Jay Utah Lawrence
Curriculum Vitae
711 Hidden Manor Circle
Lehi, UT 84043
801-808-7184
[email protected]
jaylawrencedrums.com
CURRENT POSITIONS and ACTIVITIES
1996-present
1998-present
2004-present
2009-present
2009-present
2007-present
2005-present
2001-present
2000 -present
1999 -present
1995-present
1990-present
1988-present
1980-present
1997-present
Guest Lecturer, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah
 Music 284, Jazz Improvisation 1
 Music 384, Jazz Improvisation 2
 Music 485, Jazz Composition and Arranging
 Music 160R, 260R, 359R, Private Percussion
 Music 331R, Jazz Combo Instruction, (Director 2004–2007)
 Composer and Member of Faculty Jazz Quintet Q’d Up
Director of Percussion, Snow College, Ephraim, Utah
 Percussion Methods and Pedagogy
 Percussion Ensemble
 Private Applied Instruction
 Combo Coaching
Private Applied Instructor, Utah Valley University, Orem, Utah
 Director of Jazz Combos
 Jazz Improvisation
Co-President, Jazz Hang Records
Co-President, Aria Mallet Keyboards
Percussion Division Coordinator, Cannonball Musical Instruments
Traveled to Taiwan to design three lines of drum sets
with successful completion of the prototypes
Faculty Member, Juilliard Goes to the Mountains, summer jazz camps
Staff Instructor, BackBeats Drums and Backline
Host Drummer and Backline, The Salt Lake City International Jazz Festival
President, LIJA Music Inc.
Founder of Jazz SLC Concert series, Currently on Board of Directors, Backline
Provider, GAM Foundation
Lead Agent, Utah Music and Events, utahmusicandevents.com
Drummer, Salt Lake City Jazz Orchestra
Composer
Recording Artist Tantara, Shadow Mountain, Jazz Hang Records, Origin, Blujazz
1980-present
Studio Recording Session Musician in the following studios, as well as others:
LA East Recording Studio, Salt Lake City
LDS Motion Picture Studio, Provo
Rosewood Recording Studio, Provo
Soularium Recording Studio, Utah County
Platinum Lab Studio, Bountiful
KJAZZ Recording Studio, Salt Lake City
June Audio, Provo
Studio 1, Salt Lake City
Counterpoint Studio, Salt Lake City
Brunson Brothers, Provo
Record Lab, Provo
Four Floors, Salt Lake City
Rotosonic Sound, Salt Lake City
Barking Pig, Salt Lake City
PAST POSITIONS
1999-2013
1988-2012
2001-2012
2009-2010
1998-2003
1997-2008
1996-2001
1991-1994
1993-1995
1985
1981-1986
1980-1980
1974-1976
1972-1974
Part Time Faculty, Brigham Young University Idaho, ID
Private Applied Lessons, Jazz Lab Band Director
Director of Combos, Jazz Theory
Clinician at Annual BYUI Jazz Festival
Member of the Faculty Jazz Quintet - Out of Nowhere
Assistant Professor, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
Private Applied Instruction
Member of Faculty Groups Redtet and The Underpaid Professors
Big Band Clinician/Adjudicator, Bands of America
Director of Music, American Leadership Academy, Spanish Fork, UT
Instructor, History of Jazz, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT
Drummer/Percussionist/Arranger, Enoch Train
Applied Associate Faculty, Westminster College, Salt Lake City, UT
President, Salt Lake Jazz Society
Founding President, Jazz Arts of the Mountain West
Instructor of Percussion, Sierra Nevada College, NV
House Percussionist, Sahara Reno/Reno Hilton, NV
House Percussionists, Caesar’s Tahoe, NV
House Percussionist, Sahara Tahoe, NV
Percussionist, Johnny Russell Relief Band, NV
EDUCATION
2013
1980
1975
Bachelor of Science, Music, Summa Cum Laude, Utah Valley University,
Orem,UT
Brigham Young University, Provo, UT
Berklee College of Music, Boston, MA
INSTRUMENTS
All Mallet Keyboards, Timpani, other Concert Percussion, Drumset, World Percussion
PRIVATE STUDY
Felton Hickman Jr., Ron Falter, Gerry Genuario, Rich Havens, Michael Spiro, Gary Chafee, Alan
Dawson, Ramon Banda, Alex Acuna, Rudi Rodarte, Walfredo Reyes Sr., John Santos, Jeff Hamilton,
Kenny Clare, David Garibaldi, Gregory Hutchinson, Jimmy Branly, Ted Wolfe
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Percussive Arts Society International Convention Conferences: 2010 Indianapolis, 2008 Austin
Convention Center, Austin, Texas; 2006 Austin Convention Center, Austin, Texas; 2005 Greater
Columbus Convention Center, Columbus, Ohio; 2002, Susan Powell, Greater Columbus
Convention Center, Columbus, Ohio; 1997, Theresa Dimond, Disneyland Hotel, Anaheim,
California; 1995, J.B. Smith. Phoenix Civic Plaza, Phoenix, Arizona; 1988, Genaro Gonzalez,
Henry Gonzalez Convention Center, San Antonio, Texas
International Association for Jazz Education Conferences: from 1994 to 2007 in New York City,
excepting 2000 in New Orleans, 2003 in Toronto, and 2005 in Long Beach, CA
Stan Kenton Music Camp, 1975, CA
Brigham Young University Jazz Camp, 1974, UT
Studied with Jamey Aebersold, Dan Hearle, David Baker
Ludwig International Percussion Symposium Eau Claire, Wisconsin, 1974
Studied with Joe Morello, Carmine Appice, David Friedman, Roy Haynes, Al Payson, and Mitch
Markovich
ORCHESTRAL/CONCERT PERCUSSION EXPERIENCE
