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Randy Lee leads the ensemble, a group twice chosen to play at the MN Music Educators Convention, selected to perform at the American School Band Directors‘ Association’s 50th Anniversary Convention, and which has recorded two studio CDs of original compositions and arrangements (thanks to grants from the Arrowhead Regional Arts Council and the MN State Legislature). In the area of jazz he is a busy free-lance musician for various gigs, dances, and receptions involving everything from Dixieland, to Latin music, to big bands, and including performances with the Guy Lombardo Orchestra (Al Pierson and the Royal Canadians), the Russ Morgan Orchestra, the Harry James Band, and the Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra. Randy performed in a sax ensemble for the World Saxophone Congress, judged the Iowa High School Jazz Championships, was sax section coach for the MN All-State Band, has been a featured jazz soloist with the UMD Jazz Bands, and has worked with all three Duluth-Superior area college jazz bands. Mr. Lee’s professional bands and other associations have found him accompanying the Mills Brothers, Wayne Newton, Steve Lippia, the Drifters, Bobby Vinton, Johnny Mathis and Marvin Hamlisch and such jazz notables as Bobby Shew, Rufus Reid, Lee Konitz, Bob Brookmeyer, Paul McKee, Tom Matta, Randy Brecker, Bob Baca, and Rick DellaRatta. Mr. Lee has presented saxophone and jazz clinic sessions at national ASBDA Conventions and has performed with demonstration and jazz literature groups at MN Music Educators Conventions. Randy is also active as a saxophone clinician. Other performances include the Lake Superior Chamber Orchestra, the Duluth-Superior Symphony Orchestra, the Lake Superior Saxophone Quartet, Twin Ports Wind Ensemble, and the Itasca Symphony Orchestra. Randy earned his Bachelor of Music degree in Music Education with a minor in Jazz Studies from the U of MN-Duluth (UMD) and his Master of Science degree in Education-Instruction (MSE-I) from the Univ. of Wisconsin-Superior. Randy has served as adjunct staff at UMD and has directed Regional High School Honor Jazz Bands and other regional Wisconsin and Minnesota jazz events. |
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