81. Jazzoids: Jazz Scene In The Pacific Northwest, Including Jazz Club And Tour Cale Artist bios and Links Below are some local and nearlocal Northwest jazzartists (and some who just seem to like to spend a lot of time here) with links http://www.jazzoids.com/artist bios.htm

Artist Bios and Links Playing This Week Around the Sound Reviews Artist Bios ... CONTACT Below are some local and near-local Northwest jazz artists (and some who just seem to like to spend a lot of time here) with links to their websites if available or other articles about the artists: Clarence Acox drummer, educator, SRJO co Ernestine Anderson vocalist Dan Balmer guitar Chuck Bergeron bass John Bishop drums Michael Bisio bass Michael Brockman saxophone, SRJO co George Cables piano Hadley Caliman saxophone Larry Coryell guitar Chuck Deardorf bass Pearl Django gypsy jazz guitars, violin Becca Duran vocalist Dan Faehnle guitar Hans Fahling guitar Mimi Fox guitar Bill Frisell guitar Sara Gazarek - vocalist Randy Halberstadt piano John Hansen - piano Gary Hobbs drums Dean Hodges drums Wayne Horvitz piano, composer Ingrid Jensen trumpet Jeff Johnson bass Kelley Johnson vocalist Matt Jorgensen drums Phil Kelly drums, arranger, composer Jim Knapp Orchestra big band Steve Korn drums D'Vonne Lewis - drums Janis Mann vocalist Thomas Mariott trumpet Pink Martini small orchestra with vocals Greta Metassa vocalist Jovino Santos Neto keyboards Brian Nova guitar Aaron Parks piano Susan Pascal vibraphone Dave Peck piano Dave Peterson guitar Julian Priester trombone Bill Ramsay saxophone Ben Roseth saxophone Paul Rucker bass Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra - big band Marc Seales piano Bud Shank saxophone Phil Sparks bass Floyd Standifer trumpet John Stowell guitar Mark Taylor saxophone

82. Jane Miller - The Jane Miller Group - BIOS With roots in both the folk singersongwriter and jazz worlds, Jane is an activefreelancer and composer. She has become a frequent guitarist with the http://www.janemillergroup.com/bio.html

Skip to Content Skip to Navigation Home Newsletter ... Links Join the email list! Jane Miller Jane Miller Jane Miller: Bios Jane Miller "Jane Miller the person directly relates to Jane Miller the musician without apparent contradiction. Miller speaks, and the focus, sincerity, and earnestness of her music are also there in her voice. In fact, her own instrumental sound is not entirely unrelated to her speaking voice." (William Tandy Young, Blues Wire) Guitarist/Composer Jane Miller's new CD, "The Other Room," on Pink Bubble Records, is a 12 song collection of her most recent compositions, brilliantly performed by her group (Tim Ray-piano, Bob Simonelli-fretless electric bass, and Don Kirby-drums). Like her previous two CDs, "Postcard," (1993) and "Secret Pockets," (1998) "The Other Room" is receiving rave reviews and air play throughout the United States and Canada. The pairing of engineer Peter Kontrimas and assistant producer Lauren Passarelli has resulted in a bold new sound, providing the perfect vehicle for this contemporary jazz material. The recording also features Jane's debut writing for strings, with a performance by The Arriaga String Quartet. With roots in both the folk singer-songwriter and jazz worlds, Jane is an active freelancer and composer. She has become a frequent guitarist with the internationally acclaimed singer/songwriter SONiA, of disappear fear. She has performed with guitarists Leni Stern and Emily Remler (her former teacher). She has performed duets with bassists David Clark, and Marshall Wood; saxophonists Cercie Miller, Billy Novick, and Myanna; and other ensemble work with drummers Bob Gullotti and Steve Langone, pianists Bill O'Connell and Dick Odgren, and singers Toni Ballard and Jim Porcella. She is currently in a working Chamber Jazz Trio with Cercie Miller and David Clark for which she contributes many compositions.