Utah Symphony, Programs of Ravel, Bernstein, Lisa Vroman, Bravo Broadway with Jerry Steichen,
Nicole Parker, Emily Rozek, etc., Regular Extra, 1989–Present
Orchestra at Temple Square, Christmas Programs, 2008–2009, The West Side Story Suite, 2011
Estonia Symphony, Tour of Scandinavia, featured performer, 2002
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, featured performer, Scotland, England, 2002
Repertoire Dance Theater
Utah Chamber Artist
Ballet West, Age of Anxiety, Bernstein, 1990
Reno Percussion Quartet
Reno Philharmonic, 1973–1985
Nevada Opera Guild, 1974–1976
Brass Choir, Music Educators National Conference, invited timpanist, Tucson, Arizona, 1973
WORLD PERCUSSION EXPERIENCE
Cuban Percussion, frequent and numerous performances and recordings with Orquesta Pachanga,
Fuego, Rumba Libre
African, Brazilian, Celtic, Asian, and other Percussion, frequent and numerous performances and
recordings with Enoch Train, Lark and Spur, Klezbros, Kelly Eisenhour, and Q’d Up
PUBLICATIONS
A Compendium of Jazz Improvisation
Text book and play-along for music students at Brigham Young University
Rhythm Reading a Practice Manual, LIJA Music
The Drummers Workbook, Think Fast Communications,
Endorsed by:
 Carl Allen, Artistic Director of Jazz Studies, Julliard School, New York City
 Terreon Gully, performed with Lauryn Hill, Meshell Ndegeocello, Stefon Harris,
Diane Reeves and Christian McBride
 Alex Acuna, legendary drummer and Latin percussionist
The above manuals are currently being used as core curriculum at Arts West, Boise Idaho;
Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah; Snow College, Ephraim UT; Brigham Young
University - Hawaii, La’ie Hawaii; Brigham Young University - Idaho, Rexburg ID
The African Influence on Music in the Americas, LIJA Music
How to Make Six Figures in the Music Business, LIJA Music
“The Music of Spain,” Jazz Voice 7, no. 2 (1991)
“A Selected Latin Jazz Discography,” Jazz Voice 6, no. 3 (1990)
Percussion Techniques, Instructional DVD, C. Alan Publications, 2005, (Participating Performer)
Liner Notes, Temporary Measures, Night Waves, 2011
HONORS AND AWARDS
Award of Distinction (1st place), for original composition, This Monument of Faith, Hymn category
worldwide competition, 2012
Daily Herald Feature Cover story, October, 2012
Recorded in Bloomington, Indiana as a member of an All-Star Ensemble with Max Marshall and
musicians nationwide, May, 2011
Commission as Utah Arts Council Jazz Composer, 2009
Recipient of KUER “Voice of Jazz,” 1999
Award for Outstanding Contributions to Music in Utah and Featured Soloist – Music Educators National
Conference, 2006
Don Oscarson commission to write a special arraignment of the “Star Spangled Banner”, 2011
James Harrison’s, “Drumming Influence” Recognition, Dec., 2012
Multiple Pearl Awards for Best Instrumental Album, Best Arrangements, etc. with Enoch Train,
1999–2006
Utah’s Favorite Jazz Drummer, Space Agency Peer Poll, 1995
Recipient of Utah Arts Council Grant, 1995
“Best Drummer in Utah,” The Private Eye Weekly annual music poll, 1994
Recipient of Utah Arts Council Grant, 1993
“Best Drummer in Utah,” The Private Eye Weekly annual music poll, 1993
“Best Drummer,” Reno International Jazz Festival, 1975
Scholarship Winner to Stan Kenton Music Camp for “Best Drummer” Sacramento Jazz Festival, 1974
Reno Police Department Talent Contest, First Place Winner, 1973
Featured in the book, “Utah State of the Arts,” 1993
Featured in Percussive Notes, “People in Percussion” Issue 15 (winter 1977), pg 20
CREATIVE ACHIEVEMENTS
“Sweet Lime” recording by the Jay Lawrence Quartet ranked at #7 on the “Jazz Times Weekly” North
American radio airplay chart, 2012
Guest Artist, Brigham Young University - Hawaii Faculty World Improv Band “Crosscurrent,” 2010
Featured Guest Artist, Salt Lake Symphony with Jerry Floor, Craig Larson, Matt Larson, University of
Utah, Salt Lake City UT, 2010
Featured Drummer, performing as part of the Utah Steel Band Festival, Juan Diego Catholic High
School, Draper, UT, Andy Narell, February 2012, Liam Teague, 2013
Featured Artist, Mormon Tabernacle Choir Christmas Concerts, Mack Wilberg Conductor, Salt Lake
City Utah, including Ring Christmas Bells with Brian Stokes Mitchell 2008, and the Most
Wonderful Time of the Year with Natalie Cole 2009, Tribute to the Armed Forces, 2011
recorded, videotaped and broadcast internationally
Featured Artist, International Association for Jazz Education Conference with Kelly Eisenhour and
Bob Mintzer, New York City, New York, 2007
Concert for IAJE Summit in Park City with Shelly Berg and Rodney Whittaker
Featured Performer at numerous Governor Gala’s
Featured Performer at numerous Gateway Series Concerts
Featured Drummer at many Murray City Arts Council sponsored Concerts
Featured Entertainment at the Shakespeare Festival, Cedar City, UT
Resident Drum Set Performer, Utah Arts Festival Commissioned Composition Concerts, 1999–2013
