Jim Waller retired from the 道成肉身的大学 (校本) in San Antonio, 从2023年5月到现在 退休教师. 在威斯康星大学任教之前, in 2000, 他有四十年的职业音乐家生涯, 音乐编曲, 生产商, 录音工程师. 他是多个音乐作品奖的获得者, 包括两个ASCAPLUS奖项, 还获得了多个广告歌曲制作奖项, 包括两个ADDY.
His favorite hobbies are raising and training his German Shepherd, 英里, 除了冲浪, 航行, 还有骑马. His research interests include current developments in the music industry, 音乐创作/编曲技巧, 录音, 音乐技术.
He has been nominated twice for the Presidential Teaching Award.
- Attended Fresno State College in California for four years, majoring in music.
- Pursued professional music career for fourteen years, returned to formal studies in 1978.
- Earned a Bachelor of Arts in Music Composition from the College of Creative Studies at the University of California, 圣芭芭拉分校, 1979.
- Holds an Master of Science in Music Technology from Indiana University-Purdue University, 印第安纳波利斯, 2007.
- 与米尔德丽德·库珀一起学习音乐创作, 爱德华Applebaum, 戈登·克罗斯和西娅·马斯格雷夫.
- Private study in jazz arranging with Billy Byers at the Famous Arrangers Clinic at UNLV
- 威斯康星大学兼职讲师，2000年
- 2005年音乐产业研究专任讲师、协调员
- 高级指导员，2009
- 2015年助理教授
- 副教授，终身教授，2020-2023年
- 名誉教授，2023年
- Adjunct Instructor of Music at 圣芭芭拉分校 Community College, 1978-1979
- Directed the SBCC Jazz Ensemble and the SBCC 继续教育 Jazz Ensemble.
- 教授大型乐团的爵士编曲.
- Held California Community College Teaching Credential, partial fulfillment.
- A big band jazz CD entitled Bucket List by the Jim Waller Big Band featuring Jacqueline Sotelo (校本 alumna) with special guest 将肯尼迪 (drummer with world-renowned Yellow Jackets) was released internationally on August 1st, 2020. 黑胶版于2021年4月15日发行. It has been on the national jazz charts for about six months reaching number 109 in March of 2021. 它在爵士乐媒体上获得了超过15个非常积极的评论. 这些评论的节选和链接可在以下网站找到: jimwallerbigband.com/reviews. It was recorded and mixed in the 校本 Recording Studio, produced by Jim Waller and Skip Burrows. All fourteen selections were arranged by Waller and seven are Waller’s original compositions.
- 2020年12月，钢琴家Dr. 阿蒂娜·麦凯恩发行了一张钢琴独奏CD, 遗产, 美国音乐遗产, which has garnered excellent reviews and was a Gold Medal Winner at the 2021 Global Music 奖. Dr. 麦凯恩曾在华盛顿大学担任钢琴兼职教授. 沃勒在uw录音室录制并混合了这张CD.
巧合的是，她的丈夫，长号手博士. 马丁·麦凯恩，在《菠菜评级排行》中演奏低音长号. - 2019年7月14日和现在 . . . 由亚伦·普拉多三人组演唱的歌曲，在全球发行. It was recorded by Jim Waller in the 校本 Recording Studio and is available on all the streaming platforms.
- 2020年，吉姆被美国海军委托. S. Air Force Band of the West jazz ensemble, Dimensions in Blue, to write three musical arrangements.
- In the past, Jim was commissioned to write arrangements for the U.S. 蓝色空军乐队上衣, 几场拉斯维加斯的演出, 英国唱片团体“新杂耍乐队”, 1988年, was commissioned to arrange and produce an orchestral recording of America the Beautiful for the U.S. 空军:向鲍勃·霍普致敬.”
吉姆的专业会员包括:
- 音乐及娱乐产业教育工作者协会
- 美国作曲家、作家和出版商协会(ASCAP)
- 美国音乐家联合会(AFM) 1961- 2014
- 美国唱片学会投票委员, formerly known as the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS)
- 音频工程学会(AES)
正如他的个人简介所述, JIm's favorite hobbies are raising and training his German Shepherd, 英里, 除了冲浪, 帆船和骑马. His research interests include current developments in the music industry, 音乐创作/编曲技巧, 录音和音乐技术.
吉姆赢得了两个ADDY奖, one local and one regional for his production of a jingle for Fajita Junction.
He also won three Communicator Crystal 奖 for jingles produced for:
- 圣安东尼奥国家家具公司
- 新布朗费尔斯的贝克汽车公司
- 折扣汽车和卡车租赁, 一家在加拿大拥有200多家商店的国际公司, 澳大利亚, 埃及和美国.S.
Jim won two Communicator 奖 of Distinction in website design for:
- BobbyFlores.com
- ShiplerBoots.com
Jim holds a certificate in Modern Recording Techniques from the Audio EnginEARing Institute of San Antonio.
