BILLY KERR

1857 North Glen Avenue
Pasadena, CA 91103
Tel/Fax:(626) 791-6267
email: KerrJazz@earthlink.net

EDUCATION:	University of Southern California, MM, 2002 BMI Jazz Composers Workshop, 1991-95 Instructors/Manny Album, Jim McNeely, Roger Kellaway Queens College, B.A. in Music Student Teaching - East Meadow H.S., 1974-75 Juilliard School of Music, 1964-67 Saxophone and Clarinet/Joseph Allard Clarinet/Augustin Duques Additional studies: Flute/Thomas Nyfenger Jazz Saxophone/Eddie Daniels Composition and arranging/ Vince Mendoza, Shelly Berg, Mike Longo, Don Sebesky, John Carisi
GRANTS:	FACTOR/Recording Grant FACTOR/Touring Grant
MILITARY SERVICE:	United States Air Force Band, 1967-71
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:	Soprano Saxophonist of the Phenix Saxophone Quartet, 1998 Co-founder of Duo Bilanci (Educational Woodwind Ensemble), 1998 Lead Alto with the BMI Jazz Composers Workshop Orchestra, 1991-95 Tenor saxophonist with the New York Saxophone Quartet, 1978-95 Keilwerth Saxophones/Buffet Clarinets/ Vandoren Reeds Performing Artist and Clinician
Theatre:	Broadway productions of Threepenny Opera, Happy End, Annie, My One and Only, Singin’ in the Rain, Big Deal, La Cage Aux Folles, Carrie, Me and My Girl, Gypsy, Catskills on Broadway, Blood Brothers, My Fair Lady, Canadian productions of Chicago, Annie, A Chorus Line, The King and I, West Side Story, Jeanne La Pucelle, European tour with My Fair Lady, North American Tour with Chicago
Recording:	Albums with Lorraine Fontaine, The USC Vocal Jazz Ensemble, Don Habib, The Billy Kerr Quartet/Quintet, The Osland Saxophone Quartet, John Labelle (Baritone, Bass Clarinet, Flute), Freddie Cole (lead Alto, Flute), John Pizzarelli (Alto Flute), Maureen McGovern (Clarinet), Joey DeFrancesco (Flute, Alto Flute, Piccolo), the New York Saxophone Quartet and the New York Neophonic Orchestra; movie soundtrack recordings ("Reds", "Little Drummer Girl", "Chorus Line"); cast albums ("Threepenny Opera","My One and Only","Legs Diamond", "Gypsy", "Wings"); television commercials; (Dunkin Donuts, Posner Cosmetics, McDonalds, Lipton Tea, Quaker Oats Cereal, Ponderosa Steak House.)
Concerts:	Performed with Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, Liza Minnelli, Bob Hope, Natalie Cole, Sammy Davis Jr., Liberace, Ray Charles, Joe Cocker, Julie Andrews, Mel Torme, Henry Mancini, David Sanborn, Marvin Hamlisch, Jerry Lewis, Johnny Mathis, Regis Philban and Kathy Lee-Gifford, Diane Schuur, Tommy Tune, Julio Iglesias, Joan Rivers, Shirley Bassey, Melissa Manchester, Paul Anka, Steve Lawrence and Edie Gorme, the Smothers Brothers, Billy Eckstine, Phil Woods, Bob Mintzer, Nick Brignola, Peter Allen, Glen Campbell, Don Rickles, Petula Clark, Carole King, Helen Reddy, Patti Austin, Skitch Henderson, Nancy Wilson, Bobby Vinton, Tommy Sands, Bobby Rydell, Connie Francis, Neil Sedaka, Chita Rivera, Leslie Uggams, John Davidson, Lillian Montivechie, Tony Orlando, Vic Damone, Diahnn Carrol, Abbey Lane, Edie Adams, Sally Struthers, Kay Starr, Margaret Whiting, Helen O’Connell, Al Green, The Temptations, The Spinners, The Four Tops, Peter Nero, Rosemary Clooney, Barry Manilow, Ertha Kitt, Kay Ballard, Bonnie Raitt, John Raitt, Gerald Wilson, Kurt Elling, Maria Schneider, Clare Fischer, and others.
Television:	The Ultimate Manilow – CBS Special, Montréal Today, Democratic National Convention, The Super Bowl Half-Time Show, CBS New Years Eve Special, The Danny Thomas Telethon, All My Children, Sesame Street, The Tonight Show, Miss America Pageant, Grammy Awards, Tony Awards, CBS After School Special.
