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Contact: gary@garyatkins.com Gary Atkins is a Toronto-based composer, guitarist, keyboardist, arranger, orchestrator, copyist, and computer specialist who has worked in Theatre, Television, Film and Multimedia. He co-wrote the music for the CTV series Creepy Canada with Martin Deller. He has assisted and acted as copyist for some of Canada’s award-winning composers (John Welsman, Paul Hoffert and Glenn Morley). Currently he teaches guitar and theory privately; is the Technology Co-ordinator for the Royal Conservatory of Music and teaches Music Technology at Humber College. As Sibelius “Ambassador,” Mr. Atkins travels to trade shows and educator conferences to demonstrate software for teachers. He is highly regarded as a trainer, and has been sought after by awarding composers such as Joe Sealy (Jazz Pianist), Glenn Morley (Genie Award winner), David Blumberg (Stevie Wonder, Herbie Hancock, American Idol), Yves Frulla (Celine Dion Band: Keyboard Player), Clarence MacDonald (James Taylor, Aretha Franklin, Barbara Streisand) and others to provide training for individual users and groups in how to use Sibelius and other products. He continues to give technology and music clinics throughout the United States and Canada. In the spring of 2007 he became an Apple Distinguished Educator and works as a Consultant/Clinician for Apple Inc. In 2008 Gary presented to the National Educators Computer Conference, in San Antonio, Texas. This year he will also be publishing a series of Sibelius instructional videos with MacProVideo.com, http://www.macprovideo.com http://www.sibelius.com/perl-bin/training/trainers.pl Mr. Atkins is currently acting as the Technology Co-ordinator at the Royal Conservatory of Music, servicing the technological needs of students and program faculty. http://www.rcmusic.ca/ Recent Projects: NECC - Soundtracks that SING: Getting beyond the surface in GarageBand (with Dr. Ellen Fishman-Johnson) Product Demonstrator & Clinician: MidWest Band Clinic (Chicago,Illonis) MIAC - Music Industries Association of Canada (Toronto) Michigan Music Conference (Grand Rapids, Michigan) Ontario Teachers Federation (London, Onatrio) DARE TO DREAM: THE QUEST FOR LEADING EDGE LEARNING (Newmarket, Ontario) NAMM 2008 - Avid/Sibelius Humber College Music Deparment 2006 - currently Using Sibelius as an arranging/compostional tool Ontario Music Educators Conference 2005 - 2007 Sibelius (Notation Software) Presenter Making Out (Public Service Announcement)-TV commercial Sponsored by Centre for Research on Violence Against Women and Children Composer The Bridge (Facilitator Films) - Film Composer (Boyle Heights Out N' About Film Festival in Los Angeles) Trebas Institute - Teacher (Music for Film & T.V.) www.trebas.com Gino Vanelli Copyist/assistant to Glenn Morley Frankenstein (Theatre - Michael Burgess 2002-2003) Copyist/Synth Programer/assistant to Glenn Morley Beaches Jazz Festival 2003 (Toronto) Guitar with Swing Shift Big Band Hemingway vs. Callaghan (2003 CBC) MOW Burn (2003) MOW With Rob Carli National Aboriginal Achievement Awards (2001-2003) (CBC) with John Welsman Frankenstein (Theatre - Michael Burgess 2002-2003) Synth Programer/assistant to Glenn Morley Music Lane Studios (2002) Computer/Video/DVD consultant Betty (Shaftesbury Films Inc.-2002) Guitar, Rob Carli composer Creepy Canada (2002) with Martin Dellar (co-composer) Maine Tourism (2002) with John Welsman Scar Tissue (2002) MOW -- CBC With Rob Carli Of Shifting Shadows is a hypermedia tale of three fictional women who experienced the 1979 Iranian - Music Composer and Producer- Revolution. - Update on Shifting is that it won the 2001 Independent Projects award at Baddeck International New Media Festival. It will soon be in distribution by VTape. Other information can be found at http://www.post-exile.net/gita Criminal Instincts: Killing Spring (2001) MOW With Rob Carli The War Inside (2001) (NFB) With Paul Hoffert (Directed by David Hoffert) Bleacher Bums (2001) (TV) With David Buchbinder (Directed by Saul Rubinek) Stolen Miracles (2001) with John Welsman MOW: Varian's War (2000) (Starring William Hurt/Composer Neil Smolar) Gary's astrological sign is:UNDER CONSTRUCTION!! http://www.sibelius.com/p |
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