New York Based Music Teacher, Saxophonist, and Composer I am an elementary school music teacher by day and a saxophonist and composer at night. I am primarily a classical saxophonist and I helped to form the Cobalt Quartet, a saxophone quartet dedicated to playing the standard quartet repertoire, as well as new music. I have …
Jacob Ter Veldhuis – JacobTV, Dutch Composer I write both neo-classical and avant-pop music. A blend of different musical styles. I use the speech melody as a source of inspiration: speech grooves based on ready-made sound bites from politics, commercials, interviews, talk shows, and “tvangelists,” combined with live instruments. Musicologist Stefan Weiss wrote: “Here it …
New England-based Composer, Musician, Music Teacher, and Conductor I have multifaceted work in music, composing and arranging, bassoon performance, teaching music and humanities, conducting and writing music reviews. I work in schools, churches, and concert settings. Music Composition & Arranging Currently, I am composing a new musical Mark the Halls (my fifth!), and working on …
Minnesota Composer, Musician & Music Teacher on Bassoon, Saxophones, Recorders & Piano I studied music at St. Johns University and the College of St. Benedict of Minnesota. Later in life I completed my coursework, receiving my BA in music from St. Cloud State University in 2012. I went on to earn a master degree in Adlerian …