83. Opera Bios John Geggie, a major talent in Canada’s jazz community, is in very high jazz Report s Trumpeter of the year Award for 1999 and jazz Composer of the year http://www.guelphjazzfestival.com/past_festivals/2003/operabios.html

84. Musical Web Connections - Others Section The Center for the Promotion of Contemporary composers (CPCC) An extensive Pappy s Musical Medley - Local Bands, blues, Rock, jazz, Wood Company live http://www.columbia.edu/~hauben/music/broad.html

The "Ever Expanding Web Music Listing!" Broad Musical Sites Do a search Back to the table of contents. Acoustic Music Server A Capella Music Vocalist Homepage Folk Music Home Page ... FolkBook: Acoustic Music on the 'Web The All Music Guide has relocated! There are two links: graphical at allmusic.com and text at thenewage.com The American Music Resource gopher American Music Center - Contemporary American composers, Jazz and more. The UWP Archives - Music Lyrics, Samples, Mailing Lists, etc FTP Archives [now HTTP] Vivarin Excellent archive.uwp.edu Lyrics mirror Music FAQs at Ohio State Univ. Andy Burnett's On-Line Music Database Another Music Database Jazz Resources from Justin Hall of Swathmore BluesNet Page Easy St. Blues Home Page Blues Access The Blue Highway - Blues Page Oregon's Cascade Blues Association blues page. SCOTTISH JAZZ AND BLUES ONLINE Page Classical Music Repertoire List WWW Classical Music Resources - contents Welcome to the World of Classical Music Contemporary Music Info-Junction ... The Internet Boom Box - focusing on Hip Hop The Home of Soul Gregorian Chant Home Page Internet Underground Music Archive (IUMA) - Home to free digitized music from all sorts of bands on-line Kaleidospace - another service like IUMA.

85. The WILLIE AUGUST PROJECT - Photos & Bios MELODIC MODERN jazz Member bios/Photos. Bookings and Info 612825-9952 EmailWillieAugust@hotmail. Ben Siems - guitar, composer Jeremy Hauer - drums http://willieaugust.tripod.com/bios.html

setAdGroup('67.18.104.18'); var cm_role = "live" var cm_host = "tripod.lycos.com" var cm_taxid = "/memberembedded" Search: Lycos Tripod Aeon Flux Share This Page Report Abuse Edit your Site ... Next THE WILLIE AUGUST PROJECT M ELODIC M ODERN J AZZ Member Bios/Photos Bookings and Info: 612-825-9952 Email: WillieAugust@hotmail.com *To return to the WAP home page, click on the photo at left. Click here to return to our simplified page. Ben Siems - guitar, composer Jeremy Hauer - drums ABOUT SHOWS AWARDS NEWS ... CONTACT BEN SIEMS Jeremy Hauer Back to Top "Siems is a fountain of muted melody, with a masterful grasp of the guitaristic art of the octave." -Cadence magazine Born in Minneapolis, Ben Siems began studying piano when he was seven years old, switching to cello at age nine. He first tried his hand at composing only a few years later, writing arrangements of traditional songs for violin, cello and piano. Siems began teaching himself guitar during his senior year of high school, learning from the records of B.B. King and Robert Johnson. After attending Brown University, he made a name for himself on the East Coast folk scene as a solo acoustic guitarist and singer, combining classic blues playing techniques with his lyrical sense of melody. His solo recording, Sun's Gonna Shine , was aired on a number of New Jersey radio stations as he toured that state, playing to full houses at such legendary venues as the Mine Street Coffeehouse.

86. The Necks - Bios He first came to public attention as pianist and chief composer for The Benders . he became very involved in the jazz scene in Australia, often touring http://www.thenecks.com/pages/bios.html

Chris Abrahams One of the most distinctive keyboardists Australia has produced, Chris was born in 1961 in New Zealand but came to Sydney by way of Nigeria at an early age. He first came to public attention as pianist and chief composer for The Benders. With them he recorded three albums and toured overseas to India, Cuba, the UK and Europe. In 1993 he toured the world for nine months as keyboard player with Midnight Oil. Currently he performs and composes with Melanie Oxley, and The Hunting Party. He has released three highly-acclaimed solo piano albums. Chris has also been pivotal in the local revival of interest in the Hammond organ. Abrahams is one of Sydney's most in-demand session players, having appeared on over 50 albums with the likes of The Laughing Clowns, The Triffids, The Church, The Jackson Code, The Whitlams, Stephen Cummings, Karma County, Wendy Matthews and The Sparklers. He has recorded over 60 of his own compositions or co-compositions, and has been covered by such artists as Stephen Cummings, and Vika and Linda Bull. Chris has production credit on albums by The Benders and Melanie Oxley, as well as having composed half a dozen movie soundtracks. Chris has been voted Best Keyboardist for two years running in the Rolling Stone Critics' Awards.

