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Alan Lawson, a Leblanc Artist and long-time resident of Las Vegas, Nevada has played for many major Las Vegas Stars such as Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Natalie Cole, Aretha Franklin, and Tony Bennett. He has been an orchestra member of over thirty Broadway Shows including Chicago, Evita, Chorus Line, and West Side Story. Alan’s credits include from the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra in Baltimore, Maryland to the Casino De Paris show at the Dunes Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada. He has been “on the road” with various stars and bands such as Jimmy “J.J.” Walker, Debbie Reynolds, The Johnny Mann Singers, and Gate (an east coast rock group in the late 70’s). He was originally trained as a classical musician. His first instrument was the clarinet and his clarinet teachers have included Leon Russianoff, Ignatius Gennusa, Thomas Gasparino, Chris Wolfe, and Raphael Saunders. Alan is particularly known for his clarinet expertise but he is also an excellent “doubler” on flute and saxophone. His flute teachers have included Bonnie Lake and Jo Stoup. His saxophone teachers have included Joe Viola, and Thomas Gasparino. His first jazz band credits include Hank Levy’s Towson State Jazz Band.  The Producers - show at the Paris Hotel and Casino Alan has several undergraduate degrees from the Peabody Conservatory of Music in Baltimore, Maryland (Applied Clarinet Performance and Music Education) and a master degree in Applied Clarinet Performance with an emphasis in Jazz from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. For five years, Alan taught high school at the Las Vegas Academy of International Studies and Performing Arts in Las Vegas, Nevada. He was the director of Jazz Bands and the Midi Computer Lab. His graduate studies in computer M.I.S. (Management Information Systems) also qualify him to teach computer classes in any public school. He is a member of the International Clarinet Association (ICA), and the American Federation of Musicians (AF of M).
To contact Alan, please E-mail him at elitejazz@aol.com
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