Gary Edwards

Gary A. Edwards free-lance video commercial work updated 01/08/21

Project                                      Job(s)                                       Employer

Across Bank Street                     Actor, composer, crew                  Nancy Hanks Productions

Sit-down Comedy Series (102)     Writer, Narrator, Director  EdwardsMusicSite.com Visualization for success ( 6 )          Writer, Narrator, Director  EdwardsMusicSite.com

Songwriting Class 8 episodes       Writer, Narrator, Director  EdwardsMusicSite.com

Mistaken Move                          Composer for movie music.           Jimmy Cullors

Monstadium video game Composer for video game Spirit Lord Studios

GoldFish Project Anim. Film      Music Transcriber, Arranger.         SayRoar Studios

Qualchan Excerpts Video           Composer, videographer                Eastern Washington University

Qualchan Lecture Video Lecturer                         Kootenai County Dems.

Mildred Bailey film treatment      Music Transcription, Writer          Edwards Music Site dot com films

Echo of The Tom Toms   Series    Prod., Director, composer, video    CMTV (21 episodes)

Reinaldo Gil Zambrano video      Prod., Director, videographer         CMTV

Goodwill Commercial                 Actor                                         Goodwill Stores.

Jacob Johns Art Music video       Video, Produc. Editor                   CMTV

Soulmates Music Video               Composer/Prod/Dir/Editor Edwards Record Co.

I Am A Spirit video                    Composer, Videographer               EdwardsMusicSite.com, CMTV

Polyana perf. by Val Wold          Composer, Videographer               EdwardsMusicSite.com, CMTV

Karaoke Nights movie trailer        Writer, Composer, Videog.            EdwardsMusicSite.com, CMTV

Windfall Pass Music Video         Producer, Editor, video                 Karen Lakes, Ellwood Grove

Christmas on The Concourse       Musical composer/playwright        Ignite Theater, CMTV.

You’ll Be Sorry (Desert Rose)      Composer, Video. singer               EdwardsMusicSite.com, CMTV

Strings/harmonica Festival          Artist in Residence, Videograph.    Carson City Symphony

PTSD Book Trailer                    Writer, Videog. Composer, Prod.   Anna Goodwin

A Year In The Life of Unity         Prod./Video/Composer/Editor        Unity Spiritual Center of North Id.

Christmas at The Ignite video     Producer, arranger, Music Dir.       CMTV

A Christmas Pudding                Music Director, guitar                  Ignite Theater

Woodstalk Sonic Blooms Video   Producer – Editor            Huck Spencer

Franklin Park commercial           Principal – Doctor                        Ruben Leija

Faerie Kisses – children’s video    Videographer, Director.                Ginny Taft

Anne Nesse For Congress Video  Director, Producer, composer, VO. Anne Nesse

How to Date Beautiful Women    Producer, Composer, Translator, Ed.           Stogie Productions, LLC.

All That Jazz Music Video          Producer, Videographer, Editor      Bruce Pennell

PITCHING HOPE movie                        Composer credit                          Tony Mendoza

Dreamtrips Promo Video            Videographer, Editor, Composer    Tom Fridley (John Travolta’s nephew)

First Stone Ministries Promo       Videographer, Editor, Composer    Becky Lee

The Shining Cuckoo                   Actor, recording engineer Rich Flores

The First Stone              Videographer, editor                    Becky Lee O.

Prodigy: Documentary                Director, videographer, composer   self.

Work for CMTV Channel 14 Spokane, Washington from May 1, 2008 to the present.

Our Daily Bread Concert            Val Wold prodigy            Videographer, editor, composer

Artist’s Showcase videos with Gary’s music and/or editing have been broadcast repeatedly each month since May, 2009 on Channel 14.

Artist               Composer                      Editor

Oss LaBang      Schaffer                        Gary A. Edwards

Doyle               Edwards, Gary             Jeff Antilla

Edwards, Don    Edwards, Gary             Gary A. Edwards

Glass, James G. Edwards Gary               Jeff Antilla

Moore, John D. Edwards, Gary             Jeff Antilla

Ormoechea        Ramirez                        Gary A. Edwards

Cook                Thoreson                       Gary A. Edwards, Producer

Peterson;  Dahl  Lundin; Edwards          Gary A. Edwards.