87. Composer Biographical Sketches You can also view Program Notes and Performer bios. 1944) is a composer ofworks ranging from vocal and orchestral to jazz and music for nonwestern http://www.societyofcomposers.org/data/conferences/archives/1997_1998conferences

Composer Biographical Sketches You can also view Program Notes and Performer Bios Charles Argersinger After completing a Ph.D. at the University of Minnesota in 1979, Charles Argersinger went on to teach at California State University, DePaul University, and at Washington State University, where he is presently coordinator of composition and theory. Currently he serves on the national council of the Society of Composers (SCI) as the Co-Chair of the Pacific Northwest region. Among his awards is the 1995 United Nations first prize for a brass fanfare for the 50th Anniversary of the U.N. His Concerto for Piano and Chamber Orchestra was recorded by members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and the Contemporary Chamber Players of the University of Chicago. It was premiered by the Alabama Symphony Orchestra in 1992, and has been recently performed by the Kansas City Symphony, the Memphis Symphony Orchestra, the Contra Costa Chamber Orchestra in Oakland, and the LSU Contemporary Music Festival Orchestra. He is the 1997 Composer of the Year for the Washington State Music Teachers Association and winner of the 1997 Composer Fellowship from the Idaho Commission on the Arts. Larry Austin Larry Austin, composer, retired from the University of North Texas and his 38- year academic career in 1996. Working in and out of his Denton, Texas, studio

88. Cast And Crew Bios He received his master s degree in music from the jazz Conservatory at St.Gallen, Switzerland in 1996. He was composer and arranger for the jazz Funk http://www.gayhomes.net/rickandsteve/rickandsteve/rickbios.htm

dirty little secrts about the artists home screenings press releases reviews ... poshpictures Christopher R. Joyce (the voice of Steve Christopher R. Joyce hails from a small town near Greensboro, North Carolina. After graduating from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in December of '93, Chris drove cross country with a friend to Hollywood, California with dreams of being in the entertainment business. Although it took him a few years to gain the confidence needed to try acting, he began study with Doug Warhit in '97, and has truly found his calling. He enjoys animation, collecting comic books and Star Wars memorabilia, reading, music, and seeing great movies. He resides in Hollywood with a "pussy" of his own and a roommate. Terence McFarland (the voice of Rick Terence McFarland is a recovering fashionista currently pusuing his dream of becoming the first gay action hero. Adrienne Pearson (the voice of Kirsten Adrienne Pearson was born in Reno,Nevada. Reno was a

89. Artsconnection - Artist Bios - Music Branice McKenzie is a vocalist and composer whose performing career includes tradition with a contemporary sound influenced by jazz and classical music. http://www.artsconnection.org/artist_bios_music.html

Phyllis Bethel Picture Perfect Morning and ASE's . Her film and video credits include the award-winning Marlon Riggs video Black Is...Black Ain't . In addition to teaching music, Ms. Bethel is a certified music therapist working with hospitalized children, and an adjunct faculty member of New York University's Therapy Department. Jimmy Cruiz Jimmy Cruiz, leader of the Spirit Ensemble, is a teacher as well as a performer. Mr. Cruiz's musical training began in childhood with piano lessons with his father. He later studied flute and percussion. Mr. Cruiz has studied with such noted teachers as Jimmy Heath, Frank Foster, Yusef Lateef, Baba Chief Bey, Dom Romao, and many others. This wide range of experience helps Mr. Cruiz to bring a universal vision of music to the Spirit Ensemble and to his teaching. Students are also treated to Mr. Cruiz's expertise in the instruments of Africa and South America. Michael Eisenberg An artist-in-residence with the Carnegie Neighborhood Concert Series, Michael Eisenberg is active as a recitalist in the metropolitan area, both as pianist and harpsichordist. Mr. Eisenberg is engaged as a teaching artist with ArtsConnection, the Third Street Settlement School and the Phipps Foundation and in partnership with such programs as Project Read and Annenberg. A recent finalist in the Dorian/EMA recording competition, Mr. Eisenberg is a recipient of the Sylvia Marlowe fellowship and is featured on an upcoming IMS CD release with soprano Patricia Sonego. He is currently pursuing Ph.d studies in musicology at the CUNY Graduate Center.