House Drummer, International Trombone Convention, Numerous Artists, University of Utah, Salt Lake
City, UT
House Drummer, International Festival for Clarinets, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
House Drummer, International Festival for Harpists, Westminster College, Salt Lake City, UT
House Drummer, International Convention for Double Reeds, Brigham Young University, UT
Featured Drummer, “Four Generations of Jazz Fiddle,” Egyptian Theatre, Ogden, UT
Featured Artist, Excellence in the Community Concerts, many appearances including Westminster and
Grand Theatre, Salt Lake Community College, Salt Lake City, Utah, Salt Lake Convention
Center and the Gallivan Center Salt Lake City, UT
Featured Entertainment (Jay Lawrence Quartet) KSL, Bruce Lindsey retirement party
Featured Artist, Temple Square Concert Series, Assembly Hall, Salt Lake City, UT
Concert with Cyrus Chestnut and Jeff Campbell for Sponsors party, Park City International Jazz Festival
House Drummer, Up Close with Lex de Azevedo
Guest Soloist, Snow College Jazz Band, 1998, Ephraim, UT
Guest Soloist, Utah Valley Symphony with Enoch Train, Provo Tabernacle, Provo, UT
Guest Soloist, Rix Stix, BYU-Idaho Percussion Ensemble, 2008
Co-Founder with Lou Fine, Park City International Jazz Festival, later known as the Fidelity
Investments Park City Jazz Festival, 1990’s
Headlined Concert, Jay Lawrence Quartet, Rocksprings Wyoming, 2007
Opening Act as Director of the Fuego Salsa Band, “The Red Hot Fourth,” Fireworks Celebration,
University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, 2002
Featured Performance with Kelly Eisenhour, Vero Beach, FL
Enoch Train Performances (drums, vibes, xylophone, tabla, congas, dumbek, bodhran, piano, Russian
spoons), Utah Valley State College, Orem, UT, September, 1999
Enoch Train Performance, Freedom Festival and parade
Numerous Performances with Enoch Train: Layton Amphitheatre, Murray Park Amphitheatre, Salt
Palace, University of Nevada Las Vegas
Member, All-Star Percussion Ensemble performing with Bob Becker, Utah Day of Percussion
Member, All-Star percussion Ensemble performing the music of John Cage, Twentieth Century Music
Concert, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
Numerous Performances with the Brigham Young University Faculty Jazz Quintet, now known as Q'd
Up, including Summerfest, SCERA Concert Series, Autumnfest (Ogden), General and Honors
Education Series, Provo Arts Series, Mapleton City Concert Series, Jazz at the Hilton, Weber
State Jazz Festival, etc., 1996 – 2013
Performance at the Park City International Music Festival, July, 1998, with Q’d Up
Performance at the Park City International Music Festival, July, 1997, with Rob Walker and the Allegro
All Stars
Feature Performance, Jay Lawrence Quartet SLC International Jazz Festival, 2007
Director and Founder with Michael T. MacKay, GAM Foundation, Jazz at the Capitol Concerts
Producer, Sponsor, and Drummer, “Battle of the Saxes,” Snowbird Jazz Festival, UT, 1996
Numerous Performances with Kurt Bestor, including NuSkin Convention, Delta Center; Prized Horse
show, Park City; Governors Gala, Grand America, Salt Lake Convention Center
Orchestra Contractor, GAM Foundation Jazz Concert Series, including John Pizzarelli, Abravanel Hall;
Holly Hoffman, Jazz at the Sheraton, etc.
Performances with Tad Calcara and the New Deal Swing Band, including Benny Goodman Centennial,
Artie Shaw Concert, Park City Summer Series, Deer Valley, Utah Symphony, etc.
Performances with the JAM Big Band, the Joe Muscalino Band, the Mel Hall Band, the Ray Smith Big
Band, the Bob Bowden Orchestra, and dozens more
Performer with the Lawrence Welk Show, Arthur Duncan, and Henry Questa, Dixie Center, St. George,
UT
Performance at Stern Grove, San Francisco Jazz Festival, 1972
Director, Super Band, a Utah high school all-star band, 1993-1997
Synthesis and the Synthesis 30 Year Anniversary Alumni All-Star Band Concert, for broadcast on BYU
Television, March, 2004
Shriners’ Circus, 1989
Performed the “Danny Thomas Show” for Governors of all 50 states and Vice-president Spiro T. Agnew
Concert for the Prime Minister of Samoa, the King of Tonga, and King of Fiji with “The Last
Dispensation”
Sesquicentennial Celebration Synthesis Performance with President Spencer W. Kimball in attendance
Founder and Host, Utah Drum Camp, 2003 & 2004
Performer, 2002 Winter Olympics Bid Announcement Party, the African Nations Party, and several
other sponsor parties
Invited Lecturer, Jazz at the Hilton Series Pre-Concert Lectures, for Milt Jackson, Jeff Hamilton, and
Eddie Palmieri
Drum Battles with Ed Shaughnessy (Snowbird) and Louis Bellson (Cottonwood High school)
ABRIDGED RECORDING PORTFOLIO
Jay Lawrence Quartet, Sweet Lime, Jazz Hang Records, With Bob Shepherd, Tamir Hendelman and
John Clayton. Composer of tracks 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 8 and 10; reached #7 on the Jazz Week U.S.A.
