Bill Koehler
Performances (in brief)
Performance at the Midwest Bass Symposium 2000 - performed my compositions entitled Storyteller and Another Place, as well as Concert Study #10 for solo double bass by Annibale Mengoli (3/25/00).
Concert of world fusion with Master South Indian Mridangam player (drummer) U.K. Sivaraman, and singer Lalitha Swaminatha. We performed my composition entitled Moment, and a number of pieces from South India (3/00).
Jazz quartet performance with Joel Smirnoff, first violinist with the Julliard
String Quartet. Barrington Coleman - pno, Bob McEntyre - dr. Bill Koehler
- db. At the Krannert Center, University of Illinois, (1/00).
Performance of the ISU Digital Arts Consort at the Association for Technology in Music Instruction and College Music Society meetings in San Juan, Puerto Rico on October 22 - 24, 1998. The ISU Digital Arts Consort performed at the closing Saturday night of the conference. Two of my compositions entitled Moment, and Oracle were performed at the concert. This concert was first performed at Kemp Recital Hall.
Performance of Soliloquios #5 for Solo Double Bass by Roque Cordero at the 12th Latin American Music Concert, April 6, 1998.
Bass clinician/performer at the Richard Davis Festival for Young Bassists in Madison, Wisconsin.
I served as clinician and performer annually since 1996. Each year I performed in a Bass Quartet with Richard Davis (legendary jazz bassist), Rufus Reed (recording artist in the NYC area and prominent performer in traditional jazz idioms), or John Clayton (recording artist in the LA area and prominent performer in traditional jazz idioms), and Peter Dominguez (Oberlin Conservatory).
Performance with trombonist Carl Fontana and pianist John Campbell at the ISU Jazz Festival, February 13, 1998.
Principal Bassist - Peoria Symphony - 9th season (an eternity)
Jazz Trio Vespers Concert at Rantoul Methodist Church - Dec 20, 1998. Two of my Compositions were performed with a dancer.
Performance at the Lincoln Theatre in Champaign: Our Trio with Guest Vocalist Denna
Vermette, Feb 14, 1998.
Performance of Bach Concerto Grosso Chamber Music Recital, Kemp, Sept. 10,1998.
Faculty String Quintet Concert - Performance of Boccherini Quintetto in F Major Op. 39, No. 2., February 18, 1997.
Numerous chamber music concerts with ISU faculty.
Performance of our Jazz Trio at Foellinger Hall on the Campus of the U of I. Dr. Barington Coleman (U of I)
pno, Dr. Bob McEntyre (Physician) dr. April 5, 1997.
Performed with the Clinician's Sextet at the Blackhawk College Jazz Festival, April 14, 1997. With: Paul McKee -
Trb, Peter Hart - Sax, Edgar Crockett - Tr, Steve Grismore - gui., and Manual Lopez - dr.
Performances with Dr. Kyle Gregory -tr. and Dr. Bob McEntyre - dr. on the Noon News Program of WEEK.TV . Performed Standards as well as my original compositions. May 2, and June 20, 1997.
Recording sessions with David Singley - Guitar (Minneapolis), Kyle Gregory -
tr, and Bob McEntyre- dr., May 19 - 21, 1997.
Performances of our Jazz Trio at the St. Charles Art and Music Festival. July 17 - 20, 1997.
Lincoln Park - July 17, 1997
Festival Jazz Club - July 18, 1997
Festival Jazz Club - July 19, 1997
Jazz Vespers Octet at Baker Memorial Methodist Church - July 20, 1997
Performance of Free Jazz on WBEZ Radio, Chicago. Improvisations on "the Discoverer's Landing on Mars". St. Charles Festival Octet - July 18, 1997.
Inspired World Rhythms Concert -Jazz Trio Performance: a Benefit concert for Africa University in Johannisburg South Africa. African Drummer Oscar Sulley Braimah joined us. November 7, 1997.
Six Concerts of Improvisations on English and Irish Folk Music, and Jazz in Canterbury England. Spring 1996.
Principal Bassist in the Eisenstadt Austria Sommer Akademie Orchestra - Performed seven concerts in Vienna Cathedrals, and in the Esterhazy Castle , and performed chamber music concert in the Empir Saal in the Esterhazy Castle. - August 1995.
Tour of Moscow, Minsk, Vladimir, West Germany, and Canterbury, England with the Wesleyan
Camerata. January 1991.
Bass soloist at Bass Day '89 at Northwestern University on Nov. 11, 1989. This event was sponsored by the International Society of Bassists.
(Bradetich - Northwestern, Brad Opland - Chicago Symphony, and I shared a recital).
Member of David Baker's 21st Century Bebop Band at Indiana University
(Featuring Tuba soloist Harvey Phillips).
Performed in combo groups with noted jazz musicians: Sam Brown, John Clark, Joe
Morello, John Campbell, Carl Fontana, Dave Burrell, Jimmy Guiffre, Richard Davis, John Clayton, Rufus Reed, David Baker, Jamey
Aebersold, Jerry Coker, Turk Van Lake, and Harvey Phillips.
Numerous Country Music engagements with Byron Gallimore, Nashville President of the Pride Group, record producer, recording artist/song writer.
TV Commercials and recordings, N.Y. (1974-76)
Two "See Morocco" Travel Films - NY
Florida Sun Banks - NY
Metropolitan Life Insurance - NY
Soundtrack to the play entitled Power - NY
Asheville Symphony, Asheville N.C. (1982-1984)
Fort Wayne Philharmonic, Fort Wayne, In. (1980-1982)
Indiana Chamber Orchestra, Fort Wayne, In. (1981-1982)
Soloist at Midwest Double Bass Symposium, (International Society of Bassists),
Cinn., Ohio, (1981)
Muncie Symphony, Muncie, In. (1980-1981)
Jackson Symphony, Jackson, Tn. (1977-1980)
Owensboro Symphony, Owensboro, Ky. (1977-78)
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