90. Music In Motion - Books Audios Composer Musician bios. Qty, Product Detail, Image A jazzTRIO Chris Rashka on jazz (3 books CD set) Item 9971. $80.00 http://www.musicmotion.com/subgrouping.htm?cat=11488&orderfield=

91. MaD Theatricals - Clara's Dream And Music Hall Follies Theatricals is a unique collaboration of internationally celebrated jazz artists Paul Arslanian, a professional pianist, composer and dance accompanist http://jazzandtap.com/mad/bios.shtml

About MaD Theatricals Clara's Dream Music Hall Follies Artist Bios ... CD - "CLARA" LIVE Company Bios Drika Overton Artistic Director, The Mother Drika's career as a jazz tap artist has spanned over 2 decades and includes work as a producer, director, educator, performer and choreographer. She is the creator and artistic director of the internationally recognized Portsmouth Percussive Dance Festival and Clara's Dream: a jazz nutcracker and works throughout New England and the US. Drika has received numerous awards for her work including an Artist fellowship from New Hampshire State Council on the Arts and Art Builds Community! funded by the Lila-Wallace Readers' Digest Fund. She has been a featured artist at the New York City Tap Festival; the Southeastern TapExplosion in Atlanta; the Bates Dance Festival; the New England Artist's Congress; Liz Lerman's Dance Exchange's Shipyard Project; Public Television; and numerous jazz clubs, concerts, and festivals. Drika is the artistic director of MaD Theatricals , a unique collaboration of nationally and internationally recognized jazz and tap artists, and co-directs and choreographs for the Youth Jazz Dance Project. Paul Arslanian Music Director Paul Arslanian, a professional pianist, composer and dance accompanist since 1970, began working with tap dancers in the San Francisco Bay Area in 1974. As Musical Director for the Jazz Tap Ensemble (1979-1984) and the "Fascinating Rhythms" tour for Boston's Dance Umbrella (1992-1995), he toured the U.S. and Europe and worked with dancers such as Savion Glover, Gregory Hines, Honi Coles, and Jimmy Slyde.

92. The Afro-Rican Ensemble Bios Page His melodic approach to jazz bass recalls such varied influence as Jimi Hendrix, wellknown jazz artists including trumpeter/composer Hannibal Loukumbe, http://www.afroricanensemble.net/intrinbios.htm

BAND MEMBERS Rolando Matias San Juan, Puerto Rico Latin Percussionist Union Local #103 Rolando Matias is endorsed by: Meinl Percussion instruments exclusively. Congas-Meinl's Wood Craft,Marathon or Floatunes Congas, Bongos-Meinl's Wood Craft, Meinl "Cajon", Timbales-Amadito Valdez Signature Series & Luis Conte Signature Series and Meinl's RealPlayer cowbells, Meinl's Caliente 18" Ride/Crash, Floatune Bata Drums (Okonkolo, Itotele & Iya) and Meinl's hand percussion (claves, guiros, maracas etc.) Brian Batchelor-Glader Cincinnati, Ohio Piano Brian is a graduate of the University of Cincinnati Conservatory of Music, with a bachelor in jazz studies. A creative and aggressive pianist, Brian brings texture and emotion to the ensemble. Brian has performed with a wide range of musicians including the legendary drummer Jon Von Ohlen, Mary Ellen Tanner, Brad Goode, and Rick VanMatre to name a few. He has produced, arranged, and recorded several of his own albums available through his website ( http://www.bbgmusic.com/

