Waters, Greg, 1943-2020

I. Performing Experience II. Education III. Teaching Experience IV. Music Teachers V. Management Experience VI. Performing Groups VII. TV Productions VIII. Awards IX. Computer Knowledge X. Music Composition XI. Organizations XII. Personal Information XIII. Reviews XIV. Recordings and Instruments

Performing Experience

1958-61 Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Instruments-Clarinet, Saxophone & Flute
Brookfield High School Band, 1st Clarinet
Milwaukee Elks Youth Band, 1st Clarinet
Jim Robak Jazz Band, Tenor Sax
Greg Waters Quartet, Reeds
Bob Crosby Dance Band
Greg Waters Quartet, Reeds, Concerts at Marquette University 1958-61

University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, Chamber Music Ensemble Summer Program 1959, 1960 and 1961 Spring
Methodist Church Choir Director 1964 Spring
Recital, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee- Clarinet Recital Noon Hour Concerts 1965
Student at the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee-Spring 1965
Winner, Elm Grove Music Prize, 1st Place
Wisconsin State Music Contest, 1st Place
Milwaukee Youth Orchestra, 1st Chair Clarinet

1962-66 Denton, Texas
North Texas Six O'clock Band, 1st jazzTenor soloist
North Texas Three O'clock Band, 1st Alto
Dan Hurley [Haerle] Ensemble, Reeds, Tenor, Clarinet, Flute, Bassoon
North Texas One O'clock Band, 2nd Tenor
North Texas Concert Band, Clarinet
Dallas County State Fair, Tenor Saxophone
Dallas Symphony Performance of West Side Story, Lead Alto in Mexico
Dallas Symphony Utility Clarinet
Shreveport Symphony, 1st Clarinet
Free Lance Dance Band Work on Week Ends
Clarinet Recital, North Texas School of Music 1964
Clarinet Recital, North Texas School of Music 1965
Graduate Recital, North Texas School of Music 1966
Asked to play for President Kennedy's Ball in Fort Worth, Texas
Buddy Morrow Orchestra
Electronic Music Recital, Clarinet and Electronic Tape, North Texas


1966-68 Chicago, Illinois
Billy May Orchestra, Tenor Saxophone
Ralph Materie Orchestra, Tenor Saxophone
Playboy Club Orchestra, Lead Alto
Dance Band Work-Chicago Local Bands
Recital-Chicago Conservatory College/My Compositions
Mid-West College Jazz Festival-Winner Outstanding Woodwind Performer
Flute, Clarinet and Saxophone
Bill Russo Orchestra

1968-1976 Toronto, Canada
Royal York Hotel House Band, Woodwinds, backup orchestra for
popular swing singers
Mel Torme, Paul Anka, Helen O'Connell, Ella Fitzgerald, etc
Hook and Ladder Club, backup orchestra for popular swing singers
Cab Callowy, Billy Eckstine, Patti Page, Letterman, Four Freshman, etc.
Lecture and Concert, Creativity and the Artist
CBC Radio Jazz Concerts
Greg Waters Quartet
Chamber Music Recital, Flute
University of Toronto, Recital, New Music Ensemble
Greg Waters Big Band, Park Concerts
Studio Work

1977-96 New York City
Mission Records-Release of first quartet album, Mission I
Greg Waters Jazz Chamber Orchestra
Westbury Music Fair
Chamber Music Recital, Long Island Arts Council
Concerts, Saint Peter's Church, Manhattan, Greg Waters Ensembles
Quartet, Chamber Orchestra, Recital, Organ Music, TV Productions, etc.
Stan Rubin Orchestra
Playboy Club Orchestra, New Jersey
Sal Sicari Orchestra
Tito Puente Orchestra
Lecture Concert The Dark Age of Instrumental Music 1988, Manhattan
Lester Lanin Orchestras
Peter Duchin Orchestras
Mark Donald Orchestras
TV Concerts, The Music Show and The Children's Music Show
Lehman Center for the Performing Arts, Two Concert
The Barge, Brooklyn
Monday Nights in Soho, Chamber Jazz
Mission Two Album
Orchestra Leader, The Star, Ocean Liner, Tampa, Florida
Orchestra Leader, The Homestead, Hot Spring Virginia
Lincoln Center Summer Concerts, Tito Puente Orchestra
Greg Waters Summer Park Concerts, Manhattan, Long Island,
Bronx, and Staten Island