Fittro, Robert    Edwards- Martin John   Gary A. Edwards

Notar , Michael  Crain, Brian                  Gary A. Edwards

Music Videos

Christmas on The Concourse – Ignite Theater’s 12/20/2015 production of Edwards’ musical.

Classical Delights – 7 groups perform Gary Edwards’ classical music.

The Friendly Enemy Video – SCC live performance of April 2008 Premiere of Edwards’ musical.

The Calypso Hour.  Gary directed, shot, did sound and lights, color-corrected and edited for broadcast this 60 minute showcase of local original singer-songwriters.

Partners For Empowered Youth  – video documentary  – Gary wrote the music.

St. Patrick’s Day Parade Spokane 2008  – documentary – Gary wrote Irish music.

Spokane Farmer’s Market 2008  – Documentary – Gary wrote country style music.

Kids Do Better Unleaded – video documentary – Gary’s music is credited.

The Friendly Enemy (2.5 hrs.) a Musical. Gary wrote the music and book for this video which has been broadcast repeatedly since May 1, 2009.

The Fort Sherman Symphonette Concert (1.25 Hrs.) featuring his piece The Fort Sherman Suite. Gary wrote the original classical music and edited this  video.

Camera Operator – The Spokane Civic Forum– a monthly series where Gary has shot speeches by Bill Gate’s Father, William Gates Sr. and the Mayor of Spokane, among other luminaries, since 2009.

Gary assisted with green screen shoots for PSAs and audition shots for actors.

Translator –

Ecuadorean Project  – Gary edited a Spanish language interview, added English translations to subtitles and provided Spanish flavored background Ecuadorean Music for this 2 part 2:15 long broadcast.

Cantare, Cantaras – Gary translated the lyrics and created English subtitles for this music video.

PSAs – Gary edited these short green-screen, multi-clip Public Service Announcements and inserted his music A Lullaby for Kendall on the soundtracks.

Spokane Mental Health – Evergreen Club

Spokane Mental Health – Homeless Outreach

Hearing Loss Resource Association

Acting – most recent experience

Love Is Dead movie                    Old Curmudgeon

Coasting movie                          Dr. Richards                               Jacob Moe, Director

At Middleton movie                    Extra, music professor                  CineSon Entertainment

Silverwood Theme Park  Train Robber, music composer       Silverwood, Ain’t It Good Prod.

Two Rivers Casino Commercial   Extra                                         Hamilton Studio

Senator Willis                            Mystery Dinner Theater                03/2011

Sal Spumoni                              Burgertown,                               Liberty Lake Community Theater

Musician – most recent experience

ELF musical                              Bass player sub                                       Spokane Civic Theatre

A Tribute to Mildred Bailey        Transcribe music, producer, conductor         CDA Casino

Silverwood Theme Park  Singer, guitar, player, orig. song                 Silverwood Theme Park

The Desert Rose Band 12 yrs.      Singer, bass player, original songs. Karl Lange, drummer

Gary A. Edwards (ASCAP)

Edwards Music Publishing .Com

4580 E. Weatherby Ave.

Post Falls ID 83854

(208) 699-0848

gedward@roadrunner.com email

www.EdwardsMusicSite.com Website

Gary A. Edwards  (208) 699-0848

Partial Music Playlist

Wataino Concert – Professor Steven Friel has agreed to do a concert of music from the Wataino CD, co-written with Orlando Sanchez, in the spring of 2021 at the Eastern Washington University School of Music. Previously scheduled concerts in the spring of 2020 and 2021 were cancelled due to the Pandemic.

Qualchan Opera– Eastern Washington University School of Music students performed a concert featuring five of 27 songs from Edwards’ Qualchan Opera on April 5^th, 2019 at EWU in Cheney, Washington. Gary composed all the music inspired by a painting called The Hanging of Qualchan and the lyrics were inspired and adapted from the book Kamiakin: The Last Hero of The Yakamas by AJ Splawn who died in 1927. A video of five songs from Qualchan is being broadcast repeatedly on CMTV Channel 14 Comcast Cable in Spokane County starting in June 2019.