93. The Henry Mancini Institute Faculty bios Rhythm. Peter Erskine (drum set) GRAMMY® and Emmy-nominatedcomposer, jazz pianist and educator Bill Cunliffe continues to attract http://www.manciniinstitute.org/rhythm.cfm

forget your password? click here manage your member page Welcome Patrick Williams, Artistic Director ... Request Information Faculty Bios - Rhythm Peter Erskine (drum set) Gregg Field (drum set) Steve Houghton (drum set) Harold Jones (drum set) Harold Jones has been a member of the Count Basie Orchestra, Eddie Harris, Paul Winter, Ella Fitzgerald, Tony Bennett, Sarah Vaughan and Natalie Cole bands. He has also played with the New Jersey Symphony, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Cincinnati Symphony, Atlanta Symphony, and Tokyo Symphony. Jones has recorded extensively with such artists as Benny Carter, B.B. King, Natalie Cole, Marian McPartland, and the Gene Harris Superband. Judy Chilnick (percussion) Judy Chilnick received her degrees from Hartt School of Music and Yale University, where she studied with Alexander Lepak and Fred Hinger. She was a member of the American Jazz Philharmonic since its inception in 1979 and currently holds the principal timpani chair with Opera Pacific in Costa Mesa. Chilnick is also a percussionist with the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, works in the recording studios on television and motion picture scores as well as many Broadway show productions in the Los Angeles area. Billy Childs (piano) Bill Cunliffe (piano) back to main faculty menu Request Information Online Application 2005 Catalog ... info@manciniinstitute.org

94. MicroFest 2001 Conference Bios Bruce Brode has played keyboards and horns in a number of jazz and blues In 1940s New York, Harrison became a protege of composer/critic Virgil Thomson, http://www2.hmc.edu/~alves/microfestbios.html

MICROFEST 2001 CONFERENCE AND FESTIVAL OF MUSIC IN ALTERNATE TUNINGS Biographies of Conference Participants Peter Adamczyk . Studies in composition at Eastman and at New York and Columbia Universities. Teachers include Samuel Adler, Louis Karchin, and Charles Wuorinen. Most recently researched computer-assisted composition with modelling of physical and acoustic phenomena under the direction of Tristan Murail. Currently working on Ph.D. dissertation at New York University as a MacCracken Award recipient. His work for piano, tape, and live electronics, entitled Dhrupad Variants , was selected as part of the most recent Sonic Circuits Festival, organized by the American Composers Forum. Bill Alves has written extensively for acoustic and electronic instruments as well as mixed media, including the integration of music and computer video, robot choreography, and web art. His works have been presented at many festivals, radio and television shows, and other venues in the USA, Europe, and Asia. A CD of his computer music, The Terrain of Possibilities is available on the EMF label, and works of his are included on other recordings, including

95. St. Joseph International Guitar Festival: Performer Bios An active composer, Anthony’s original compositions have been premiered in suchcities as New York, Jason Riley (rock / jazz / classical guitarist) http://www.mwsc.edu/guitarfestival/2004/performer_bios.html

General Public Concert Tickets) Performer Bios Competition (Age Limit, Required Pieces, Rounds, Judging, Final Round, Prizes) Full Schedule Application Form Host Family Application Form Venues ... Home Page Performer Bios Anthony Glise (Festival Director - classical guitarist / composer / author) Anthony is director of the St. Joseph International Guitar Festival and the Festival Chartres (Chartres, France) and currently lectures at the Academy for the Study of 19th-Century Music (Italy). When not on tour, he lives and teaches part-time in the Flandres region of Northern France, part-time in the Black Forest region of Germany and part-time in the US at Missouri Western State College in St. Joseph, Missouri (one of the nation's leading programs for classical, and commercial guitar studies) where he holds a visiting professorship. See: http://www.AnthonyGlise.com Dr. Robert Trent (classical guitarist) Dr. Trent has appeared in chamber music recitals or concerti with The Audubon Quartet, the Kandinsky Trio and the Philadelphia Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra. He is the recent recipient of numerous awards including: unprecedented two career grants from The Peabody Conservatory of Johns Hopkins University, two faculty development Grants from Radford University and twice from the Virginia Commission for the Arts.