Other:	Orchestre symphonique de Montréal with Charles Dutoit; New York Pops with Skitch Henderson, Brooklyn Philharmonic with Lukas Foss; St. Luke’s Chamber Ensemble with Gunther Schuller; New York City Ballet; Connecticut Grand Opera; Queens Symphony.
Conferences:	Twelfth World Saxophone Congress/Montreal North American Saxophone Alliance/Chicago Tenth World Saxophone Congress/Italy Ninth World Saxophone Congress/Japan Eighth World Saxophone Congress/Germany
Festivals:	Festival Jazz en Lima, Peru Columbia College Big Band Festival Dos Pueblos High School Jazz Festival Hawaii International Jazz Festival Morningside College Jazz Festival Moncton Jazz and Blues Festival Ottawa International Jazz Festival Edmundston Jazz and Blues Festival Montréal International Jazz Festival Kool Jazz Festival Java Jazz Festival, Jakarta, Indonesia
Teaching:	Faculty/Artist, Sitka Fine Arts Camp, Alaska Faculty, College of the Canyons, Santa Clarita, CA Faculty, Citrus College, Glendora, CA Assistant Director of Combos, University of Southern California Teacher of Woodwinds, USC Director, SOJ/Drummers Collective Jazz Ensemble, NY; Conductor, All State Jazz Ensemble at NYSSMA; Conductor, Nassau County Jazz Ensemble; Woodwind Specialist and Jazz Ensemble Director at Five Towns College Private Teaching Studio
Clinics:	Drake University, Iowa University of Northern Iowa New Jersey City University, University of Kentucky, Festival des Harmonies du Québec/Canada, McGill Conservatory of Music/Canada, McGill University/Canada New York Flute Club, Berklee College of Music, IAJE Convention/Anaheim, Miami, Yamaha Music Camp/Japan Midwest International Band and Orchestra Clinic Oklahoma Bandmasters Convention, Texas Bandmasters Association
COMPOSING AND ARRANGING EXPERIENCE:
Saxophone Quartets:	Eleven by Four (2000) Send In the New Boy (1992) Quartet in Two Movements (1974) Sophisticated Lady (1997) Chelsea Bridge (1980) Lush Life (1978)
Saxophone Octets:	Take the “A” Train (1989) The Pink Panther (1989)
Duets:	Balto Clute (2002) Conversation for Two Baritones (1997)
Small Ensemble:	Nica’s Dream (2002) Five A.M. (2000) Siciliano (Bach), for Clarinet and Rhythm (1998) Pavane (Faure), for Flute and Rhythm (1997) Theme for Ernie, for Tenor Saxophone, Woodwinds and Rhythm (1997)
Big Band:	Heat (2001) Nica’s Dream (2001) Principal Pickleist (1995) Egyptian Samba (1992) Autumn Leaves (1990) My Foolish Heart (1990) Invitation (1989) Take the “A” Train (featuring saxophone quartet and big band) (1982)
Original Jazz Tunes:	Taylor Maid (2002) Farewell to Manny (2002) Bolero for Nancy (2002) Dance Muchacho (2002) Trio (2002) Graduation Day (2002) Hello Kid! (2002) Floating (2002) September Sadness (2001) Southern Samba (2001) The Shell Game (2000) Missing You (2000) Weight-Less-Ness (2000) The Eagle Has Landed…..Eh! (1998) Spring is Where? (1997) Broadway Half-Swing (1996) Quasi-Modal (1996) Don’t Get Clarinoid (1996) Jill (1992) I Got Rhythm, but Nobody Gives a Damn! (1991) The Blues from the Picture, “The Robe” (1991) The Birthday Waltz (1991) Northern Samba (1991)
Broadway:	Orchestrations for “Catskills on Broadway” (1992)
Other:	Arranger for “Sinatra Remembered Le Spectacle” Casino de Montréal (1999)
Publications:	Big Band Arrangements, Saxophone Quartets and Octets/UNC Jazz Press Baritone Saxophone Duet, Saxophone Quartet/Opus 102 Editions Musicales Original Jazz Tunes/Productions Bilanci
Magazine Contributor:	Saxophone Journal, CD Reviews Planet Jazz Magazine, CD and Book Reviews

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