Stine is a member of Pershing’s Own United States Army Ceremonial Band. Previously, Stine earned his MM in Saxophone Performance at the University of Texas at Austin, where he studied classical saxophone with Dr. Stephen Page and jazz with Dr. John Mills, and a BM in Instrumental Music Education from the University of Michigan, where he studied classical saxophone with Dr. Timothy McAllister and jazz with Dr. Andrew Bishop. He first began his education at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he studied saxophone and clarinet with Dr. Wesley Warnhoff, flute with Stephanie Jutt, and jazz with Richard Davis. 

Stine has performed with many orchestras, bands, and other classical ensembles across America, such as the New World Symphony, Academy Festival Orchestra at the Music Academy of the West, Austin Symphony Orchestra, Jackson Symphony Orchestra, Southwest Michigan Symphony Orchestra, University of Michigan Symphony Orchestra, and other regional groups. In March of 2018, Stine traveled as a featured soloist with international trumpet star, Allen Vizzutti, and Middleton High School on a tour to Japan. In past years, he participated as one of the first saxophone fellows at Music Academy of the West and in the Arosa Music Festival in Switzerland. An avid proponent of new music, Stine has also been part of premieres for several new solo and chamber works for saxophone.

Committed to a diverse career, Stine is an active jazz performer who composes and performs his own original music. He frequently collaborates with both his own group based in Madison, WI and one of Madison’s rising performers and educators, Wilder Deitz. As a sideman, Stine has performed with renowned artists such as the Grammy Award winning Manhattan Transfer, Allen Vizzutti, and the Glenn Miller Orchestra. Also a talented multi-woodwind player, Stine has performed with an array of musical theater companies across the Midwest, including the Grammy Award winning Terry Barber, University of Michigan Musical Theatre Department, Encore Musical Theatre Company, and many other regional companies.

A dedicated teacher, Stine is heavily involved in music education and has been an active private saxophone and clarinet instructor for the past 9 years. He is a regular clinician for elementary, middle, and high school bands and holds a teaching certificate with an emphasis in music education in the state of Michigan.

Stine has won many awards and recognitions, such as 2nd prize at the Naumburg International Saxophone Competition, 1st place in the Vandoren Emerging Artist Competition, national finalist in the MTNA Young Artist Competition, 1st place in the NASA Region IV Solo Competition, 2nd prize in the Medici International Music Competition, 2nd prize in the UW-Manitowoc Lakeshore Wind Ensemble Young Artist Competition, 2nd prize in the NOLA Chamber Fest, semi-finalist in the NASA soloist and quartet competitions, semi-finalist in the Madison Symphony Orchestra Final Forte, and honorable mention in the UW-Madison Irving Shain Competition.