Mildred Bailey Tribute – Gary transcribed, conducted and performed as bandleader Paul Whiteman in a 15 song Tribute to Mildred Bailey at the Coeur d’Alene Tribe’s Resort & Casino starting November 1^st and November 15^th, 2018, featuring Coeur d’Alene Tribal member Cecilia Curtissinging the role of Mildred Bailey. The show was a big success. It was also repeated at the Casino on 10/14/19 and 11/16/19. It was successfully presented in concert on 7/8/2021 at Riverstone Park.

Stealing Mona Lisa – This is a musical based on an Italian who steals the painting of Mona Lisa from The Louvre, then falls in love with the girl in the painting who starts talking to him. book by Claude Solnik, music by Gary A. Edwards. This musical is currently in rewrites awaiting workshops and previews in New York City.

Echo of the Tom Toms – Gary A. Edwards edited this journal written by Frances LeBret, a member of the Colville and Spokane Tribes in 1940 and the videotaped LeBret’s grandson, Joe Lyons reading each chapter creating 21 episodes which were broadcast repeatedly by CMTV Channel 14 in Spokane Washington on Comcast Cable.

A Stitch in Time – This is a musical based on The Emperor Has No Clothes, a contemporary political satire, book by Claude Solnik, music by Gary A. Edwards. It had a public workshop on May 4, 2018 and a public preview on November 10^th, 2018, November 10^th, 2019 and Feb. 19^th, 2020 in New York City.

Long Island Lolita – This is a musical drama, book by Claude Solnik, music by Gary A. Edwards. It has had three preview readings as of August 24, 2017 in a New York City theater.

Qualchan Opera – A two hour tragic opera about the brutal conquest of the Indians in the Pacific Northwest and their bravest hero Qualchan who came in September 1858 to Col. Wright under a white flag of truce to negotiate an exchange for his father Owhi who was being held hostage. Within 15 minutes Qualchan was hung.

Christmas on The Concourse – This is a musical comedy about people being trapped in a blizzard at an airport who use music and comedy to survive. The show premiered December 11, 2015 and ran for two weekends at the Ignite Theater in Spokane Valley, Washington. Gary wrote the original book, music and lyrics and Kim Roberts directed the show.

Qual Chan, Covered Wagons, Danger and Skiing for String Ensemble and Harmonica –It premiered 5/9/2015 at The Carson City Symphony Youth Orchestra strings and harmonica festival, Carson City NV, Sue Jesch, Director and Tom Stryker harmonica soloist. Also on the May 9^th, 2015 program by the adult jazz quartet was Gary’s song Happy Samba.

Rumble in The Jungle – unaccompanied tuba solo performed by Kenyon Wilson U of Tennessee tuba professor.

Basses Rule – This piece for junior and senior high school string orchestra premiered on March 19, 2014 by the Carson City NV High School Orchestra and is distributed by Imagine Music Publishers.

The Stockholm Waltz – Awarded honorable mention Fiddler Magazine’s 2013 Tune-writing Contest.

Reflections – Strazz String orchestra premiered the string orchestra arrangement in Carson City NV on 3/26/2013. The Coeur d’Alene High School String Ensemble (Idaho) premiered a new version on 5/22/2013.

Lily’s Sonata for viola – premiered by Nick Rosen in concert in Carson City NV on 3/26/2013.

Windows – Strazz String orchestra premiered the string orchestra arrangement in Carson City NV on 4/3/2012.

Strazz Pizzazz – premiered 8/7/2011 in the Carson City, Nevada City Park by Strazz Ensemble conducted by Sue Jesch and recorded on 12/10/2011. They also performed and recorded Mariachi Diamantes de Las Montanas.

String Bass Concerto #1 – 1st movement performed by bassist Kaylee Wood and the Coeur d’Alene High School string ensemble in concert on May 25, 2011.

A Lullaby For Kendall – 02:18 for string orchestra and piano premiered 5/19/09 by the Coeur d’Alene High School String Ensemble, Jim Phillips conductor.  This piece is published by Imagine Music Publishers.

The Fort Sherman Suite; a day in the life of a soldier in 1885 – 08:23 Classical premiered on May 16th, 2007 by the Fort Sherman Symphonetteand repeated in concert on May 23, 2008.

The Friendly Enemy – 1.5 hrs. Musical, drama; about war, survival and love, directed by Hershell Norwood, premiered on stage April 14 through 20th,  2008 at the Spokane Community College and on CMTV Channel 14 in Spokane on June 2nd, 2008.

