John Savage studied flute with Dr. Marilyn Shotola, Wil Offermans, Keith Underwood and Robert Dick, and New Music improvisation with Dr. Esther Lamneck. He also studied jazz with Andrew Hill and performed with the Andrew Hill Sextet+11 in performances at The Jazz Standard and Birdland jazz clubs. Savage can be heard on Hill's album, "A Beautiful Day." Downbeat magazine and The Guardian call his soloing "exquisite" and "gorgeous." Cartridge, his electro-acoustic duo with composer Will Redmond, has performed throughout the western U.S., New York City, and at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. Savage also performs with Billy Fox's Japanese and American group, The Kitsune Ensemble, and can be heard on Fox's "Uncle Wiggly Suite," which features bassist Mark Dresser. Tim DuRoche of the Willamette Week calls Savage "an extremely thoughtful and rigorous improviser," and, "considering the popular, floofy Rampalian perception of the flute, it may sound antithetical to say that Savage is a badass, knock-down-drag-out force to be reckoned with, but it's true. He also performs in the Portland jazz-fusion group Groove Revelation, and played with the Brooklyn Qawwali Party. Also a composer, Savage was commissioned by the National Flute Association to compose a piece for the high school soloists' competition for the 2009 convention in New York City. He is completing a dissertation on flute improvisation at New York University.