email: info@foothillmusictech.com
mailing address: 12345 el monte road, los altos hills, ca. 94022
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Mark Anderson, Program Director
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Now in his 18th year at Foothill, Mark developed the Music Technology Program, wrote most of the curriculum, and is now spearheading our online degree offerings. He teaches Music Business, Music & Media, and Sibelius (digital notation) among other classes. He has performed and recorded with artists such as Jimmy Buffet, Burt Bacharach, The Temptations, Ray Charles, Mel Torme', Arturo Sandoval, Carl Fontana, and many others. He was awarded a California Music Award in 1999 for the World Beat Album of the Year (recorded and produced in Foothill's studio) and "Innovator of the Year" in 1997 for developing the Music Technology Program.
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Bruce Tambling, Co-Director
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The Foothill College Music Technology Program is proud to welcome our newest full time faculty member, Bruce Tambling! Bruce has been an adjunct faculty member for 2 years, and has made tremendous contributions to our program. Bruce is one of only a handful of people to achieve Pro Tools Expert Level Certification, and is one of the Bay Area's top engineer/producers. He will be offering a completely new line of Pro Tools® classes both in person and online beginning Summer, 2007.
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Scott Primeau, Songwriting, Recording Arts
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Scott was one of the first students in our music technology program and returns to us after completing his B.A. Scott is an accomplished singer/songwriter and has worked on many recording projects as a vocalist, engineer, producer, writer and arranger. Scott currently teaches songwriting at Foothill and is also the music director at the Orchard Community Church in Campbell. Scott brings a wealth of experience and an unparalleled enthusiasm for music and song to our program and we are very happy to welcome him as one of our newest adjunct faculty member.
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Our newest faculty member, Jim Bruno is a San Francisco Bay Area based singer songwriter. Songs he’s written have been recorded and released by Shawn Colvin, Mary Lou Lord, Cliff Eberhardt and Laurie MacAlister. Songs he’s co-written have been recorded and released by Chuck Prophet and Thad Cockrell. As a performing songwriter he has performed with artists such as Shawn Colvin, John Gorka, Charlie Musselwhite, Joe Ely, Greg Brown, Mary Lou Lord, Steve Forbert, Bill Morrissey, Big Twist, and Cliff Eberhardt. He’s performed at the Greenwich Village Folk Festival, the Udine Folk Festival in Udine, Italy and has toured five times in Europe. He also played bass, guitar and sang in the Shawn Colvin Band for a number of years and often performed with Shawn as a duet. He recently released his own album of all original songs called ‘Alright Alright’.
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John Gove, Jazz Ensembles
Trombonist/composer/arranger John Gove earned a Masters degree in jazz performance and composition at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York. After an 18-month tour with the Broadway show “Starlight Express”, he moved back to the San Francsico Bay Area and began his career as a freelance performer and composer. John is currently Director of Jazz Ensembles at Foothill College and plays with a variety of local San Francsico groups.
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