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I would like to introduce you to some of the musicians who have collaborated with me.


Gary Lewis
Gary holds a doctorate of musical arts from the University of Oregon where he specialized in flute performance and music history. In California, Oregon and New York he studied with prominent teachers such as John Krell, John Solum, Richard Trombley, and Burnett Atkinson.

As a flute and saxophone player he has performed with numerous groups ranging from early music to contemporary jazz. As a classical performer he has worked with almost every major performing group in the Eugene area including the Eugene Opera, Eugene Symphony, American Music Festival, Oregon Baroque Ensemble, Oregon Mozart Players, Yaquina Chamber Orchestra, and Eugene Festival of Musical Theater. He has been featured as a soloist on both modern and baroque flutes with various groups in Oregon, Bogota, and Panama.

As a performer of jazz and popular music he has performed with numerous bands throughout the Northwest, New York, and Panama and has had the opportunity to work with renowned musicians such as Quincy Jones and Ella Fitzgerald.

Gary is also a business owner. He overhauls flutes and restores vintage ones, activity for which he has been recognized internationally for many years. Contact Gary.

Alan Tarpinian
Alan Tarpinian graduated from New England Conservatory in 1976 and moved to Germany for five years, where he taught at the Neubieberger Volkshochschule in Munich, recorded and performed all over Europe with various jazz artists.

In 1982 Tarpinian moved to Eugene and has since performed in the Northwest with internationally renowned artists such as Mal Waldron, David Friesen, Herb Ellis, Charlie Rouse, Eddie Harris, Clark Terry, Bobby Hutcherson, Bucky Pizzarelli, George Cables, Bobby McFerrin, Dick Hyman, Kenny Werner, Poncho Sanchez and many others. He was the drummer and co-founder of the Eugene Jazz Orchestra (big band), played for 12 years with Caliente, a popular 13 piece Latin-Salsa group and was a faculty member at Lane Community College for 5 years.

Since moving to Portland in 2005 he has performed with Nancy King, Steve Christofferson, Dave Frishberg, Glen Moore, Ingred Jensen, Randy Porter, Gordon Lee and other top Portland musicians.

In addition to private teaching, Tarpinian also appears regularly as a guest artist with the Eugene Symphony, the Western Oregon State College Jazz Orchestra the Oregon Bach Festival and Oregon Festival of American Music. Contact Alan.