Gypsy Tango for String Trio – 08:52 Classical, premiered at North Idaho Art on The Green festival by the Mica Bay String Trio on August 4, 2002 and was recorded and performed in St. Petersburg, Russia by the Nevsky String Trio. Performed for Composers Voice by the MaD Circle dance company at the Jan Hus Church in New York City on July 13, 2014 choreographed by Callie Hatchett. Val Wold video performance 5/21/09 and broadcast on CMTV repeatedly.

Prayer for Peace – 06:52 Classical; Gary Edwards conducted The Coeur d’Alene Symphony Orchestra premier 12/2/6 and 12/3/2006 at North Idaho College in Coeur d’Alene.

Meditations on Desiderata –  07:22 for unaccompanied cello premiered 6/10/07 performed by cellist Anne Nesse and narrated by Gary A. Edwards.

Fanfare and Fantasy – 07:04 Classical, premiered by the Coeur d’Alene Youth Symphony May 2007

Peace Be With You – 03:19 Rock gospel for SATB choir and piano, was performed by the Northwest Sacred Music Choral in their spring 2007 concert and other church choirs.  Published by Imagine Publishing.

The Spirit of the Vikings March – 03:40 March, premiered by the Coeur d’Alene high School Wind Ensemble on May 18th, 2006.

The Coeur d’Alene Suite – 34:00 classical, a piece for string orchestra, was recorded in April 2005 and performed by the Coeur d’Alene High School String Ensemble on May 19, 2005.

The Cowboys  – Classical piece (excerpt from The Coeur d’Alene Suite) performed in concerts by the North Idaho College Band in May, 2000 and the Ensamble Rosario in Rosario, Argentina in August, 2001.

The Cooker Waltz – Light classical style for Middle and High school band premièred by the Lewiston High School Band in 1990.

Happy Mother’s Day – SATB choral performed by various church choirs.

Waltz and Variations in E Minor – published by JanPress for the accordion

Bad Love – Rock Christian music has received airplay in Washington and Idaho.

The Queen of Baton Rouge – has received airplay in Idaho and recorded by Dusty Klink.

Jesus – Rock Christian music has received airplay in Estonia.

Peace Be With You – Rock Christian version has received airplay in Estonia

Peace Be With You – 03:19 SATB choral performed by various church choirs. Publisher is Imagine Publishing.

Night of a Miracle –  45 minutes. Christmas Cantata (unperformed)

The Bureau-rats –   1.5 hour. musical comedy (unperformed); screenplay version also available.

The Price of Unity – 1.5 hour.  Music only for a Civil War era musical.

Raindrops – 10:27 for symphony orchestra.  Describes the life cycle of a raindrop musically.

Piano Concerto # 1 – 35 minutes, 3 movements, played by Val Wold, 12 year old child prodigy.

CDs including:

Amor, Life and Chupacabra Songs – Eight bilingual songs (Spanish/English) from romance to comedy.

Gary’s Classical – Classical pieces performed live by various groups.

Gary’s Classical Vol II – Classical pieces performed by various groups.

Gary’s Classical Vol III – Classical pieces performed by various groups.            

The Coeur d’Alene Suite (classical string orchestra) performed by the CHS String Ensemble.

Cast Out The Demons (R&B style contemporary gospel) featuring Wendell Noble who sings with The Platters

Sing -along With Ellie – eight original children’s songs sung by 10 year old Ellie Holm.

Gary’s Country – Country music performed by various artists.

Qualchan – A classical music CD featuring Tom Stryker on harmonica about the Yakama Nation hero.

Reflections – light jazz instrumental music featuring Tom Stryker on harmonica with guest artist Dewey Dorough, 4 times Grammy award winner, on sax.

TroubleClef – Rock CD featuring the Dave Holodnak band who opened for the L.A. Olympics in the 1980s.

The Windows To Your Soul – Female rock, pop, MOR CD featuring Timari.

How To Date Beautiful Women  – Music CD movie soundtrack with  a wide variety of genres.

Unity Consciousness – Hopi language voice and drumming by Jacob Johns. CD Produced by Gary A. Edwards

Wataino CD – Latin Jazz rock Celtic Native fusion world music mostly instrumental, co-written with Orlando Sanchez.

Videos

Soulmates – Music video and three single songs including Soulmates, Changes, Reflections Angela Tuttle singer