Kevin Dietz

Instructor of String Bass

department: Music
office: Evans Center
phone: 503-788-1081
cell: 503-701-3436
e-mail: kdeitz@europa.com
specialty: string bass

Education:
Studies in classical/jazz bass at the University of Oregon, North Texas State University and Portland State University with Robert Hladky, Edward Rainbow, Jeff Bradetich, Larry Zagonc.

'90: Bachelor of Science in Arts and Letters.
'94: Master of Science in Teaching.

Teaching Experience:
'79-'80: Ludwig/Zilgian sponsored college jazz clinics series with University of Oregon professors, Charles Dowd and Edward Kammerer;

'83-'86: Oregon Young Audience Association: "Jazz: the American Art Form" with Warner Bros. author/guitarist, Don Latarski;

'89-'93:
Tigard-Tualatin Public School District. Taught 5th through 12th grade string orchestra, general music, electronic keyboard;

'93-'94:
Undergraduate teaching assistant at Portland State University: teaching duties included theory/keyboard, assistant conductor of band and
orchestra;

'93-present: instructor of string bass and electric bass at
Clackamas Community College, Lewis and Clark College, Mt. Hood Community College, Reed College and Willamette University. Currently active as an artist/clinician/adjudicator throughout the northwest.

Jazz/Classical performance:
'77-'00: Music Festivals include appearances at the Oregon BachFestival; Eugene Celebration; Sokol Blosser, Hinman, Rex Hill, and Adelsheim Winery jazz festivals; the Bite; Cathedral Park Jazz Festival; Blue Lake Festival; Jazz on the Water series; the Mt. Hood Jazz Festival; Berkley Jazz Festival; Bumbershoot Festival in Seattle, Washington; Du Marier Jazz Festival in Edmonton, Alberta; Parnu Jazz Festival in Parnu, Estonia; Tivoli Gardens Jazz in Stockholm, Sweden; solo and duo performances at the NAMM show in Los Angeles, California for Conklin custom guitars and basses.

'77-'00: Orchestral work includes section bass with the Eugene Symphony, Oregon Ballet Theater, St. Joseph's Chamber Orchestra, Portland Opera Company, Festival Chorale Oregon, Oregon Festival of American Music, Portland Chamber Orchestra, Oregon Symphony, principal bass with Salem Chamber Orchestra and Portland's Sinfonia Concertante. Touring Broadway shows include "Evita," "Grease," "Big," "The Sound of Music,"
"Victor/Victoria," and "My Fair Lady."

Jazz and pop concerts with national recording artists: Mose Allison, Art Blakey (Bluenote), Blue Sky (Bannerworks), Mel Brown, Dave Brubeck, Brenda Dickey (Warner Bros.), Herb Ellis, Richie Cole, Sheena Easton, Dave Frishberg, Robert Goulet, Tom Grant, Marvin Hamlisch, Michael Harrison (Sheffield Labs), Jeff Kashiwa (of The Rippingtons), Nancy
King, Andre Kitaev, Alan Paul (of Manhattan Transfer), Moody Blues (World Orchestra), Joe Piscopo, Kenny Rankin, Diane Schurr (GRP), Bud Shank, Dan Siegal (Columbia), Janis Siegal (of Manhattan Transfer), Richard Smith (Heads Up), John Stowell, Sally Struthers, Toni Tenille, Leroy Vinnegar, Mason Williams.

Album/CD credits:
Luis Artega - "Collage" (Inner City); Stan Bock - "Of Fathers and Sons;"

Cheryl Fisher - "Too Late to Hurry" (Royalty Records);

Don Latarski - "Lifeline" (Pausa);

Don Latarski - "Sittin' In" music minus one series (Studio PR - Jamey Abersold);

Dana Lutes - "East of the Sun . . . West of the Moon" (Lutesongs);

Terry McGraw - "Rearranged" (DB records);

Rikki Wright - "Rikki Wright" (TVR records);

John Gilmore - "For My Father and Frank" (Fellini Records).

Other recordings include extensive commercial studio/demo work for clients including Nike and Fred Meyer.

Compositions:
Orchestra: Arrangement of Sonatina for Piano by Dimitri Kabalevsky for string orchestra; string orchestra arrangement of Beau Soir by Claude Debussy.

Small group: Original work for brass choir, Connestoga.; works for four-handed piano, solo string bass, sketches for small combinations of winds and brass; jazz arrangement of Danny Boy and original composition, Ice Sculptures, for Conklin 7-string electric bass; original composition "Helen Ann" recorded on Los Angeles Guitarist, Richard Smith's CD's "Puma Creek" (CMG) and "Inglewood" (Blue Moon" [Japan release]. Received "heavy rotation" in Japanese markets and in San Francisco, Dallas and Boston; incidental music for Arthur Miller's The Crucible directed by Oregon Shakespeare Theater's Pat Patton. (Feb '94)

Memberships:
International Society of Bassists, American Federation of Musicians, American String Teachers Association, Music Educators National Conference, Oregon Jazz Society, Austin-Healey Club of Oregon, Austin-Healey Club of
America.

Endorsements:
Artist/clinician/consultant for Conklin custom electric basses and La Bella strings.