Gary A. Edwards was born in Spokane,
Washington in 1941. He started playing string bass in the Spokane
Symphony orchestra at age 18. He graduated from Coeur d’Alene High
School in 1959. Gary graduated from Indiana University in June, 1964
with a degree in Music Education.
Gary taught public school teacher
instrumental music from the 3rd to the 9th grades for two years and
played bass in the Louisville Symphony Orchestra. He joined the
Peace Corps and went to Santiago, Chile where he started a decades
long career in Social Work.
Since 1956, Gary has performed in
bands of all sizes from single to symphony and all styles from opera
to rock and country to classical and choral, with musical comedy
orchestral experience.
Gary has composed in most styles
including classical, rock, country, children's, jazz, choral,
gospel, Christmas Cantata Night of a Miracle and a complete
musical comedy, The Bureau-rats. He has written five other
books and had thirty-seven articles published in computer magazines,
primarily software reviews. His Waltz and Variations in E Minor
for the accordion is published by JanPress.
He has signed numerous publishing
contracts for classical, rock, country and religious music. His
music
has received airplay in Washington, Idaho and Estonia. His classical
piece The Cowboys was performed in concerts by the North
Idaho College Band in May, 2000 and the Ensamble Rosario in Rosario,
Argentina in August, 2001. His Happy Mother’s Day and
Peace Be With You SATB choral piece and other serious and gospel
choral pieces have been performed by different church choirs. His
Gypsy Tango for String Trio premiered at a performance at the
North Idaho Art on The Green festival on August 4, 2002 and was
recorded and performed in St. Petersburg, Russia by the Nevsky
String Trio.
His Coeur d’Alene Suite, a 30
minute piece for string orchestra, was recorded in April 2005 and
performed by the Coeur d’Alene High School String Orchestra on May
19, 2005. The Spirit of the
Vikings March was premiered by the Coeur d’Alene high School
Wind Ensemble on May 18th, 2006. Gary conducted his most
recent work, Prayer for Peace with The Coeur d’Alene Symphony
Orchestra premiered 12/2/2006 at North Idaho College in Coeur d’Alene.
He was commissioned to write a just completed work for the Coeur
d’Alene Youth Symphony titled Fanfare and Fantasy to be
premiered in the spring of 2007. Another work just completed is The
Fort Sherman Suite; a day in the life of a soldier in 1885
(8:30 minutes), to be premiered in spring 2007 by the Fort Sherman
Symphonette, along with a companion piece The Fort Sherman March
for military brass band. Two choral pieces Peace Be With You
and God Is Everywhere will be performed by the Northwest
Sacred Music Choral in their spring 2007 concert.
He has released five CDs including
The Coeur d’Alene Suite (classical string orchestra), Cast
Out The Demons (R&B style contemporary gospel), Gary’s
Country, TroubleClef, a rock CD Gary’s Classical
and formed Edwards Music Publishing.com company which
primarily releases his music.
View his website at
www.EdwardsMusicPublishing.com to see and hear samples and order
his finished musical works and books.
Gary A. Edwards (ASCAP)
Edwards Music Publishing .Com
PO Box 3528
Coeur d’Alene Idaho 83816-2520
(208) 699-0848
gedward@roadrunner.com
email
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