NEW FOREST

Adrian Valosin has training in modern classical composition which makes him unique among jazz drummers. He has studied with composer and conductor Joel Thome, Joe Morello (Dave Brubeck Quartet), and South Indian classical musician Padma Srinivasan. Adrian was Artist-In-Residence at Carnegie-Mellon University from 1987-88 where he taught drum set and open improvisation. He has performed with Bern Nix, Bill Zola, Oliver Lake, Leroy Jenkins, Roy Campbell, Matt Mitchell, Sonny Simmons, Jack Six, Sid Simmons, Harry Leahy, Dill Jones, Toshi Makahari, and Herb Robertson.

Born in Gengenbach, in the Black Forest region of Germany, Bernhard Geiger has taken more than 50 years to arrive where he is today. Starting with piano and organ lessons from age ten, he switched to bass because he could not find a bass player. At present, piano players find him. Bernhard has studied with Arthur Münzer (piano and organ), Johannes Schädlich (Jazz) and Laura McCreery (Classical). Bernhard has played with: the Thilo Wagner Trio and Threebop (Germany), Swing Line (France), and the Eric Haltmeier Trio, Tom Hyland Trio, The Ponds Big Band, and the Westminster Community Orchestra.

Douglas Miller is a pianist and electronic keyboardist. Raised in a traditional Latin-American family, he was born in Aguirre, Puerto Rico and was trained in classical piano techniques and exposed to the sounds of nature from the age of six. He has studied with Elsa Rahlpach, Theran Mills, Dorothy Sandlin, Dr. Frederick Ming Chang, Dr. Louis Angelini, Charles Norman Schnell, Lillette Jenkins Wisner, and Laurie Altman. He currently is studying art with Tatiana Sougakova. Douglas is a strong proponent of the “free-art model.” He composes sound designs and music arrangements for numerous independent film and video projects.