Recently I spent 3 years in Acapulco and have been in Shenzhen China for a year now 2004


II. Education
1961 - Brookfield High School, Brookfield, Wisconsin 1961 Dip.
1961- Studied at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
1962 - Studied at The Milwaukee Institute of Technology
1966 - University of North Texas, B.M., Music
1968 - Chicago Conservatory College, M.M., Theory and Composition
1979 - La Salle Extension University, Diploma (Supervisory Management)
1994 - Producer, Bronxnet Community Cable Company - TV Production

III. Teaching Experience
Milwaukee
1965 - University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Jazz Band
1967 - Walker Jr. High School Orchestra
Chicago
1968 - Senn High School Orchestra
1968 - Chicago Conservatory College-Music Theory
Toronto
1969 - Don Mills High School Band
1970-72 Founded the Ontario Youth Educational Jazz Orchestra
1970-78 - Greg Waters Academy of Music-Reeds, Composition,
Chamber Music Jazz, Orchestration, and Theory


New York
1978-96 - Private Instruction - Reeds, Composition, Chamber Music
and Jazz

1983-96 - Substitute Teacher, New York City Schools

IV. Most Important Music Teachers
Clarinet, Jack Snavely, Leon Breeden, Noah Knepper, Dr. Lee Gibson,
and David Glazer
Flute, Dr. Thom Mason, Noah Knepper, Dr. George Mory and Sam Baron
Oboe, Dennis Waters
Bassoon, Noah Knepper
Saxophone, Noah Knepper, Dr. Thom Mason, and Leon Breeden
Jazz Studies, Dr. Tom Mertel, Dr. Tom Mason, Leon Breeden
Composition and Theory, Dr. Dieter, Merril Ellis
Chamber Music: Fine Arts Quartet, New York Woodwind Quintet, Carol Glenn
and Dr. Francois D'Albert

V. Management Experience
Creative Music Productions 1978-96
Responsible for the coordination and dissemination of information for
marketing of the performing groups.
Write grant proposals including data for spreadsheets,
artists’ information, database management, government contacts,
music contractor, rehearsal management, maintain files,
planning projects from recordings to concerts to TV Productions.
Financial Statements and Musical Director

VI. Performing Groups
Throughout my career in music I have founded performing groups to perform my
music and personal ideas in music arranging and composition.
Milwaukee - Greg Waters Quartet 1960
Toronto - Greg Waters Big Band Orchestra 1968-77 New York - 1978-96
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XI. Organizations
Member American Federation Musicians
Member BMI Performing Rights Organization
United Federation of Teachers
Creative Music Productions Inc.

XII. Personal Information
56 Years Old, Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin 1943, Speak Spanish as a
Second Language, Enjoy Golf, and Computers.

III. Reviews
"Reedman Waters is a virtuoso multi-instrumentalist and gifted composer

whose music deserves to be heard more widely."
The Observation Post, Frederic Seaman, New York City

"Waters was unknown to this reviewer, but his fine album, Mission,

made me really sit up and take notice. Greg is a musician of uncommon
ability."
Bronx News, Highlights in Jazz, Jack Kleinsinger

"Waters Mission Album stands among such artists as Mary Lou William's,

George Russell, Phil Woods, Beaver Harris, Jimmy Guiffre and others
in this class."
Bullets, Detroit Sun

"Greg Waters, Milwaukee native, who records in the East and Canada.

An exceptionally gifted musician composer."
Monitor Herald, Wax Works, Omaha

February 12, 1943 - June 16, 2020

Obituary for Mr Greg H Waters
Loving Father of Vianey Waters and Leslie Waters; Beloved Son of the late Lloyd and Laverne Waters; Fond Grandfather of Danica, Jonathan, Julius, Antonio, Alanis, Jaxsen, and Mia; Dear Brother of Skip, Brian, and Dennis Waters; Loving Uncle, Cousin, and Friend to many. Proud member of the Musician Union, New Jersey Flute Society, and NYC Flute club. Services will be private.