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Nick Milos

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Author: stephen
Posted: January 25, 2025

Nick is an accomplished and seasoned musician who specializes in performing ballads that transport the listening audience on a musical journey through the Great American Songbook – songs that paint musical portraits of our common human experiences of love, joy, suffering, and hope. He has been performing since the 1970s.

He is an engaging entertainer who strives to provide beautiful, relaxing, and inspiring experiences that leave listeners invigorated and refreshed.

His music and professionalism will add a touch of elegance and class to your venue or special event.

Piano, Vocals, Drums

www.nickmilos.com

nickmilos@icloud.com

360.516.7423

Michael Owcharuk

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Author: stephen
Posted: March 25, 2024

Michael Owcharuk is a composer and pianist working in jazz, classical, Ukrainian folk/trad, rock, pop, and music for dance and theatre. He leads The Owcharuk Ensemble, performing his own compositions and jazz standards.

Emi Oguri

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Author: stephen
Posted: February 27, 2024

Studied at the renowned Yamaha Music School in Tokyo from age 4 to 18, focusing on theory, piano, composition, ensemble, jazz, and multiple instruments. Holds a B.A. in psychology and a Post-Baccalaureate in music therapy, specializing in piano and healing arts. Certified in Musikgarten and Kindermusik, with an emphasis on eurhythmics. Currently serving as a company and school pianist at Pacific Northwest Ballet in Seattle. Performs at weddings and events with a diverse repertoire, including originals, classical, jazz, and duo options.

www.seattlesolopiano.com

Ramundo Andrews

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Author: stephen
Posted: February 1, 2024

I’m a Musician for 20+ years & Karaoke/DJ for over 10+ years. Producer, composer, arranger, and audio engineer. Playing in original and cover bands in various genres such as R&B, Soul, Neo-Soul, Hip-Hop, & Reggae. Instruments played are: guitar, bass guitar, piano/keys, and drums/percussion. I’m looking to participate in any performance acts who’s willing to give me the opportunity. Thank you for your time and look forward to working with all musicians or events.

Charles DeMonnin

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Author: stephen
Posted: October 25, 2023

Chuck is a brass specialist, performing on trumpet, trombone, euphonium and tuba all around the Seattle area. Chuck also plays keys and organ as the music director at Live Life Church in Renton. Chuck performs all types of music with all types of ensembles ranging from classical, funk, even specializing in traditional New Orleans brass bands. When not playing music, Chuck teaches music to all ages and all subjects, from Orff-inspired elementary classes to private improvisation lessons.

Chuck has earned several awards in chamber groups, winning the NWRTEC chamber music competition in 2015 and 2017, and placing 3rd internationally with his chamber group at ITEC in 2016. Chuck earned his music education degree from University of Oregon, and his Masters in Curriculum and instruction from Eastern Washington University.

Briana Bui

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Author: stephen
Posted: April 7, 2022

Briana Bui is a freelance pianist and vocalist based between Seattle and New York. A native Californian, she studied classical piano under Dr. Naira Shahsouvarian at Fresno State for nearly a decade and choral arts under Dr. Tonya Florer. In addition, she studied opera under Sherah Moore Burdick at Fresno Pacific University. After graduating from the University of California, Santa Barbara, she relocated to the Seattle area where she expanded on her artistic repertoire by collaborating with local artists and the Densho. Highly involved in the Vietnamese community in Seattle, Briana believes that the best way to learn a language is through music and can sing in Vietnamese, Spanish, and Italian. As a multi-faceted musician, dancer, and actor, Briana plans to pursue her master’s in fine arts in order to further hone her craft.

Judith Hanna

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Author: nateomdal
Posted: May 28, 2021

Judith Hanna is an accomplished pianist, orchestral bassist and educator. Ms. Hanna is a native of New York and received her Bachelor of Music degree in both performance and education from Ithaca College, School of Music. She completed her degree in the spring of 1981 at which time she relocated to the Chicago area where she continued her studies with members of the Chicago Symphony.

Since that time she has performed extensively throughout the midwest with such organizations as The Chautauqua Ensemble, Rosewood Trio, Lake Forest Symphony, Illinois Chamber Symphony, South Bend Symphony, Springfield Symphony, Elgin Symphony and Fort Wayne Philharmonic and is currently a substitute with the Milwaukee Symphony. Through a recent Civic Orchestra fellowship Judith has just completed her masters of music degree at Northwestern University.

Ms. Hanna, principal bassist with the Civic Orchestra from 1994-96, has had the pleasure of working with such distinguished conductors as Daniel Barenboim, George Solti, Zubin Mehta, Pierre Boulez and Neemi Yarvi and has recently performed as an extra with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. She also performs for the International Music Foundation (supplies programs for the Chicago Public Schools), is on the faculty of the Merit Music Program, teaching Orchestral Bass and Music Theory, the Sherwood Conservatory and has a private studio in Oak Park. She has taught at Concordia College, Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp, Birch Creek Music Farm and Lagrange School District as a string specialist and was the conductor of the West Suburban Youth Orchestra for seven seasons.

