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MEET Our Current Musicians
Geoff Koch:
Composer, Producer
Geoff is a composer and producer of original music for nationally- and internationally-broadcast television shows, films, commercials, jingles, planetarium shows, station image promos, corporate/industrial works, songs and other media. This Iowa native’s music has been heard in everything from Saturday Night Live to the National Geographic Channel to feature films to planetariums around the world for over two decades. Geoff is also the President of the Nashville Composer's association.
Listen to Geoff's music and contact him on his website: www.kochproductions.com
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Rolin Mains: Keyboardist, Record & Concert Producer, Theater Music Director
Rolin Mains is a self-employed musician with a career of over 35 years. A keyboardist on many concert tours, he also produced award winning records and received the “Best Instrumental Dove Award 1998.”He has producerd of concerts for shows at Carnegie Hall and the Kennedy Center in NYC . In Nashville he conducted and music directed for musical theater for over 15 years, including The Nashville Repertory Theater, Street Theater Company, Chaffin’s Barn and Dinner Theater, and Circle Players.
He is founder of the Nashville Composers Association, dedicated to providing opportunities for composers of all ages to learn about composing in multiple settings, and to have their works performed for stage, film/TV, ballet, and the concert hall.
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Contact: rrmains@gmail.com
Joseph Akins:
Pianist, Composer, Educator
A Tennessee native, Dr. Joseph Akins is a pianist, composer and educator. He has released multiple award-winning albums of original, piano-based instrumental music with a heartfelt, intimate sound. He is available for film-scoring, arranging, studio recording and live performance. Joseph incorporates other instruments in his compositions such as synthesizers, vocals and orchestral instruments. His music can be heard at most any music provider such as Spotify and Apple Music.
Contact: jakins@mtsu.edu
Trevor Knoedler: Rapper/songwriter/composer
Southpaw Renegades lyrical content consists of uplifting positive vibes in his raps along with hard rhymes and attention grabbing sound. His main genre is rap but is also influenced through EDM, Trap, House and Reggie and will continue to bring unique sounds through all these genres.
Listen to Trevors tracks at: https://linktr.ee/Southpawrenegrade
Website: www.SouthpawRenegade.com
Katie Burke:
Musician, Writer, Actor
Katie Burke is a multi-hyphenate artist (musician, writer, actor) living in Los Angeles, CA. Most known for crafting stories in music and audio, her current credits include songwriting and performance for Ford, SONY, and Lionsgate.
Visit her website: www.katieburkeaf.com
Contact: kcburke87@gmail.com
Ron Sorbo: Musician, Composer
Ron Sorbo has been part of the Nashville music community for many years composing and playing sessions, shows, opera and symphonic music.
As a composer, Ron's work can be heard on many media outlets including A&E, Animal Planet, Bravo, Comedy Central, Discovery Channel, E!, History Channel, MSNBC, MTV, NBC, Oxygen, SCI-FI, Style and truTV.
As a player, Ron has been fortunate to work with many talented people including Trey Anastasia, Glen Campbell, Peter Cetera, Elvis Costello, Ben Folds, David Foster, Amy Grant, Faith Hill, Alan Jackson, Henry Mancini, Blake Shelton and Donna Summer.
Website: www.ronsorbo.com
Contact: rhsorbo@gmail.com
Kelley Joseph: Lyricist, Songwriter, Keyboard Player, Composer
Kelley is a lyricist, songwriter, keyboard player, and composer from Los Angeles, with a few years in Nashville to her credit.
Her compositions include scoring for independent documentaries, and podcasts.
She’s written songs mainly for the country market, but her lyrics also transcend genres.
Check out her music on YouTube at Kelley Joseph Music, and https://soundcloud.com/kelley-jo/sets
Contact- musicnleerics@gmail.com.
Mobile calls- (310) 927-4549
Andre Madatian: Guitarist, Composer, Educator
Andre Madatian is a guitarist, composer, and educator currently residing in Nashville, Tennessee. Andre holds a Bachelor of Music degree in Film Scoring with a minor in Contemporary Conducting from Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts and a Master of Music in Composition from Middle Tennessee State University.
He has become inspired by film music to pursue a career in composition and has written many orchestral and concert works including an original holiday inspired composition for full orchestra and vocal duet premiering with the Nashville Philharmonic Orchestra, and a string orchestra piece entitled "Obliquity for String Orchestra" for the renown Kalistos Chamber Orchestra in Boston, MA to name a few.
Andre composes for numerous music licensing companies and has over 100 placements on 6 television networks. His recent credits include composing additional music cues for national television shows including “America’s Got Talent” on NBC, the PGA Tour Championships Learning Center show on the Golf Channel, "Say Yes to The Dress Atlanta: Season 9" on TLC, "NFL Monday QB” on CBS Sports, and "The Book of John Gray" on the Oprah Winfrey Network to name a few.
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Contact Info
Phone Number- 484-798-7216
Email Address- andremadatianmusic@gmail.com
Tyler Rodosz: Film Composer, Orchestrator
Originally hailing from Chicago, IL, Tyler Rydosz is a film composer/orchestrator currently based in Burbank, CA (formerly Nashville, TN). His musical mission and vision center around telling compelling stories through unique and artistic lenses. Recent projects include orchestrating The Woman King (2022) and the 2022 Oscars, music editor for Nickelodeon’s Sharkdog (2022), and Guitar Arranger/Performer for NEON’s Pig (2021).
