After earning Bachelor and Masters Degrees in Music, Terry Herald joined the faculty of Wayne State University in 1978, teaching a variety of courses including music theory, arranging and orchestration. He was concurrently pursuing his interests as a composer and arranger. He left the University in 1984 to found GOH Co., Inc., a complete music production house. His activities include composing theme music for the PBS series Washington Week in Review, composing and producing the orchestral score for the award-winning PBS Special Air Force One: the Planes and the Presidents, and theme music for the Mr. Wizard Nickelodeon series Teacher to Teacher. Mr. Heralds accomplishments include conducting the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra for guitarist Earl Klugh, and acting as the musical arranger for the 2000 CBS Montreaux Jazz Festival Special and composing the theme of the Emmy Award winning childrens show Bobs Job. His most recent score was composed for Journey to Justice, a documentary which had its European premier at the Munich Film Festival on July 13, 2006.
Dan Kolton bagan making his impact on Detroit-area Jazz at the age of 18. His extraordinary talent was quickly recognized by veteran musicians and he has been in heavy demand ever since. Dan has also worked with jazz musicians in San Francisco, Santa Fe, New York, Boston, and throughout North America with internationaly reknowned jazz masters such as Joe Henderson, Pepper Adams, Charles McPherson, Hank Jones, Buddy Tate, Sweets Edison, Sonny Stitt and Mose Allison. He toured Europe and Australia with the Mercer Ellington Band and has also done European tours with Peter Tuscher of Munich and Lee Harper of Saltzburg. Describel by his colleagues as The Poet of the Bass, Dan chooses to play what is important and never relies on the superfluous. His intelligence, expressiveness and creativity have made him a much-sought-after composer and arranger for television, film and commercials, as well as for jazz and dance.
As a percussionist and ethnomusicologist, Mark Stone has an extensive knowledge of African and American musical traditions. He has performed with the foremost percussion groups of Ghana (West Africa), Uganda (East Africa) and Trinidad (West Indies). In the United States, Mark is a founding member of the New York based jazz ensemble, Imaginary Homeland. He is co-artistic director of Jumbie Records (jumbierecords.com), a newly formed label dedicated to promotion and recording of New Traditions in World Music. In addition, Marks directs Biakuye Unity Ensemble, performing at Festivals, Art Institutes, Universities and schools throughout Michigan. Mark holds a Master's degree in Percussion Performance for the World Music Center of West Virginia University and a Bachelor's degree in Percussion Performance from the University of Michigan School of Music. His research in Ugandan music has been published in African Music, the Journal of the International Library of African Music in South Africa.
A talented multi-instrumentalist and composer, Scott Loudon began playing guitar at age 13. After studying at the Guitar Institute of Technology in Hollywood, he performed with several groups in Arizona before returning to Michigan. His first solo CD, River in Jerusalem, featured a broad range of genres and included performances by such respected musicians as Marcus Schoon on contra bassoon, Sasha Raykov on viola da gamba and trombonist John Paxton of the Sun Messengers. His second CD is a pop/electronic/folk concept recorded in Portland, Oregon and features organic guitar, bass, drums and brass enriched with tasteful electronic explorations. Also composing for TV, film and video, he has a broad range of credits, including a piece for Christopher Reeves and the Heidi Van Arnum Foundation.
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