Ken
Foster received his Bachelor of Music and post graduate education from
the University of Utah, BYU and the Sound Column Companies in Jazz
Theory
and Composition, Jazz & Classical Piano Performance, Piano Pedagogy
and Recording Production. (& from years of experimenting,
improvising,
practicing, & performing).
He has also studied with some of the most brilliant performing and
creative
musicians of our time including Ted Johnson,
Low Farr (Julliard), Eileen Sherrin, Shelly Hide, Dr. Jay Welch, Henry
Wolking (National Jazz Association), Dr. Romero Cortez (two time ASCAP
composer winner), Dr. Paul Pollei (founder of Gina Baucheur
Competition),
Bruce Reich and others.
He has written extensively for TV, Film, Theater, and Video, Producing
music for PBS, education videos, documentaries, commercials
(receiving
Gold & Silver Advertising Awards of Excellence), infomercials,
theater,
and film. Including : Tails of the Rails, Trail of Dreams, Legacy West,
Great Silver Mine Adventure (in Park City), Probing the Genetic
Universe
with Leonard Nemoy, Lean & Free 2000, Blue Cross and Blue Shield,
Out
of Step (Feature Films Production), First Security Banks, KSL-Prime
Time
Access, Small Business Administration, Nuskin International, numerous
Church
videos and films, and many other commercials and productions. He has
helped
produce many private label CD's as well as his own, which are now available
through Foster Music Publications.
Ken has taught privately for over 35
years
using some of the most current teaching and computer technologies
available.
His courses have been thoroughly tested with
over a thousand students over the years. He is also very active
in
the MTNA (Music Teachers National Association), and the UMTA (Utah
Music
Teachers Association) serving in the presidency of his chapter a number
of times. Eminently qualified, he lectures regularly at schools,
colleges,
and chapters and conventions of the Music Teachers National
Association.
Note: I love pianos inside and out, I thoroughly enjoy playing, repairing, voicing, and regulating pianos to make them as perfect as can be. Music is a gift, and being able to work on such a wonderful instrument that can bring so much joy to your life is a thrill. I treat each piano I work on as if it were my own, my clients are always given the choice on what work they might like done, often there are many alternatives that can and should be considered.
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Ken is also an active piano artist, performing
regularly as a soloist, studio musician, and with his Trio. Members of
his band have performed with Donny & Marie Osmond, Osmonds-Next
Generation,
Roy Clark, The Letterman, Andy Williams, Anna Connie, Johnny Ray, Regis
Philbin, Helen Forrest, Sherie Lewis, Pied Pipers, Dennis Day, Sunshade
& Rain, Robert Peterson, Statler Brothers, Karl Malone of the Utah
Jazz as well as performing on the main stage of the MGM Grand in Las
Vegas,
Joseph and his Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat with David Osmond, Murray
Art Center, Club Manhattan and numerous other productions, dances,
concerts,
conventions, and pageants.