Contact -
Email: Tyler.rydosz@gmail.com
Phone (call/text): 323-435-1978
Bob Teague: Guitarist, Composer, Producer
My professional music career rocketed when my jazz /rock /pop /funk /fusion /gospel /blues /love music group 'RAWZEN' landed a recording contract with United Artists Records. Nearly ten years later, I formed 'QUARTESSENCE' to record and perform my original instrumental /jazz /pop compositions and arrangements. My studio rhythm section, 'KEAPER,' followed up with numerous recordings. I was musical director for the two inaugural seasons of Advent Theater, Nashville's first professional equity theater. I have composed, arranged, directed, and conducted bands and orchestras in Japan, New Zealand, Germany, Canada, and the United States. Of late, I provided scores for a film shot in Paris, France for the Cannes Film Festival and a documentary shot in London's underground. I have a large original music catalog, queue library, and studio facilities.
I love to accompany vocal artists, instrumental soloists, and I record as a solo guitarist as 'Music for Higher' from 'Hands of Romance' by Bob Teague.
Contact: musicforhigher@gmail.com
Valerie Connelly: Singer/Songwriter, Composer, Pianist, Lyricist
Valerie Connelly is a Singer/Songwriter, Composer, Pianist, and Lyricist. A classically trained pianist, a professional singer/song-writer and performer since her teens, and ASCAP member since 1987, Valerie's love for songwriting and instrumental composition took her into the world of stage musicals, both as a performer and as a creator. She also performed regularly in Chicago clubs throughout the 1990s, as well as producing ten albums, and writing jingles for local businesses at her second business VALPRO Studios.
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In 2016, when the PBS five-camera shoot of her third stage musical, Fearless!, was marred by a poor audio recording of the twenty-one-piece orchestra, she remained undeterred. With the raw footage of one performance, and vocals tracks for all singers from all eight performances, Valerie learned to edit film and sync live vocal music and computer orchestrations together in Logic Pro X and then synced them to the video from the stage performance in Final Cut Pro. She pitched the concept film at Film-com 2019 and with a warm reception, Valerie decided to journey into the film industry as her third major area of creative interest. During COVID she wrote four screen plays. The first is a Sci-Fi Musical Feature Film called LOVE IS...Two Worlds now in pre-production.
John Wiater: Singer/Songwriter, Composer, Pianist, Lyricist
John has scored over a dozen genre-spanning films from an Oscar-qualifying family drama short to mental health awareness, espionage, and sci-fi adventures. Each brings a new perceptive to the storytelling world, and that is what filmmaking is centered on after all: telling stories.
As a film composer, he firmly believes in emphasizing the story being told by the director, actors, and screenwriters - and that a strong original score elevates a media project and tells a story more impactfully.
His draw to telling stories - or more accurately emphasizing a visual story on screen through music - has always been a core element in his creative process. He views scoring as a way to answer the question of “how can we emphasize the story being told through original music?” John also provides free educational content on the film composing business, process, and art through his commnuity on social media.
Reel: www.johnwiater.com
Email: john@johnwiater.com
IMDB: www.imdb.com/name/nm11304998/
Instagram: www.instagram.com/composerjawn/
TikTok: hwww.tiktok.com/@composerjawn
Spotify: open.spotify.com/artist/67mLOEmAyZu2BzDaV9vBZl?si=6tXiW-I0TE21V5Z17tM-5Q
Jeannie Fitzsimmons: Flutist, Composer, Lyricist
Jeannie Fitzsimmons is a composer, flutist, lyricist and an ASCAP composer. Also she is a producer, SAG actress, entrepreneur, Internet TV host and interviewer, author, mandala artist, and transformational trainer.
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Some of the greats in music have recorded her songs: DIONNE (My Everlasting Love For You) the multi-platinum album produced by Barry Manilow, Anne Murray (Lonely Soul) and Dottie West (Baby I’ve Tried)
She plays silver flute and several Native American flutes and has composed, played keyboard, written sung and produced 4 CD’s of original music. WindPoet, On The Winds of Spirit, Divine Lullaby and harp and flute on wings of Grace.
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Contact:
Mobile: 310-220-5088
Shelby Lock: Flutist, Composer, Lyricist
Shelby Lock is a composer, pianist, and audio engineer who writes music that uplifts, inspires, and transports listeners to another time and place. Shelby has premiered her piano music at the Kennedy Center and is a three-time finalist for the American Prize in Composition. In 2016, she made her orchestral debut as a composer with the Nashville Philharmonic’s premiere of her piece “Out of Ashes.”
Shelby is the owner of the studio River Rock Records, which specializes in mixing and recording classical, jazz, folk, and other acoustic genres. She is a Voting Member of the Recording Academy / GRAMMYs® and holds dual bachelor’s degrees in Music Composition (B.M.) and Audio Engineering Technology (B.S.) from Belmont University.
Shelby Lock is available for film scoring, mixing, music production, and remote session work as a pianist.
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