"Bryan Kidd's compositions and arrangements have three key ingredients that make them exceptional: they feel great to play and to hear; they never fail to teach or reinforce a concept; and most of all, and perhaps most importantly, they contain tuneful melodies, countermelodies, and background figures that satisfy but also surprise. Simply put: Bryan Kidd knows what he's doing!"
- Robert Larson
Director of Jazz Studies; Associate Professor, Jazz Piano
Shenandoah University
- Robert Larson
Director of Jazz Studies; Associate Professor, Jazz Piano
Shenandoah University
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ABOUT BRYAN KIDD
With 26 years of service, Bryan retired as the Chief Composer / Arranger for The United States Navy Band Washington, D.C. His writing, conducting and teaching experience range from elementary through collegiate and professional levels. Currently, he is the Composer / Arranger-in-Residence for The American Festival Pops Orchestra, a professional ensemble founded by Conductor Emeritus Anthony Maiello, and affiliated with George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia. BRYAN'S MUSIC While primarily known as a big band writer, Bryan's work with the Navy Band afforded him the opportunity to write for ensembles large and small — winds, strings and choral — in a wide variety of styles. Steeped in the traditions of "The Great American Songbook," his writing is characterized by tuneful melodies derived from a strong harmonic vocabulary and supported with solid orchestration. An admirer of Sammy Nestico, Bryan endeavors to follow Sammy's example of writing musically for both the developing and professional musician. BRYANKIDDMUSIC.COM Many of the pieces Bryan wrote for noted publishers — Alfred Music, Curnow Music Publications, FJH Music Co. and William Allen Music — have "returned home," residing now at BryanKiddMusic.com and distributed through J.W. Pepper's MyScore. His specialty arrangements are available through Hal Leonard's Sheet Music Direct. In addition to having an outlet for more recent works, it's Bryan's goal to share his music with yet another generation of music educators, and community and professional ensembles. |
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