Kip Dubbs- Professional Musician and Educator

Degrees

• M.M. University of Northern Colorado
• B.A. University of California, L.A.
• JAZZ Westlake College of Music

Teaching Credentials

• California and Nebraska

Public School Teaching

• Elementary & Secondary Schools

Private School Teaching

• Voice | Piano | Strings | Woodwinds | Brass | Percussion

Quotes by university professors:

     “…a conscientious scholar, continually striving for and achieving excellence.”

     “…exceptional teaching…brilliant and creative talent…”

Quotes by teachers Kip taught in college:

     “…I learned so much music!! I learned so many practical things to use in a classroom situation.”

     “His enthusiasm and knowledge of music are fantastic. You knew that he knew what he was talking about.”

A student writes:

     “…you kept my passion for music alive while I was in school…”

PROFESSIONAL WORK

 Kip has worked with some of the fines West Coast musicians as a performer, conductor, composer, arranger, songwriter, and record producer.

• Publishing and producing for such companies as Capitol Records
• Conducting in the recording & television studios
• Trumpet for television with the Ray Conniff Orchestra and Chorus
• Piano with Duke Ellington’s trumpeter Rex Stewart Jazz Quartet
• Vocalist with the world’s first Jazz Choir arranged & directed by Randy Van Horne
• Composed and arranged music for the Tonight Show Doc Severinson Jazz Orchestra
• Writer of “My Favorite Color Is Love,” BILLBOARD ‘Newcomer Pick of the Week’
• Co-produced the Dorsey Burnette “Things I Treasure” hit recording
• Produced “Billy Tell Overture,” listed in CASHBOX ‘National Top 10 Jukebox Hits’
• Produced a Colorado KTVS Television Special, “A Family Christmas”
• Composed and arranged music for Academy Award winner George Chakiris
• Musical Arranger for artist Pat Boone
• Musical takedown project for Beatles John Lennon’s Yoko Ono
• Preliminary Judge for the 2^nd International American Song Festival
• Affiliations: Musicians Union, Hollywood, CA, & Broadcast Music Incorporated