他还拥有Dreamweaver的证书, HTML, and Photoshop from New Horizons Computer Learning Center in San Antonio
为专业服务
- 审裁主任-圣. 玛丽的年度嘉年华爵士音乐节比赛(2007 - 2019)
- Adjudicator - Texas State University 山 Country Jazz Festival Competition (2019)
- Coached/mentored Churchill HS Jazz Ensemble on three occasions in preparation for the St. 玛丽的嘉年华爵士音乐节比赛
为大学服务
- Interim Music Department Chair for one year through June 1, 2013
- Search Committee for Band Director/Coordinator of music 教育 (2013)
- 教师 Advisor to Music industries Club (MIC) (2005 to present)
- 指导过三位麦克奈尔菠菜评级
- 协调, 咨询, 预算制定, equipment selection and integration of the new 校本 Recording Studio
- Authored Music Industry Studies portion of 音乐系 Program Review for application for National
音乐学院协会(NASM)认证 - 写16封学生推荐信
- Volunteered musical services and contracted other musicians for the President’s Spaghetti Dinner (2006 - 2009, 2011 - 2016)
为社会服务
- 筹款音乐会, Remembering 杰基王 – raised $430 for Wounded Warrior Foundation (2017)
- 筹款音乐会, A Night of Jazz and Strings on Broadway – raised $1000 for Wounded Warrior Foundation (2016)
- Hosted several fundraisers at the Cove Restaurant while directing the Cardinal Jazz Band
2009年7月, 校本爵士乐团, 吉姆·沃勒导演, performed at the Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland and was the only university jazz ensemble from the U.S. invited to perform at the North Sea Jazz Festival in Rotterdam, Holland.
作为一名作曲家, Jim has had 60 plus compositions in various genres published by Acuff-Rose, Doral音乐, 百代音乐出版公司, 安东尼音乐公司, 生产花园, 和南方音乐. Three of his recently published compositions/arrangements for jazz ensemble won two ASCAPLUS awards and were performed at the Montreux Jazz Festival in 2009. 作为艺术家/制作人, 吉姆的唱片已经在华纳兄弟发行了, 联, Del-Fi, Arvee, Sundazed, cbs -哥伦比亚唱片公司.
吉姆是洛斯布鲁斯乐队的成员, a groundbreaking jazz-rock octet that once held the record for the longest steady engagement (300 weeks) in a Las Vegas lounge. Los Blues performed two shows a night at 3:30 am and 4:45 am in the Casbar Theater of The Sahara Hotel, 和唐·里克尔斯同台演出, 艾灵顿公爵, 四个新生, 规范克罗斯比, 和萨米·戴维斯, Jr.
在内华达州居住期间(1967-1973), 吉姆在UNLV爵士乐团演奏长号, was Musical Director for the "Miss International Showgirl" television special broadcast live from the Dunes Hotel, and arranged and produced part of the soundtrack for the foreign-produced film "This Is Las Vegas" in which "Los Blues" made several appearances performing selections from their newly recorded "Los Blues - Volume One" LP on 联 Records which Jim arranged and produced. 除了撒哈拉酒店, “Los Blues”在Flamingo和Tropicana酒店演出, 火奴鲁鲁的火山口节, 墨西哥城的嘉年华皇宫酒店, 麦迪逊广场花园和纽约的华尔道夫酒店, 哈莱姆的斯莫尔天堂, 还有温哥华的Oil Can Harry, B.C.
吉姆和马文·盖伊一起演出过, 詹姆斯埃特, 威利纳尔逊, 托尼·奥兰多和道恩, 猫安德森, Nichelle尼克尔斯, 鲍比·哈特菲尔德, 雷皮特森, 的Ojays, 基因Pitney, 科尔里奇, 杰基王, 保罗Gonsalves, 皮特喷泉, 比尔Watrous, 弗兰克Rosolino, 将肯尼迪, 布鲁斯孔蒂, 由柯蒂斯·梅菲尔德开场, 血汗与泪水, 艾萨克·海耶斯, 海伦Reddy, 海滩男孩, 权力之塔, 的漂流者, O.C. 史密斯和杰基·德莎农.
作为一名录音工程师, 吉姆录了柯克·威勒姆的歌, 科尔里奇, 比尔Watrous, 鲍比·弗洛雷斯, 罗杰·维拉斯, 杰基王, 尤金·克拉克, 鲍比·雷伊, 兰迪Garibay, 和迪克·瓦格纳.
作为一名会议音乐家, 他曾为电影《菠菜评级排行》配乐, KENS-TV周六早间新闻节目的主题, 圣安东尼奥马刺队的快攻节广告歌, 还有插件的广告歌, 百威淡啤, 美汁源橙汁.
- 音乐产业研究导论
- 音乐技术导论
- 工作室安排
- 生产记录
- 高级音频制作
- 音乐应用程序的网页设计
- 爵士即兴演奏
- 爵士安排
- 音乐产业研究实习