radio airplay chart
Jay Lawrence Trio, Thermal Strut, OA2 Records, with Tamir Hendelman and Lynn Seaton
Composer of tracks 1 and 8; album played internationally and in top ten jazz albums of 2006 by
several East Coast disc jockeys
Jay Lawrence and Friends, When I Look at You, LIJA Music
Featuring the artistry of Joey DeFrancesco, Composed track 7 and arranged tracks 4 and 12
Jay Lawrence and Friends, Creative Endeavors, Starfield Records
Composed all tracks
Kelly Eisenhour featuring Bob Mintzer, Seek and Find, Blujazz Records
All drums and vibe solos on tracks 4 and 6; composition and Brazilian percussion on track 11
Kelly Eisenhour, Now You Know, Independent
Drums
Kelly Eisenhour, One Believing Man, Independent
Drums
Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square with Natalie Cole, Mack Wilberg,
Conductor, The Most Wonderful Time of the Year, Mormon Tabernacle Choir,
Drum set, orchestral and ethnic percussion
Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square with Brian Stokes Mitchell, Mack Wilberg,
Conductor, Ring Christmas Bells, Mormon Tabernacle Choir
Drum, dumbek solo on track 5
Kurt Bestor, The Lamb of God, Shadow Mountain
Timpani and orchestral percussion
Crosscurrent, Pacific Tinge, Jazz Hang Records
Producer, drums, Polynesian and Latin percussion, mallet keyboard solos and arrangement on
track 6
Enoch Train, Shall We Gather, Joyspring Records
Drums, piano, percussion, co-arranger on tracks 5, 7, and 9
Enoch Train, Set Sail, Joyspring Records
Drums, spoons, African percussion, vibes, Navajo vocals and co-arranged tracks 2 and 8
Enoch Train, Enoch Train, Joyspring Records
Drums and percussion
Enoch Train, O Come Little Children, Joyspring Records
Drums and all percussion; co-arranger on tracks 3 and 9
Enoch Train, Holiday Wishes, Excel Entertainment
Arranged track 4
Max Marshall, Instant Camaraderie, Jazz Hang Records
Drums
Tad Calcara and the New Deal Swing Band
Drums
Clive Romney and Alex Boye, I Want to Be A Missionary Now, Shadow Mountain Records
World, orchestral and marching percussion and percussion arrangements
Young Ambassadors, Broadway Rhythm, Tantara Records
Drums, percussion
Q’d Up, Quintessence, Jazz Hang Records
Composed tracks 2, 4, 5, and 11; co-composed track 10 and 12
Drums, percussion
Q’d Up, Q’d Up 3, Tantara Records
Composed tracks 1, 3, 4, 7, 9 and 13; arranged tracks 2 and 11; co-composed track 8
Drums, percussion
Q’d Up, with guest vocalist Kelly Eisenhour, Sq’d Horizons, Tantara Records
Composed track 4, 7 and 10; arranged track 6 and 8
Drums, percussion
Q’d Up, Q’d Up, Tantara Records
Drums and vibes
Q’d Up, Jazz Banquet, Tantara Records
Composed disk one, track 8 and disk two, track 6; arranged disk two track 3
Drums
Salt Lake City Jazz Orchestra, Sugar, Four Floors Productions
Produced by Jay Lawrence, Featuring guest artists Chuck Findley, Ira Nepus and Tom Garvin
Drums, percussion and vibraphone Solo
AV8, Working Man, Open Wire Music
Co-producer, co-composed all tunes, and contracted musicians; horn arrangement on track 3 and
string arrangement on track 4, Drums, percussion
The Mick Rhodes Band, Shakapopoulis, Open Wire Music
Producer, contractor, and co-composed tracks 1 through 8, Drums
The Mick Rhodes Band, One More Road, Open Wire Music
Producer, contractor, and co-composed tracks 1,2,3,4,5,6,8 and 9, Drums, percussion
Kascade, Atmosphere, Vibes solo on “Take Your Mind Off”
Sandi Griffiths, Counting My Blessings, Embryo Records
Percussion
Jeff and Michael McLean, Something’s Changed, Shadow Mountain
Drums
Hersch Bullen and Tom Garvin, Confirmation, Night Life Records
Drums and percussion
Aaron Ashton. Split the Difference, Independent
Drums, vibes, ethnic percussion, “found trash” percussion, and rhythm arrangements
Steve James. Take A Stand. Something Good, Inc.