96. Opie Bellas: Jazz Singer - Bios & Photos Opie Bellas a jazz singer from the old school Los Angeles guitarist andcomposer Ron Anthony joins Opie with his original material It s Always 4AM http://www.opiebellas.com/bio.html

Opie's fourth CD Faces was recorded at the Grammy-winning Manchester Craftsmen's Guild with Jay Ashby Roger Humphries , and Dwayne Dolphin . San Francisco's Bay Records recording roster features veterans Brad Buethe on guitar, pianist David Udolf , bassist Chris Amberger , and drummer Wally Schnalle . Los Angeles guitarist and composer Ron Anthony joins Opie with his original material "It's Always 4AM" co-written with Sammy Cahn, and Arthur Hamilton's "I Always Knew." Opie has several recordings to her credit. Live for Life features members of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, as well as Jazz Quartet, orchestrated and conducted by Mr. Michael Moricz. Once Upon A Time was recorded with her longtime friend, guitarist/composer Joe Negri of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood.

97. Music-Theatre Group CHRISTOS HATZIS is one of Canada s most important composers (International Her work challenges barriers separating the classical and jazz worlds, http://www.musictheatregroup.org/artists.html

CURRENT SEASON in Progress ABOUT MTG Information Statement Director Productions ARTIST BIOS CYNTHIA BREAZEAL is LG Career Development Professor of Media Arts and Sciences at the MIT Media Laboratory, where she directs the new Robotic Presence group. She was previously a postdoctoral associate at MIT's Artificial Intelligence Lab. Breazeal is particularly interested in developing creature-like technologies that are human-aware and establish a close and beneficial relationship with people. "Kismet," her anthropomorphic robotic head, has been featured in international media, and is part of Breazeal's ongoing work of building artificial systems that learn and behave with people in an intelligent, life-like, and sociable manner. Breazeal earned ScD and MS degrees at MIT in electrical engineering and computer science, and a BS in electrical and computer engineering from the University of California, Santa Barbara. DOUGLAS J. CUOMO began his professional music career at eighteen, touring the country as a jazz guitarist, and started composing professionally five years later after moving to New York City. In 1991 he received a Meet-the-Composer grant for his first full-length original work, ATOMIC OPERA, which was performed at the Ohio Theater in New York City. Exploring American attitudes about the atomic bomb in the 1950's and 60's, the opera was described as "elegiac and eerie…[suggesting] the breaking down and reconstitution of matter into something ominous and uncontrollable." (

98. Bios She has proven herself as a classical artist, jazz vocalist and composer, souldiva, and now stands to add Rock n Roll vixen to the list. http://www.dianamoves.com/bios.html

production / bios / sponsors Past and Present Players Derrick Atkinson Vocalist Cameron Brownfield Guitarist Sheila Callaghan Playwright Tim Castellani Bassist John Farrage Actor Steve Hatzai Guitarist Whitney James Vocalist Rob Knop Keyboardist Meg McLynn Vocalist Dan Moore Drums/Engineer Brandon O'Neill Vocalist Chad Peterson Everything Dawnya Wittenborn Vocalist Known to his friends as 'Funky D', Derrick began his singing career as a member of his local church choir in Buffalo, New York. His interest in popular music grew during his late teens and early twenties listening to Fishbone, Bad Brains, Ray Charles, and Van Halen. As Derrick's musical knowledge grew, he discovered he was more interested in pushing musical limits than remaining in comfortable patterns. When looking to join a band, Derrick purposely avoided musicians who wanted to emulate established artists such as Stevie Wonder or Rick James in favor of groups experimenting with rap/rock/metal cross-over material. The result was the establishment of the rap/rock/soul outfit Phonkbutt. Phonkbutt relocated from Buffalo to Seattle in the early 90s and have been a fixture in the Seattle area ever since. When not performing or recording with Phonkbutt, Derrick likes traveling and hanging with his wife Noriko. Cameron has spent much of his early career in music working in the realm of pop music composition and hiphop. Cameron's most recent project is the Seattle-based hiphop band, The Hillpeople, which features vocalist/rapper Damon Grady, formally of the hiphop group Prose and Concepts. The Hillpeople's self-released, self-titled debut record won local acclaim and regular airplay on Seattle's former KCMU 90.3 FM, now KEXP.

