Jerry Tachoir

Biography & Career

Education

Bachelor's degree, Berklee College of Music - Boston, Mass.

First to receive Bachelor's degree in Applied Music for the Vibraphone and Mallet Instr. instruments and extensive studies in arranging and composition.

Graduated Summa Cum Laude 1973 - 1976

Performance Experience

Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, American Wind Symphony, Wilkensburg Symphony,

International Symphony - Switzerland, 25 years leader of own jazz quartet performing throughout the U.S., Canada, and Europe at colleges and universities, jazz clubs, and jazz festivals, some of which are; Montreux Jazz Festival - Switzer- land, Northsea Jazz Festival - Holland, Montreal Jazz Festival - Canada, Pittsburgh

Jazz Festival, Three Rivers Arts Festival, Shadyside Arts Festival, Rites of Spring

Jazz Festival - Nashville, Summer Lights Festival - Nashville. Mellon Jazz Festival,

Performed Gunther Schuller's Concertino for Jazz Quartet and Orchestra with

Westmoreland Symphony, Pa., Featured artist at International Music event at Paris

Conservatory of Music, Nashville's most recorded mallet artist, etc.

Endorsements

Jerry is a very popular and much in demand Artist/Clinician for the Musser Vibra- phone and Marimba co./division of Ludwig Drums since 1972.

Featured clinician at the Percussive Arts Society International Convention '82 in Dallas, Tx., '89 in Nashville, Tn., and New Orleans '92

Featured clinician/soloist at the Ludwig Percussion Symposium '83 in Knoxville, Tn., performed with famed jazz drummer Alan Dawson and Danny Gottlieb.

Peavey Electronics Mark of the Unicorn Software K&K Midi systems Audio Technica

Innovative Percussion Mallets.

Television and Radio

Was featured via live recording for the "Jazz sur le Vif" show to be aired Nationally on the C.B.C. network (Canadian Broadcast Corp.)

'82 Fall Tour - Canada

'83 Montreal Jazz Festival appearance

Recorded two feature cable TV shows airing nationally on The Nashville Network

Recorded several educational TV shows for Public Television with Jazz Quartet

Teaching Experience

25 years privately (mallet instruments, arranging and composition, improvisation)

1977 - Berklee College of Music, Boston

Adjunct professor of jazz improvisation - Belmont College, Nashville 1979 - 82

Video

First to release a 1-hour instructional vibraphone video - Master Study Series

Books

CONTEMPORARY MALLET METHOD - An Approach to the Vibraphone & Marimba -

Riohcat Music, SOLO VIBRAPHONE COLLECTION - Riohcat Music