Horn arrangement on track 2 and big band arrangement on track 9
Steve and Lisa James. Return to Christmas. Hall & James Productions
Big band arrangement track 4 and 9
Larry Jackstien, Richard Rogers, Cuban Fire, MacJack Productions
Drums
Greg Simpson, Seven Wonders, Highway Records
Percussion
Curtis Woodbury, Curtis Woodbury, Jazz Hang Records
Drums and contracting
The Greg Floor Quintet, The Grand Inquisitor, Four Floors Productions
Drums
Jared J. Morgan, As Time Goes By, Independent
Drums and vibes
David Edwards, Tipping Pictures, Third Watch Records
Drums
Cathy Rae Petrus, The Nearness of You, Independent
Drums
Hilary Weeks, Chrismas Time, Shadow Mountain
Drums
Snow College Jazz Orchestra/Snow College Jazz Faculty, A Place in the World, Horne
Vibes
Lynda, Will You Remember, Swansea Records
Drums
Brijj, Crossover, LIJA Music
Composed tracks 3, 4, 8 and 9; drums, vibes and Yoruba percussion
Bridjj, Beat the Rats, BRIDJJ Productions
Drums and vibes; composed tracks 3 and 7
Tri-Destiny, Dragon Wine, Independent
Drums
Laura MacNeill featuring Bob Bailey, Many Shades of Blue, Independent
Drums
Heartbound, Magical Moments, Heartbound
Drums
Shelton, Up On Market Street, Independent
Drums and Latin percussion
Shaun Barrowes, Big Bang Theory, Orlando
Horn contracting and Drums
Steven Kapp Perry, Far Into the Heart, Prime Recordings
Drums on “Different Drummer” and “Nobody Knows How toWaltz Anymore”
Four, On a Warm Summer’s Evenin’, Jazz Hang Records
Drums, Latin percussion, consultation on arrangements
Orquesta Pachanga, Descarga de Mi Corazon, Fuego Records
Composed tracks 1, 2 and 4; timbales, drums, and other Latin percussion; producer & contractor
BYU-Idaho Faculty Sextet, On the Other Hand, Independent
Composed track 4, Drums
Rivendell Jazz Trio, Tears for an Iraqi Child, Boise Productions
Drums
Salt Lake City Jazz Orchestra, Great Moments in Jazz/Salt Lake City International Jazz Festival, JAM
and Four Floors Productions with Ernie Andrews, Phil Woods, Spanky Wilson, Eddie Daniels,
Barbra Morrison, Kevin Mahogany, and Chuck Findley
Jack Wood, The Gal That Got Away, WoodWorks Music
Drums
Jack Wood featuring Salt Lake City Jazz Orchestra, Gypsy in My Soul, WoodWorks Music
Drums
Jack Wood with Doug MacDonald, Come To Me, WoodWorks Music
Frequent radio air play on the West Coast
Janet Todd, Accordion Digital Magic, Independent
Rhythm arrangement/percussion feature on track 9; Drums and percussion
Music Shoppe, A Timpanogos Christmas, Timpanogos Singer Songwriter Alliance
Drums
Craig Larson Trio, Day By Day, Larson Jazz
Drums
Valerie Capers and John Robinson, Wagner Takes the A Train, BYU Broadcasting
Drums and mallet keyboards
Alan Brock, Christmas with Friends, Brock Productions Inc.
Co-produced and co-composed track; arranged tracks 7, 9 and 10; musician contracting
Rich Dixon and John Hancock, Painted Canyons, Independent
African percussion
Julie de Azevedo, Pray For Rain, Highway Records
Pop rock percussion
Kay Hicks Ward, The Children’s Room, Ward Winning Productions
Drums, percussion
Non-Stop, Non-Stop’s Greatest Hits, Non Stop Productions
Drums, orchestral and ethnic percussion
Promotional Recordings, Commercial Jingles and Miscellaneous Library projects for Non Stop
Productions and Warner/ Chappell, 1987-2012, Percussion
Larry Bastian, Happy Hymns, Joyspring Records
Timpani and orchestral percussion
Luce Black, Solitude, Independent
Drums
Macmillan/McGrawHill Publishers song project, Share the Music, for all public schools in the United
States and Canada
TOURING EXPERIENCE
2001-2006
1999
1996
1990-1993
1989-1991
Enoch Train: Hollywood Bowl’s Anson Ford Theatre, University of Nevada, Las
Vegas and numerous concert halls in Denmark, Sweden, Norway,
Scotland, and England
The Moody Blues with the Utah Symphony: Outreach concerts, Utah and Idaho
James Moody and Marlena Shaw, Jazz concerts in Denver, CO, etc.
Chris LeDoux: Many concerts on several dozen tours of Texas, Colorado,
California, Nevada, Wyoming, and Utah, including a show at the Cocky
Bull, Victorville, California with Garth Brooks opening for us
The Osmonds: Several dozen shows during tours of Canada, Pennsylvania,
Florida, including shows with Donny Osmond at the Disneyland Hotel in
Anaheim California, Dollywood, TN and a satellite uplink from Las Vegas
1976 and 1977
Liberace: Thirty six weeks of touring on the east coast from Florida to Rhode
Island, throughout French Canada (Montreal, Ottawa, Hamilton, Toronto,
etc.) Amphitheaters at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center; Saratoga
Springs, New York; and the Garden State Arts Center in Holmdel, New
Jersey. “Theatres in the Round” Cleveland, Ohio, Phoenix, Arizona and
many others. Four months at the Las Vegas Hilton Hotel.
