About the Author, Gerry Long

CURRENT MUSICAL ACTIVITIES--

• AUTHOR AND COMPOSER OF THE BOOK - "50 Easy Uke Chord Solos," DESIGNED TO SIMPLIFY THE PLAYING OF CHORD SOLOS. IT CONTAINS A CD OF ALL FIFTY SOLOS PERFORMED BY THE TALENTED JAMES HILL.
• TEACHING A CLASS FOR MORE ADVANCED UKULELE PLAYERS IN CORONA DEL MAR. THAT CLASS ALSO PERFORMS AS A TWELVE-MEMBER VOCAL AND UKULELE ENSEMBLE, CALLED INSTANT HARMONY.
• TEACHING BEGINNING AND INTERMEDIATE UKULELE IN LAGUNA WOODS, CALIF.
• PARTICIPATING IN THE ACTIVITIES OF THE OASIS STRUMMERS OF CORONAL DEL MAR.
• PERFORMING WITH A VOCAL/UKULELE TRIO, FOR WHICH I DO MOST OF THE ARRANGEMENTS.
• PERFORMING (ON CLARINET AND UKULELE) WITH THE GREAT UKULELE ARTIST, BILL TAPIA, WHO TURNED 100 YEARS OLD JAN. 1, 2008.
• PERFORMING THROUGHOUT SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA (CLARINET) WITH GUITARIST JEFF COGAN, (CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY FACULTY GUITARIST) . Gerry Long and Jeff Cogan:
• RECORDED A CD WITH MR. COGAN, OF WORKS I COMPOSED FOR CLARINET AND GUITAR. THESE TWELVE ORIGINAL CLARINET PIECES HAVE JUST BEEN PUBLISHED BY CLEARNOTE MUSIC PUBLISHERS OF OHIO.
• REVISING MY RHYTHM BOOK OF 139 RHYTHMIC DUETS WHICH CAN BE PLAYED WITH THE COMPUTER PLAYING ONE VOICE, WHILE THE STUDENT PLAYS THE OTHER VOICE. PLAYABLE BY ALL MEMBERS OF THE UKE FAMILY -- SOPRANO, CONCERT, TENOR AND BARITONE.
• GUEST LECTURER AT 2nd ANNUAL EUROPEAN UKE FESTIVAL IN GROSS- UMSTADT, GERMANY, AUG, 2008.

BRIEF BIO--

• DOCTORATE IN MUSIC PERFORMANCE (CLARINET), EASTMAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC, UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER. (NY)
• CONDUCTOR OF DISNEY ON PARADE, WHICH TOURED FIFTY-FIVE CITIES IN NORTH AMERICA, FROM MEXICO CITY TO MONTREAL; CONDUCTED OVER THAN 900 PERFORMANCE, TRAINING A NEW ORCHESTRA IN EVERY CITY ON THE TOUR.
• ARRANGEMENTS PUBLISHED BY G. SHIRMER, ROBBINS MUSIC (BIG 3 MUSIC) SOUTHERN MUSIC, INCLUDING FULL ORCHESTRAL SCORE TO THE MUSIC FROM THE MUSICAL HAIR.
• MUSIC PROFESSOR AT ALBION COLLEGE, IN MICHIGAN, JACKSONVILLE UNIV. IN FLORIDA, AND LONG BEACH STATE.
• AUTHOR OF THE CONDUCTOR'S WORKSHOP, INSTRUMENTAL CONDUCITING TEXTBOOK PUBLISHED BY MCGRAW-HILL.
• AUTHOR OF RHYTHM, IT'S EASY, COMPUTER RELATED SERIES OF 139 DUETS FOR THE PURPOSE OF TEACHING RHYTHM.
• PLAYED JAZZ SINCE THE AGE OF 13, AND PERFORMED AS CLARINETIST WITH THE EASTMAN WIND ENSEMBLE, AND PRINCIPLE CLARINET WITH THE JACKSONVILLE, FLA, SYMPHONY AND CALIFORNIA CHAMBER SYMPHONY.
• GUEST LECTURER AT THE SO. CALIFORNIA UKE FESTIVAL IN CERRITOS, CA, 2006 and 2007.
• GUEST LECTURER AT SAN DIEGO UKE FESTIVAL, JULY, 2006.
• GUEST LECTURER AT TEXAS UKULELE FESTIVAL, APRIL 2007.

Yes,
You Can

PLAY UKULELE
CHORD SOLOS
(Chord Melodies)

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