[Mus-undergrad-info] Bayz Music Series, Tomorrow @Noon, 4/29: "You, Me, Us: A Celebration of Queer Music for Saxophone and Piano" (Nick May and Alex Li)

[Amy Skjerseth]

*2025–2026 Florence Bayz Music Series**
*You, Me, Us: *
*A Celebration of Queer Music for Saxophone and Piano *
Nick May and Alex Li
April 29, 12–12:50pm, ARTS 157

**This event is supported by additional funding from the LGBT Resource
Center and the Florence Bayz fund. *
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*Join Kansas City based duo, Nick May (saxophone) and Alex Siu Lun Li
(piano) for a performance of queer composed works reflecting on queer
culture, history, and narratives, as part of the I Exist Project. Learn
more at https://www.nickmaysax.com/i-exist-project
<https://www.nickmaysax.com/i-exist-project>. *

*A poster is attached; please spread the word, and feel free to forward
this email!*

*BIOS: *
Saxophonist Nick May is recognized as “a highly expressive, virtuosic, and
fresh performer” (David Del Tredici, Pulitzer Prize and Grammy winner)
whose artistry “knows no boundaries, neither technically nor emotionally”
(AM:plified Magazine). As the founder of the I Exist Project, May leads an
innovative artistic initiative that celebrates queer life, culture, and
creativity through performance, collaboration, and the commissioning of new
repertoire. His advocacy-driven collaborations extend to leading queer
cultural institutions — including NoDivide KC, LA Pride, and upcoming work
with the Harvey Milk Foundation — reflecting a commitment to community
impact, representation, and creative partnership at a national level. Nick
May is an endorsing artist for Key Leaves and Légère Reeds and performs on
Yanagisawa saxophones. www.nickmaysax.com ALEX SIU LUN LI

Born and raised in Hong Kong, pianist Alex Siu Lun Li is based in Kansas
City, where he combines different music and presentation media to connect
composers with audiences. Alex holds two Master's degrees from the
University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC), one in solo piano and one in
collaborative piano. He is currently pursuing a Doctor of Musical Arts
(DMA) in Piano Performance at UMKC. As a collaborative pianist, Alex
frequently coaches and performs with singers and instrumentalists both in
and out of conservatories settings. Recent projects include the I Exist
Project with saxophonist Nick May, bringing music by LGBTQ+ composers to
more than 20 universities and conservatories around the United States,
including the Manhattan School of Music and Peabody Institute.

Spread the word to your students and friends; Bayz series events are free
and open to the public. For more information about this event and the event
series, please visit
https://events.ucr.edu/event/Nick-May-and-Alex-Li?utm_campaign=widget&utm_medium=widget&utm_source=UC+Riverside
.

See you tomorrow!
Amy (Bayz series coordinator)
*Dr. Amy Skjerseth* (*she/her*)
Assistant Professor of Popular Music
University of California, Riverside

Book out September 2026: *Preprogrammed: How Electronic Presets Changed
Music and Media <https://www.ucpress.edu/books/preprogrammed/paper>*

PI, "Defying Defaults in Technology and Culture
<https://uchri.org/awards/defying-defaults-in-technology-and-culture/>,"
UCHRI Multicampus Research Working Group

*I sometimes send emails outside of traditional working hours, but I do not
expect a response outside of your own.*
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