OPENING ACT PERFORMANCES
Spyro Gyra, Michael Martin Murphy, Bill Cosby, Hermetto Pascoal, Sonny Rollins, Sergio Mendez, The Heath
Brothers, John Scofield and others
PRODUCTION SHOWS PERFORMED
Razzle Dazzle Reno Hilton, Hello Hollywood MGM Grand, Rhythm on Ice Sahara Reno
MUSICAL THEATER SHOWS PERFORMED AND/OR RECORDED, 1987-present
MT Pit: A Christmas Carol, A Tale of Two Cities, Aida, All Shook Up, Annie, Annie Get Your Gun,
Beauty and the Beast, Big, Big River, Brigadoon, Bye, Bye Birdie, Carousel, Cats, Children of
Eden, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Crazy for You, Curtains, Damn Yankees, Dirty Rotten
Scoundrels, Fiddler on the Roof, Footloose, 42 Street, Godspell, Grease, Guys and Dolls,
Hairspray, Hello Dolly, High School Musical, How To Succeed In Business, In the Heights, Into
the Woods, Jekyll and Hyde, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Joseph and the
Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat UK, Legally Blonde, Les Miserables, Little Shop of Horrors,
Little Women, Lucky Stiff, Man of La Mancha, My Fair Lady, Nine to Five, Oklahoma, Oliver,
Once On This Island, Once Upon a Mattress, Peter Pan, Phantom of the Opera, Secret Garden,
Seussical, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Shrek, Showboat, Singin’ in the Rain, Sleepy Hollow,
South Pacific, Spamalot, Sweeny Todd, Tarzan, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee,
The Color Purple, The Drowsy Chaperone, The Music Man, The Pajama Game, The Producers,
The Scarlet Pimpernel, The Secret Garden, The Sound of Music, The 25th Annual Putnam County
Spelling Bee Contest, The Wedding Singer, The Wizard of Oz, Thoroughly Modern Millie, West
Side Story, Urinetown, White Christmas, Willie Wonka, Xanadu, You're A Good Man Charlie
Brown, Zorro
Capitol Theatre: Annie Get Your Gun, City of Angels, 42nd Street, Little Shop of Horrors, The Full
Monty, The Producers, Ragtime
Pioneer Theatre Company: My One and Only, Singin’ In the Rain
University of Nevada Reno: Evita
Kingsbury Hall, University of Utah: Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Sparks High Theater: Man of La Mancha
INDUSTRIAL SHOWS
Oldsmobile, Honda, Ford Tractor, RCA, Cadillac, International Harvester, USANA, Farmers Insurance,
Novell, Nature’s Sunshine, Word Perfect, IHC, NuSkin, Farm Bureau Insurance, Tahitian Noni
TELEVISION
Moulin Rouge, HBO, 1983
The Merv Griffin Show with Liberace from Caesar’s Palace, 1977
Country Music Television (CMT) Video, Ridin’ for a Fall with Chris LeDoux
Mrs. America Pageant, Hosted by Richard Dawson, 1984 and 1985
Signing Time! Various episodes
Tenth Kingdom, mini series
Joseph Smith – American Prophet
The Last Dispensation, Samoan National Television
Warner Brother’s Promotional Campaign
German TV Kabel 1, Let’s Make a Deal, German Sports IDs, and Wheel of Fortune, October 2000
Excel’s Christmas in Studio B
The Orange Bowl with Mark Robinette, November 2000
Crossroads, NBC, composed and played source music for network episode
Xena Warrior Princess, Fox Network, numerous episodes, ending May 2000
Music and the Spoken Word, Mormon Tabernacle Choir, 1999, 2008, 2009
American Gothic
Hart to Hart, TV series, parts 2, 3, and 5 (Arthur Rubenstein), January, March, and December 1994
Numerous Homefront Spots for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Eulogy, TBS TV Movie starring Ray Romano
Small Vices, A & E, TV Movie (David Shire), March 1999
Young Hercules, TV Series (Joe Loduca), November 1998
Trail of Hope Documentary, PBS (Sam Cardon and Merrill Jensen), August 1997
Synthesis Alumni Allstars
Dark City Streets, BYU Dance
Mormon Tabernacle Choir Salutes our Armed Forces, Brian Stokes Mitchell and Linda Eder 2011
Mormon Tabernacle Choir Christmas Concerts, with guest artists Natalie Cole 2009 and Brian Stokes
Mitchell 2008
Future airing: BYU Synthesis; A Tribute to Synthesis Composers, BYU Broadcasting (featured
composer)
MOVIES AND MOVIE TRAILERS
U-571, Hercules, Double Impact, Swan Princess, The Sandlot, Nightmare on Elm St Part VII, The Three
Ninjas Kick Back, Gettysburg, When You Wish Upon a Star, Army of Darkness, Surviving Picasso,
Frank and Jessie, Mi Familia, Under the Moon, Tales From the Hood, Serial Mom, The Quest, 101
Dalmatians, Eulogy, Jumanji, Stargate, Mighty Ducks 2, Flubber, Huck Finn, Starship Troopers, Man
in the Iron Mask, Home Alone 3, Indian In the Cupboard
He-Man, Masters of the Universe (Joe Loduca), July 2002
Swan Princess I, II, and III (Lex de Azevedo), July 1994
George of the Jungle, Film Trailer (Vince Frates), October 1996
Ed Wood, Film Trailer (Vince Frates), August 1994
Under the Moon (Conrad Pope), January 1994
Sandlot (David Newman), February 1993
Yasamoto, a BYU Film Production, background music improvised by Q'd Up at the Rosewood Studio,
August 2004
