Since 2008, Dr. Katherine Petersen and Jacob Swanson have collaborated on presenting works for saxophone and voice. In 2019, Katherine and the Decho Ensemble participated in a joint residency at University of Idaho at Moscow as guests of the composition studio and Ruby Fulton - Decho Voce was formed.

With several composer collaborations underway, Decho Voce’s immediate future includes concert appearances and recording projects.

Dr. Petersen is also Assistant Professor of Voice at Northeastern Illinois University in Chicago where she teaches Pedagogy, Song Literature, Studio Voice and Diction for Singers. She holds a DMA in Voice Performance from Ohio State University, a MM in Pedagogy and Performance from Westminster Choir College. Swanson is a music teacher for Gowanda Central School District, a member of the Megalopolis Saxophone Orchestra, and a Vandoren Artist Clinician.

Decho Voce has presented at the United States Navy International Saxophone Symposium, the Women Composers Festival of Harford, and the Cleveland Uncommon Sound Project.

Idaho University at Moscow

The works featured below are representative of the pieces performed during the October 2019 Decho & Katherine Petersen residency at Idaho University at Moscow including Ruby Fulton’s “The Meteorologist Receives More Letters Asking”.