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 DR. RON HOLLEMAN, Ethos West's conductor and music director, holds a Doctor of Musical Arts in instrumental conducting from the University of Iowa. He moved to Colorado in August 1999 after retiring from Oak Park-River Forest High School in Illinois where he served as Music Department Chair and Conductor of Orchestras and Jazz Ensembles. His wind ensembles, symphony orchestras, and jazz bands appeared at state, regional, and national music conventions, and he was a frequent guest conductor/clinician for musical groups throughout the area. In addition to teaching, he founded and served as music director/conductor of the Ethos Chamber Orchestra, an acclaimed professional ensemble of the Chicago area – Ethos West is the successor to that group. Besides directing Ethos West, Ron plays trumpet and flugelhorn with the Just Jazz Quintet (which he co-founded in 2000 with drummer Chuck Landgraf). He also freelances throughout the northern Colorado area with both classical and jazz groups, and teaches private trumpet lessons to students of all ages. In 2007, Ron was guest conductor for the Fort Collins Symphony's June concert leading off the Taste of Fort Collins. In addition, he was one of five recipients of a 2007 Arts Alive Fort Collins Fellowship Award, accompanied by a monetary stipend, recognizing artistic innovation, integrity and quality. The Arts Alive fellowship was the impetus for Ron to complete his third-stream orchestral composition Shambhala Suite for Jazz Quintet and Strings. This suite of five dances, inspired by Buddhist concepts and personalities, had its world premiere at Ethos West's 2008 spring concert (see this PDF for Ron's notes about the five movements). He has continued to compose, and premiered another piece, Dancing in the Rain, at the spring 2010 concert. You can meet Ron on Facebook or email him at . |
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LARRY CURREY – TRUMPET Larry is the President of Integrated Energy Solutions, Inc., a company dedicated to helping school districts, universities, and state agencies reduce their utility expenses. His BBA is from New Mexico State University. Raised in the southwest, he served for more than a decade as the second trumpet with the El Paso Symphony, and principal trumpet for both El Paso Pro-Musica and the Bruce Nehring Consort. He has also performed as a soloist for each of those groups. He is the founder of Ft. Collins' Colorado Brass Company, a brass quintet with a wide ranging repertoire. In addition to the CBC, Larry performs regularly with the Fort Collins Wind Symphony and the Larimer Chorale and has also performed with the Fort Collins, Greeley, and Cheyenne Symphonies. |
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JAMES ANDERSON – VIOLIN, ARRANGER James Anderson is a Fort Collins native and graduated from Fort Collins High School in 2003, and that same year won the Loveland Symphony's Young Artist Concerto Competition. In 2008, James earned his Bachelor's degree in Violin Performance from the University of Northern Colorado with Richard Fuchs, and earned his Master's degree from the prestigious Guildhall School of Music in London, England with Ofer Falk in 2009. As a teenager, James developed a love of jazz and bluegrass music and has since shared the stage with Mark O'Connor, Doug Kershaw, Johnny Frigo, Gilles Apap, and Darol Anger among others. James has performed at the Helena Jazz Jubilee Festival in Helena, MT; the Alaska City Folk Arts Festival in Anchorage, AK; the Barbican, LSO St. Luke's, and Wigmore Halls in London, England; and a long list of jazz clubs including clubs in Denver, Fort Collins, New York City, Austin, and London. James and his wife Heather now live in Austin, Texas, where he teaches, performs, and tours with several groups in various styles. |
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