Ruth 1994, Florence Nightingale 1993,(Lex de Azevedo), Living Scriptures, November 1994
THEME PARKS
Disneyland’s Indiana Jones Attraction; Yellowstone Park’s IMAX Theater with Bill Conti; Yosemite
National Forest; Lagoon Park; Odyssey Dance Theater; City of Joseph Pageant, Nauvoo, June 1999
JINGLES
Smith’s; Zenith; Desert First Credit Union; Hertz Car Rental; Jones Paint and Glass; Nevada State
Department of Recreation; National Kidney Foundation; Intel; ZCMI; Ramada Inns;
ORGANIZATIONS
Founder and lifetime member of Jazz Arts of the Mountain West
Member of American Federation of Musicians since 1972
Member of Percussive Arts Society since 1972
Member of National Association of Rudimental Drummers since 1973
Member of International Association of Jazz Educators since 1993
RECENT CELEBRITY SHOWS
Frank Sinatra Jr., Rose Wagner Theatre with the SLC Jazz Orchestra
Utah Stars and Friends, Scera Shell Theatre, Engeman Family, Jenny Oaks Baker, Kendra Lowe, Shawn King
Michael Feinstein, Scera Shell Theatre
The Drifters, Salt Palace
Michael Ball, Abravanel Hall
Maureen McGovern, Utah State Fair Park
Rich Little, Jackpot Nevada
Bill Cosby, Salt Lake Convention Center
Fred Travelena, Salt Lake Convention Center
Thurl Baily, Layton Ampitheatre
Collin Raye, Red Butte Garden, Salt Lake City
Bob Anderson, Cedar City
CELEBRITY PERFORMANCES
RENO, SPARKS, LAKE TAHOE AND LAS VEGAS, NEVADA, 1973-1986
Hotel Casino Showrooms: John Ascuaga's Nugget, Harrah’s Reno, Sahara Tahoe, Kings Castle, Sahara
Reno, Harrah’s Tahoe, Reno Hilton, MGM Grand, Caesars Palace, The Sands Hotel Las Vegas,
The Frontier Las Vegas, Caesars Tahoe
The 5th Dimension, Ed Ames, Paul Anka, Glen Ash, Katie Blackwell, Foster Brooks, Red Buttons,
George Carl, Kathy Carlson, Vikki Carr, Jack Carter, Carter & Chanel, Carol Channing, Cher, Roy
Clark, The Coasters, Burt Convey, Norm Crosby, Vic Damone, Johnny Dark, Mac Davis, Sammy
Davis, Jr., Phyllis Diller, Arthur Duncan, Skip Duvall, Barbara Eden, Donna Fargo, Totie Fields, Peggy
Flemming, Tennesee Ernie Ford, The Garza's, The Gatlin Brothers, Anthony Gatto, Andy Gibb, Frank
Gorshin, Buddy Grecco, Shelly Greene, The Groundlings, Florence Henderson, Clint Holmes, Englebert
Humperdink, Shirley Jones, Tom Jones, Mark Kalen, Patty Kim, Ben E. King, Solomon King, Gladys
Knight, Carol Lawrence, Jerry Lewis, Shari Lewis, Liberace, Gloria Loring, Albert Lucas, Loretta Lynn,
Patty Malone, Ann- Margret, Peter Marshall, Deena Martin, Al Martino, Maureen McGovern, Shirley
McLaine, Seth McFarland, Liza Minelli, Eugene Landau Murphy Jr., Jim Nabors, Bob Newhart,
Anthony Newley, Donald O'Connor, Scotty Plummer, Juliet Prowse, Eddie Rabbit, Lou Rawls, Johnny
Ray, Della Reese, Debbie Reynolds, Charlie Rich, Joan Rivers, Linda Rondstadt, Allen & Rossi, Stu
Scott, Neil Sedaka, Rene Simard, Nancy Sinatra, Red Skelton, Kate Smith, The Smothers Brothers, Jim
Stafford, Rip Taylor, Danny Thomas, Fred Travelena, Bobby Vinton, Lisa Vroman, Dionne Warwick,
Raquel Welch, Roger Williams, Flip Wilson, Mary Wilson, Shields and Yarnell, Sandler & Young, Pia
Zadora, and Eric Zee
JAZZ ARTIST CONCERTS
Don Alias, Cat Anderson, Ernie Andrews, Daryl Anger, Rick Baptist, Elek Bacik, Louis Bellson, Bob Berg,
Lin Biviano, Ralph Bowen, Bennet Brandeis, Randy Brecker, Brian Bromberg, Kenny Burrell, Igor Butman,
Wynston Byrd, Ed Calle, Sheryl Cassity, Cyrus Chestnut, Sara Caswell, Buddy Childers, Pete Christlieb,
Corey Christiansen, John Clayton, Richie Cole, Sal Crachiola, Corliss Dale, Dee Daniels, Eddie Daniels,
Jeremy Davenport, Denis DiBlasio, Joey De Francesco, Mark Elf, Herb Ellis, Jody Espina, Yve Evans,
Vincent Falcone, Brandon Fields, Chuck Findley, Eugene Friesen, Carl Fontana, Lou Forestieri, Gary Foster,
Walt Fowler, Tom Garvin, Matt Glaser, Darrell Grant, Al Grey, Joan Griffeth & Lucia Newell, Don Grolnick,
Samba Guru, Ellis Hall, Roy Hargrove, Dan Hearle, Tamir Hendelman, Karen Hernandez, Luther Hughes,
Milt Jackson, Herb Jeffries, Clay Jenkins, Brent Jensen, Plas Johnson, Hank Jones, Carol Kaye, Ray Kennedy,
Kristen Korb, Kathy Kosins, Art Lande, Andy Laverne, Michael LeDonne, Mark Levine, Brian Lynch, Ian
MacDougal, BobMagnussen, Kevin Mahogany, Kitty Margolis, Andy Martin, Rich Matteson, Bill Mayes, Bob
McChesney, Ron McCroby, Doug McDonald, Darmon Meader, Don Menza, Doug Miller, James Moody,
Barbara Morrison, Buddy Morrow, Sam Most, Rob Mullens, Andy Narrel, Ira Nepus, Renee Olstead,
Nicholas Payton, Art Pepper, Peggy Perkins, John Pizzarelli, Henry Questa, Sue Raney, Jack Reilly, Micki
Rhyne, Bobby Rodriguez, Dennis Rowland, Ellyn Rucker, Arturo Sandoval, Russell Schmidt, Eric Schnieder,
Tom Scott, Lynn Seaton, Doc Severinsen, Ed Shaughessy, Marlena Shaw, Jack Sheldon, Bob Sheppard,
Bobby Shew, Diane Shuur, Terell Stafford, Mike Stern, John Stowell, Billy Stricher, Byron Stripling, Tierney
