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I started with music early on, singing in church, and later finding a clarinet in my uncles closet. I taught myself to play while in grade school, played tenor sax in marching band in high school. I also played bass clarinet in the concert band in high school, and at Wheaton College, in the wind ensemble and orchestra.
My first classical guitar arrived on Christmas morn, when I was 12. I played that thing non-stop. I then picked up bass guitar and started playing in rock bands in high school. I played my first club gig at 17 and have been doing that off and on up until the present, playing bass in millions of bands including several local Boise house gigs: with Redstone at Shorty's, Saloonatics at the Buffalo Club, and Silverado at Cowgirls, and most recently, with iRock, a variety/80's rock band for corporate parties, weddings, etc.
1980, while in Minnesota playing in a couple of bands, I discovered a record of Beethoven's 6th in my roommates record collection, orchestrated some of the songs I was writing for the band for the same orchestra Beethoven used, and I was off in another direction: "classical" composing. I came back to Idaho, worked at Micron, saved my money, and then went to the Wheaton College Conservatory. I graduated with a Bachelor of Music in Composition in 1991.
Since then, I've composed concert works for orchestra, chamber ensembles, wind bands, and choirs, including music for the Boise Philharmonic (Cello Concerto for Sam Smith, conducted by the composer, 2003, and Turbulence 2011), Caritas
Chorale of Sun Valley (…Immence Ranges of High Mountains… 2005, and Nez Perce: Promises 2012), the Langroise Trio (7 world premieres), Idaho Dance Theater (6 premieres), and the Darkwood Trio, among others.
After the BPO children's concerts premiere, Robert Franz, music director for the Boise Philharmonic, conducted "Turbulence" 7 times with the Houston Symphony. The piece had its "official" Boise premiere in May of 2013 on the Boise Philharmonic subscription concert.
In 2009, I received the Fellowship Award for excellence from Idaho Commission on the Arts.
Commercially I've won many Idaho Advertising Rockies awards for both score and sound design.
I bring this life-long music history, both pop and classical, and my 35 years of audio experience, together, towards making your projects as cool, and effective, as possible.
Cheers!
My first classical guitar arrived on Christmas morn, when I was 12. I played that thing non-stop. I then picked up bass guitar and started playing in rock bands in high school. I played my first club gig at 17 and have been doing that off and on up until the present, playing bass in millions of bands including several local Boise house gigs: with Redstone at Shorty's, Saloonatics at the Buffalo Club, and Silverado at Cowgirls, and most recently, with iRock, a variety/80's rock band for corporate parties, weddings, etc.
1980, while in Minnesota playing in a couple of bands, I discovered a record of Beethoven's 6th in my roommates record collection, orchestrated some of the songs I was writing for the band for the same orchestra Beethoven used, and I was off in another direction: "classical" composing. I came back to Idaho, worked at Micron, saved my money, and then went to the Wheaton College Conservatory. I graduated with a Bachelor of Music in Composition in 1991.
Since then, I've composed concert works for orchestra, chamber ensembles, wind bands, and choirs, including music for the Boise Philharmonic (Cello Concerto for Sam Smith, conducted by the composer, 2003, and Turbulence 2011), Caritas
Chorale of Sun Valley (…Immence Ranges of High Mountains… 2005, and Nez Perce: Promises 2012), the Langroise Trio (7 world premieres), Idaho Dance Theater (6 premieres), and the Darkwood Trio, among others.
After the BPO children's concerts premiere, Robert Franz, music director for the Boise Philharmonic, conducted "Turbulence" 7 times with the Houston Symphony. The piece had its "official" Boise premiere in May of 2013 on the Boise Philharmonic subscription concert.
In 2009, I received the Fellowship Award for excellence from Idaho Commission on the Arts.
Commercially I've won many Idaho Advertising Rockies awards for both score and sound design.
I bring this life-long music history, both pop and classical, and my 35 years of audio experience, together, towards making your projects as cool, and effective, as possible.
Cheers!