Pearson, Bruce

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Country: Elk River, Minnesota, United States

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Awards: Excellence in Education Award; Midwest Clinic International Band and Orchestra Conference Medal of Honor; Distinguished Service to Music Award; Edwin Franko Goldman Award

Website: https://brucepearsonmusic.com/

Dr. Pearson is well-known as a composer of many widely performed compositions for concert band and jazz ensemble. He has led clinics in all fifty of the United States and has been guest conductor and clinician, by invitation, of countries throughout the Pacific Rim, Asia, Europe, and the Canadian provinces. Dr. Pearson has taught at the elementary, junior high, high school, and college levels for over forty years. Twice nominated for the prestigious Excellence in Education Award, he was recognized as “most outstanding in the field of music” for the state of Minnesota. In December, 1998, Dr. Pearson, “in recognition of his outstanding contribution to music education,” was awarded the prestigious Midwest International Clinic Band and Orchestra Conference Medal of Honor. In 2001, he was awarded St. Cloud State University’s Distinguished Service To Music Award “in appreciation for lifelong contribution to music and music education”. In 2007, Dr. Pearson received St. Cloud State University’s “Distinguished Alumni Award.” That same year he was recognized as the first Patron for the Maryborough Conference in Queensland, Australia. The American School Band Directors Association conferred on Dr. Pearson the 2014 Edwin Franko Goldman Award “as a symbol of high esteem and respect, and as a measure of appreciation and gratitude for outstanding personal contributions to the school band movement.” Additionally, Dr. Pearson has been recognized as a University of Northern Colorado “2017 Honored Alumni”. Dr. Pearson has also served as the Interim Worship Pastor at Scottsdale Bible Church in Scottsdale, Arizona. Currently, Dr. Pearson is the Music Director of both the Alleluia Orchestra and the Twin Cities Praise Symphony, an interdenominational studio orchestra committed to playing Christian music, sharing Jesus Christ, encouraging believers, and ministering to people through music. Dr. Pearson continues to serve as a guest lecturer, clinician, and conductor in addition to his work as a composer, arranger, and author. He and his wife Dee have been married for over fifty years, have three children and nine grandchildren.

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Calypso Morning
Poco Loco
West Boulevard Rock - with Chuck Elledge

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Pearson, Bruce

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