Sutton, Clark Terry, Traincha, Stanley Turrentine, Mike Vax, Glen Velez, New York Voices, Bill Watrous,
Alan Weight, Michelle Weir, Patrick Williams, Greg Wing, Ben Wolf, Jack Wood, Phil Woods, Snooky
Young
ADJUDICATION AND CLINIC EXPERIENCE
Hawaii Chapter PAS Convention, La’ie, Hawaii, 2010
Wyoming Chapter PAS Day of Percussion, Casper, Wyoming, 2009
Weber State College, On World Percussion, Ogden, Utah, 2007
Gene Harris Jazz Festival, Clinician, Boise Idaho, 2007
Heritage Festivals, Las Vegas, Nevada, 2006
Fidelity Investments Park City Jazz Festival, 2001, 2003
Utah Music Educators Association Convention, St. George, Utah, with Kelly Eisenhour, circa 2002
Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival, Moscow Idaho, 1990-1998
Utah Chapter Percussive Arts Society, Drum Set Adjudicator, 1989-2013
Utah Chapter Percussive Arts Society, Clinician
BYU Summerfest Camps, Instructor
Young Musicians Festival, Wyoming, various years
Utah State Fair, High School Jazz Festival, 1989-1991
Sponsored and performed numerous clinics for Woods Cross, Murray, Cottonwood, Olympus, Skyline,
Riverton, and many other high schools while serving as president of the Salt Lake Jazz Society
EVIDENCE OF STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT
Mike Montoya, Disneyworld
Jaydon Bean, “Redlight King”, Gretsch and Vic Firth endorsement deals
Andrew Wangemann, The Julliard School
Elaine Bradley, “Neon Trees”
Andrew Fockel, University of North Texas One O'clock Lab Band, Kyle Eastwood, Elder Djangirov
Stephen Lyman, Published Mel Bay author of A New Approach to Odd-Times for Drum Set
Rone Sparrow, West Point Band
Keith Gurnsey, Utah Symphony
Dave Osmond, Branson, MO, Show drummer
Mason Aesbacher, Leader of Samba Fogo
Michael Huestis, Coached American Fork High marching band to national prominence
Jared Morris, Band Director at Timpanogos High
Andrew Tolman, Synthesis drummer, "Imagine Dragons", “The Moth and the Flame”
Darren Bastian, Doctorate, former director of percussion Utah Valley University
Kevin Meyer, Percussionist at United States Naval Academy Band
Derek Warren, named the most Outstanding Big Band Drummer (with Synthesis) at the Lionel Hampton
Chevron Jazz Festival, February, 1993 (also named the winner of the drum solo division and
second in the whole division of college soloists)
Mike Henry, U. S. Air Force Band
Mark Mattonen, working professional
Heath Wolf, Past PAS President
Parker Swenson, Scholarship student at USC with Peter Erskine
Jay Tibbetts, “Parlor Hawk”, Mandy Gledhill
Chris Petty, Scholarship Student, Snow College, House Drummer at Lagoon
Jack Schunk, Scholarship student at University of Miami
Nate Smeding, “Ryan Shupe and the Rubber Band”
Aaron Anderson, “Fictionist”
Danny Chamberland, Waterford Private School
Aaron Chavez, Doctorate (USC)
Kuroda (Blacky) Shinichiro, Buddy Rich Cover Band, Tokyo, Japan
Brandon Cummings, Sound Alliance, Ryan Innes, Amy Whitcomb, Charlie Jenkins, David Osmond,
Lindsey Sterling
Albe Bonaci, Hollywood, DW Endorser
Bart Olsen, “Ryan Shupe and the Rubberband”
Nate Anderson, Tokyo Disneyworld, Indiana University
Denson Angulo, working professional, bass
Mike Tobian, working professional, tenor sax, Utah Live Bands
Nearly all drummers of University of Utah Jazz Band I, Crescent Superband, Utah All-State Jazz Band,
and Synthesis drummers since 1988
INSTRUMENT ENDORSEMENTS
Vic Firth Inc. (Education Team)
GEAR PLAYED
DW, Zildjian, Remo, LP, Musser
PAST AND CONTINUING PERFORMANCES WITH UTAH BASED ARTISTS
Kenji Aihara, Julie de Azevedo, Jenny Oaks Baker, Thurl Bailey, The Bandits, Kurt Bestor, Brian
Booth, Alex Boye, Brijj, Klez Bros., Herschel Bullen, Tad Calcara and the New Deal Swing Orchestra,
Cherie Call, Cannonball Saxophone Artists, Sam Cardon, Corey Christiansen, Kenneth Cope, Denny
Crockett, Michael Dowdle, Matt Flinner, Jerry Floor, Greg Floor, Kevin Flynn and Svengali Quartet,
Jenny Frogley, Walt Gregory, Judd Grossman, David Halliday, Heidelberg Express, Gerri & Shanon
Ingeman, Ryan Innes, Larry Jackstien Trio, Steve James, The Swing Kats, Shawn King, Craig Larson,
Matt Larson, The Letterman, Rumba Libre, Kendra Lowe, Jeff McClean, John McEuen, Groove
Merchants, Emily Merrell, Milestone, Lyndee Mueller, Salt Lake City Jazz Orchestra, Utah Swing
Orchestra, Nathan Osmond, Spank Pockets, Underpaid Professors, Roadside Ramblers, Brett Raymond,
Mark Robinette, Clive Romney, Ron Saltmarsh, Jon Schmidt, Ryan Shupe, Saliva Sisters, The Ray
Smith Orchestra, Lark and Spur, Great Basin Street Band, Jersey Street, Tempo Timers, Western
Underground, Q’d Up, Hillary Weeks, Zenith
CHURCH SERVICE
Ward Music Chair
High Priest group instructor
2nd Counselor in Bishopric
Elders Quorum President
Primary Teacher
Temple Preparation Instructor
Stake Music Chair
Young Men’s President
Full Time Missionary - Samoa Apia Mission