Her teachers include Warren Benfield, Joseph Guastefeste, Jeff Bradetich and Mike Hovnanian. Ms. Hanna was on the faculty of the Double Bass at Illinois Wesleyan University from 1995-2013 and is currently on the faculty at Concordia University 1995-2019.

Brian Monroney

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Author: nateomdal
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Olivia D. Hamilton

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Author: Olivia Hamilton
Posted: January 8, 2020

As a performer, I enjoy singing and playing a variety of styles. As a bassist, I have performed everything from orchestral music to circus/cabaret to dive bar rock and as a vocalist, I have trained in the operatic, jazz, and musical theatre genres. But I love singing funk any day of the week! I was raised on a diverse musical diet, frequently consuming Beethoven, Rush, Miles Davis, Janis Joplin, Queen, Schostakovitch, and Leonard Cohen in the same day. Because of this, I have always been happiest when I can look at a gig holistically, letting my musical experiences inform each other across genre lines. Striving for holistic and consummate musicianship happily also impacts me as an actor and as a teacher.

Music has a tendency to permeate everything in my life, but when I am not performing, teaching, composing, arranging, or practicing, I enjoy living into my viking domesticity and can frequently be found cooking, sewing, spinning yarn, SCUBA diving, or studying and practicing herbalism. Also, I am very happy to be household staff to the most exquisite of Fur Beasts (see pictures here).

I have been teaching a variety of instruments privately for over twelve years and have enjoyed giving both individual lessons and coaching sectionals as well as being part of masterclasses and workshops for bands and small ensembles. In addition to providing coaching for Bass and Voice, I also tutor in music theory and consult on songwriting and composition/orchestration.

My teaching philosophy for both bass and voice is that every student is an individual and their instruments are as unique as they are. I work with my students to reach whatever goals we may have set together, whether that is polishing their skills in a specific genre, or focusing on sustainable technique and navigating changes in voice or a growing body. I have had the privilege of working with students of all ages, skill levels, and identities.

If you are interested in more details about my private studio or would like to book me, feel free to send me a message!

Nate Omdal

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Author: nateomdal
Posted: June 5, 2018

Bassist, Composer, Producer, Nate Omdal has establishing himself as one of the Northwest’s most dependable producers and his work can be heard all over the city of Seattle. Nate has provided arrangements or worked as musical director for The Seattle International Film Festival, million dollar fundraisers, (Celebrate Swedish 2014) prestigious winery events, (Chateau St. Michelle Riesling Roundup) as well as the Seattle Art Museum and Bumbershoot. In 2010, Omdal began a partnership with MC/Producer Spekulation. Their work has received critical praise, their music being described as reaching “highbrow requirements, leveraging elegance and elevation on the boards.” (Dave Segal, The Stranger). In the beginning of 2016, Nate began an apprenticeship with Hollywood Composer Ron Jones (Family Guy, Star Trek: The Next Generation) as Nate continues to earn a reputation as a leading composer/arranger in the Seattle music community.

Omdal has been honored to have worked with such artists as LeRoy Bell, (X-Factor) Stephanie Ann Johnson (The Voice) NPR’s RadioLab, Tiler Peck (Principal Ballerina, New York City Ballet) Matthew Rushing, (Rehearsal Director, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre) Animation Dancer Marquese “Nonstop” Scott, GRAMMY Award Winning Artists Josh Rawlings and Jeremy Jones, Latin Grammy Nominee Jovino Santos-Neto. Nate has had the honors to be featured with jazz legends Bob Hammer (Charles Mingus, Gene Krupa), and the great Tenor Saxophonist Pete Christlieb (The Tonight Show)

For several years, Omdal has been an active advocate for musicians rights. In 2014, he worked as a consultant with the Seattle Mayor’s Office, Dept. of Transportation and the Office of Film and Music to create a pilot program to introduce musicians’ loading zones in Seattle’s busiest nightlife districts. Nate was also asked to speak at The Recording Academy Pacific Northwest Chapter’s 2nd Annual Songwriters Summit as a expert on musicians’ advocacy. In January of 2016, Nate was honored to testify before the Washington State House of Representatives as an advocate for musicians.

Omdal has earned a Bachelor of Music from Cornish College of the Arts. He has been financially supported by Jack Straw, 4Culture, and the Seattle Office of Arts and Cultural Affairs. Currently Nate is serving on the Directors’ Board of the American Federation of Musicians, Local 76-493 and works as a contractor for SkyMuse Studios.