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Jennifer Lind Ivester is one of the most sought-after vocal recording artists in the Pacific Northwest. An extremely versatile vocalist, she has performed on a virtual “Who’s Who” of jingles, film scores and radio station I.D. packages for music production companies across the U.S. and Canada. Her voice is featured prominently on Spectrasonic's ground-breaking vocal sampler CD "Symphony of Voices" which is frequently used on major motion picture film scores since its debut on James Horner's score for "The Titanic." She is also featured on three radio stations in the Seattle area alone and on jingles for clients such as T-Mobile, Dole, Sleep Country USA, Macy's and Pierre Money Mart. You can hear her performances as guest artist as well as back-up vocalist on numerous recording projects (many of which she also co-produced), including Grammy Award winner Tingstad and Rumbel's "Songs from the Tree of Life" and the compilation CD "Christmas in the Northwest".

As a performer, Jennifer's experience includes tours in Japan, Hong Kong, Canada and Australia where she performed for Australia’s Prime Minister in Melbourne and in Sydney at the Sydney Opera House. She has toured extensively here in the U.S. in such venues as the Universal Amphitheatre and the Ambassador Theater , both in Los Angeles, as well as the South Street Seaport in New York City. Jennifer's band performs regularly in Seattle and was recently chosen to perform at Seattle's KING-5 "Wedding of Your Dreams".

Jennifer is a talented songwriter and arranger. Her songs are featured on recordings on the Sugo Jazz & Timepools labels and are broadcast internationally. Having completed 5 of her own Christmas CDs, she is currently working on several new projects including a collection of standards with her own quartet, THE JENNIFER LIND GROUP as well as a new solo project which will feature her original compositions.

Jennifer's recent enterprise, Part Predominant Recordings, is revolutionizing the world of choral music education by producing choral part study recordings-featuring professional singers- for All State honor choirs across the country including Washington State, Texas, New York, Wyoming, Nebraska and Utah. Part Predominant Recordings is constantly adding to its vast library of recordings which now includes 12 classical master works by composers such as Mozart, Bach, Vivaldi, Brahms, Handel and Faure and over 200 octavos and anthems.
(Available at music stores nationwide and on the internet.)

 

Mark Ivester is a consummate drummer, widely respected for his sensitive musicianship and sincere dedication to his craft. He is experienced in many different idioms from pop-rock to big band to jazz,
latin jazz and orchestral settings. Mark’s live performance credits are extensive, having worked with such jazz luminaries as John Patitucci, Larry Coryell, James Williams, Freddy Hubbard, Ethel Ennis, Mal Waldron, Diane Schuur, Richie Cole, Eliane Elias, Bud Shank, Howard Roberts, Jack Sheldon, Michael Brecker, Cannonball Adderly, Ken Peplowski, Charlie Byrd, Clare Fischer, Barney Kessel, Frank Foster, Carl Fontana, Bobby Shew, Pete Christlieb, Jiggs Whigham, Rob Mullins, Bob Mintzer, Randy Brecker, Eartha Kitt, Tierney Sutton, Ann Hampton-Calloway, Karyn Allison, Tal Farlow, Herb Ellis, Mundell Lowe, Buddy DeFranco, Terry Gibbs, Mose Allison, Joey DeFrancesco, Kenny Werner, Kim Richmond and Ron Eschete. Mark performs regularly with vocalist Greta Matassa, vibraphonist Susan Pascal, Afro-Cuban jazz group Sonando and Brazilian Keyboardist Jovino Santos Neto.

His versatility is demonstrated on a wide range of projects such as jingles, film scores and album projects including those of R&B artist Philip Bailey of Earth Wind and Fire, Grammy award winning new-age duo Tingstad and Rumbel, Jovino Santos Neto Quinteto and a recent CD/DVD release by Mimi Fox and Greta Matassa. Mark earned a Bachelor of Music degree at Eastern Washington University.

He also did graduate work in ethnomusicology at University of Hawaii in Honolulu which included field study of Gamelan in Java.

Mark is currently on the faculty of Cornish College of the Arts in Seattle, WA and Olympic College in Bremerton, WA.

 

 

Douglas Barnett is one of Seattle's finest and busiest musicians; A versatile freelance bassist who began playing in 1972. He is also quite accomplished on Guitar, Piano and is a versatile Vocalist. As a bassist Douglas Barnett has performed and recorded with national artists like Deniece Williams, Hank Crawford, Phillip Bailey, Jeff Kashiwa, Joyce Cooling and Glenn Yarbrough. Locally, you can often find him performing with acclaimed northwest artists Darren Motamedy and Michael Powers.

Bassist Douglas Barnett's stellar musicianship, versatility and professionalism have placed him in great demand for both recording sessions and live performances. Douglas lives in Gig Harbor, Washington with his wife and two daughters.