Dr. Jared Burrows is a guitarist, composer, educator and producer based in Vancouver, BC, Canada. He leads the Jared Burrows Trio and Quartet, co-leads the East Van Jazz Orchestra with Brad Muirhead and is involved with many other ensembles in the Vancouver area and in Oregon including: the indo-jazz fusion band Ta Ki Ta, the gypsy jazz group Djangophilia, the chamber-improv groups Sukha Trio and Knotty Ensemble, British saxophonist Len Aruliah, , Colin MacDonald's Pocket Orchestra, Chris Trinidad Quartet, and the Chinese music/jazz fusion group Koan.
Dr. Burrows is one of the foremost music educators in the Vancouver area. He teaches improvisation and small ensembles in the Jazz Studies Department at Capilano University and from time to time teaches various courses in music history, theory, education, and music business at Douglas College and SFU. Jared is co-director and co-founder of the very successful South Delta Jazz Festival and South Delta Jazz Workshop and has been a faculty member at the Stanford Jazz Workshop.
Burrows holds a Ph.D. in Arts Education from Simon Fraser University and is actively engaged in writing and research work in the areas of social models of cognition related to free improvisation, community music, the teaching of improvisation, and Sufi and Taoist philosophy applied to performance practice. He received his Master's degree in Jazz Studies from the University of Oregon. While at the U of O, he taught theory, improvisation, repertoire, and large and small ensembles in the Jazz Studies Department. In what little remains of his spare time he enjoys flyfishing and building very fine guitars and basses.
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Or visit Jared's website for more infowww.geocities.com/thirdrailmusic
Bassist Rob Kohler is a Montana native who has performed jazz, classical, and pop music all over the world. Currently based in New Orleans, Rob's playing, compositions and skills as a producer have been documented on many recordings with groups such as Three Form, This World, Jared Burrows trio and Quartet, Olem Alves Band, Platt/Kohler Trio. He has also toured and performed with such artists as Danny Gottlieb, Nancy King, Brian Bromberg, Madelaine Eastman, John Stowell, and Art Lande, and is a regular performer at the Bozeman Bass Bash. Rob is on faculty at the Stanford Jazz Workshop and has just released a solo CD titled, A Thousand Faces. Rob is currently involved in the production of folk singer Alice Di Micele's new CD, on which he also performs. He currently teaches at New orleans Center for Creative Arts (NOCCA).
Rob's website.
Daniel Tapio Heila is a composer/flutist living in the
Pacific Northwest. His creative focus is on the combination of live music and video. Much of his music
is written for improvising ensembles and/or unspecified instrumentation. Bringing years of experience performing as a folk/pop musician and classically trained flutist to his composition efforts yields work that is both accessible and challenging – spoken in a musical language of our time. His current projects include an orchestral collage based on the flight patterns of Vaux’s Swifts, a documentary video opera about death in Central New York State gorges, and a series of chamber works for unspecified
instrumentation and video.
Daniel joined the group in 2001, intially as a 'sub' for Sonya who was teaching in Tennessee. Since then he has proven himself to be quite knotty indeed and is now a regular working member of the group. Recording's of the Daniel's work with the group will soon be available here For now, go here to hear some of Daniel's remarkable work on flute and slide whistle. Visit danielheila.com
Alex Kellyis one of
the most in-demand cellists in Oregon and California and is also a composer, electronic
musician, and conductor. His website has all the details. Go to Alex's cool website.
Dr. Sonya Lawson
is professor of Viola and Music History at Westfield State College in
Massachussetts. Sonya's Ph.D. thesis focuses on the history of female string
players in jazz. She has been playing chamber music for 20 years, with
repertoire ranging from Bach to Shostakovich to Cage to Bernstein. Her
performing emphasis is 20th century music, and the melding of classical and
jazz techniques. She travels regularly throughout North America and the UK to
present her research and ideas.