99. UM Summer Percussion Workshop Faculty The group has commissioned new works from such composers as David Stock and She also led a jazz octet, Counterparts, for two years which performed in http://www.music.umd.edu/Faculty/tafoya/summer/summerbios.html

Home Schedule Daily Photos Housing Info ... Website UM Summer Percussion Workshop Sponsors University of Maryland School of Music Clarice Smith Center for the Performing Arts ... of America Updated on: 7/3/05 UM Summer Percussion Workshop Faculty Listed in Alphabetical Order Faculty is subject to change. Timothy Adams was named Pittsburgh Symphony Principal Timpanist beginning with the 1995-96 season. He was born in Georgia and received his early musical training there. While in high school, he started his professional career by playing as a substitute percussionist in the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. He studied at the Cleveland Institute of Music where he received both his bachelor's degree in music and master's degree in percussion. After receiving his bachelor's degree, Mr. Adams played in the rock band, "Exotic Birds," which recorded two albums and a music video for MTV. While studying in Cleveland, Adams played extra keyboard, percussion and timpani with the Cleveland Orchestra. Having spent two summers at the Tanglewood Music Festival, Mr. Adams played under the direction of Leonard Bernstein, Kurt Masur, Seiji Ozawa, Elliot Carter and Leon Fleisher. He has played solo performances with the Atlanta Symphony, the Indianapolis Symphony, the Florida Philharmonic, the Pittsburgh Symphony and also has recorded with the Cleveland Orchestra, Atlanta Symphony, Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra and Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra where he was appointed principal timpanist in 1995. In his capacity as Principal Timpanist of the Pittsburgh Symphony, Adams is active in Education and Outreach activities serving as both coach and mentor to aspiring percussionists. He presents master classes for high school students and was involved in the Symphony's Early Childhood pilot program. He was instrumental in developing and presenting the Pennsylvania Day of Percussion at Heinz Hall, bringing in such artists as Evelyn Glennie, Peter Erskine and Dana Kimble.

100. Awesome Library - Arts Provides a biography of the bandleader, composer, and pianist. 201 Styles -Bebop Style jazz (PBS - Ken Burns jazz - Schoenberg) http://www.awesomelibrary.org/Classroom/Arts/Music/Jazz.html

Search Spelling Here: Home Classroom Arts Music > Jazz Jazz Sub-Topics Brubeck, Dave Coltrane, John Getz, Stan Gillespie, Dizzy ... Williams, Mary Lou Also Try Armstrong, Louie "Satchmo" (Awesome Library) Materials Photos of Jazz Greats (A Passion for Jazz) Provides pictures of hundreds of jazz artists, by instrument (listed across the top of the page) and time period. (The photo links are the "P" letter at the end of each name and birthdate. 2-01 Papers Basie, Count (Awesome Library) Provides a biography of the bandleader and pianist. 2-01 Beiderbecke, Bix (Bix Beiderbecke Memorial Society) Provides a brief biography of one of the greatest jazz musicians and composers. Also spelled Biderbeck. 1-01 Biographies of Jazz Artists (PBS - Jazz) Provides dozens of biographies. 2-01 Biographies of Jazz Artists of the 1990's (Jazz at Lincoln Center) Provides biographies of Geri Allen, Paquito D'Rivera, Frank Emilio, Tommy Flanagan, Sir Roland Hanna, Shirley Horn, Hank Jones, John Lewis, Joe Lovano, Ellis Marsalis, Charles McPherson, Brad Mehldau, James Moody, Arturo O'Farrill, Nicholas Payton, Danilo Perez, Eric Reed, Dianne Reeves, Sam Rivers, Wallace Roney, and Jesus "Chucho" Valdés. 2-01 Calloway, Cab (Awesome Library)

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