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GARY GRAY
Grammy nominee Gary Gray enjoys a versatile career as a concert artist, studio musician and professor of clarinet and Chair of Woodwind Studies at UCLA. He received his Bachelor and Master of Music degrees from Indiana University where he studied clarinet with Robert McGinnis and chamber music with Janos Starker. He was Principal Clarinetist of the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra for 20 seasons and an LA Times reviewer said of a performance with them "Gray has as mellow and gorgeous a sound as may be possible on his instrument." |
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Gray's CD of solo concerti with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra was nominated for a Grammy and the Copland Concerto from this CD was used as underscoring for the Ken Burns PBS documentary "The War". |
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For his recent CD with the New Hollywood Quartet the American Record Guide reviewer said "I can hardly believe Centaur Records has come up with such an incredible recording!"
A Faculty Artist for many summers at the Aspen Music Festival. Gray has also performed at Chamber Music Northwest and in Europe with the Alexander Quartet and the Tchaikovsky Trio. |
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A long time member of the Pacific Serenades Chamber Ensemble, he was featured on their first CDS and has performed with them at Carnegie Hall and in San Francisco.
Gray has recorded over 1,000 film scores over his extensive Hollywood career, with such composers as:
John Williams, Jerry Goldsmith, Henry Mancini, Lalo Schifrin, Thomas Newman, Paul Chihara, Bruce Broughton and Don Davis, among many others. |
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His performance of Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue" with Herbie Hancock and Lang-Lang on the 2008 Grammy Award TV show was a recent highlight and reached millions around the world. |
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website:
www.clarinetbygray.com
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