BIO

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Bob Barrett is a Southern California based composer, orchestrator and conductor with over thirty years experience working with local artists on live performance and recording projects as well as misc. film and TV projects. He was also an instructor at the famed Grove School of Music in Los Angeles and led the orchestra at Saddleback Church for twenty years.

Most recent projects include string arrangements for Latin jazz virtuoso Arturo Sandoval's 2024 album My Foolish Heart, and orchestral arrangements for an upcoming Eric Benét project. Also, 2024 saw the release of the album  Shall We Dance by veteran jazz vocalist Elena Gilliam.

Bob has provided musical services for Arturo Sandoval, Crystal Lewis, Eric Benét, Elena Gilliam, The National Brass Ensemble, Chicago Symphony, Long Beach Symphony, Matthew Morrison of Glee, Grammy nominated Broadway star Aaron Lazar, Diana Ross, Pat Benatar,  David Pack (Ambrosia), Colton Dixon (American Idol Season 11 finalist), Joe Cocker, Bill Medley (The Righteous Brothers), jazz musicians Stan Getz and Victor Feldman, Chita Rivera, Tony Tennille, Maureen McGovern, Smokey Robinson, The Temptations, TV host Steve Allen, and The Air Force Tops In Blue including work with comedian Bob Hope.

Recent performances by the Chicago Symphony Brass, the National Brass Ensemble, and the Real Filharmonía de Galicia of Santiago, Spain have featured compositions by Arturo Sandoval arranged and orchestrated by Bob.

Bob’s education includes:

•Composing and Arranging Program, Grove    School of Music, Studio City, CA

•Film Scoring Program, Grove School of Music, Studio City, CA

•Private composition studies with Jerry Grant (Mike Post Prod.)

•Private studies with Terry Trotter (Everybody Loves Raymond)

•Composition/orchestration studies with  Richard Markowitz (composer of the Wild
Wild West theme)

•Composition/orchestration studies with noted  orchestrator/conductor Albert Harris

•Conducting with Jeff Schindler (JAG, Hollywood Homicide)