“…Derrik Jordan is something of a one-man musical force of nature”
- Vermont Sunday Magazine

Living in southern Vermont and playing throughout the northeast, Derrik Jordan has sung national jingles, worked with many bands and has had his songs recorded by other artists, but what really excites him is writing, recording and performing his original music. “Creating live music is a sacred trust. That moment of ecstatic communion when performer and audience become one is one of life’s greatest experiences,” says Jordan.

As a recording artist, award-winning singer-songwriter and composer, producer, teacher and multi-instrumentalist (electric violin, percussion, guitar and piano), Jordan is used to wearing a lot of hats. “Brazilliance – Everyone Loves Brazil,” a 29 track double CD, showcases the best of his original sambas and bossa novas. It contains a new recording of his song “Share Your Love,” first released by Angela Bofill in 1978 on her debut album for Arista Records.

“Expecting A Miracle,” an acoustic-pop-soul album he co-produced with Tom “T-Bone” Wolk (Hall and Oates, Saturday Night Live Band) includes the song “Speak Through Me” which was awarded 1^st place (Gospel-Inspirational) and 2^nd place overall out of 32,000 songs in the 2004 USA Songwriting Competition, the world’s leading international song contest.

“Touch The Earth,” an environmentally themed concept album, was produced by Jordan and he sings and plays most of the instruments on it. The songs are recorded in a variety of world music styles (reggae, afro-pop, samba, salsa and funk). “Something’s Gonna Change” from the CD won top honors as 2002 Reggae Song of the Year from Just Plain Folks, the world’s largest songwriter organization.

He has released two CDs under the name SuperString Theory (including 2007’s “SuperString Theory Goes To Senegal”), showcasing his 5-string electric violin in a variety of world fusion settings (African, Middle Eastern and Asian) with exotic instruments like hoddu, balafon, kora, didgeridoo and sitar and featuring award-winning NYC free jazz singer Lisa Sokolov and Ethiopian vocalist Helen Kerlin-Smith.

In 1992, Jordan made his national recording debut on “Right As Rain,” a CD benefiting the Rainforest Action Network that featured Jerry Garcia and Paul Winter. He has studied percussion with master drummer Milford Graves and composition with Henry Brant. His musical journeys have taken him to Brazil, Senegal, Ghana and Trinidad. He has produced jazz, folk, spoken word, Native American and award-winning children’s independent recordings for other artists and works with many bands including Tony Vacca and the World Rhythms Ensemble, Zabap, Simba and Natural History. His composition “Sky Mirror” for shakuhachi, string quartet and electric guitar won the Shakuhachi Chamber Music International Prize 2008.
Worldsoul Records
P.O. Box 403, Putney, VT    05346

Douglas Gibson is a composer of 16 years experience, with an eclectic and accomplished body of work ranging from film sound­tracks, compositions for classical music ensembles, dance, theatre, digital art installations and corporate projects.

After launching his musical career in spectacular style in 2001 by conduct­ing at the Sydney Opera House for a charity benefit, he has gone on to have his own works performed in film festivals in Phoenix, Los Angeles, Sydney and Melbourne, as well as at the National Gallery of Victoria and the Australian Centre of the Moving Image. His music has also been broadcast on ABC Radio, 3MBS and RRR radio stations.

Most recently, he released his debut EP "God Help Me I've Gone Mad" in March 2006 and collaborated on the soundtrack for the Australian feature film "The Line". In August his orchestral composition "Avalanche" was premiered at the Iwaki Auditorium and broadcast on ABC Classics FM. Avalanche was subsequently picked up for international distribution by ERM media and recorded by the Kiev Phil­harmonic for the compilation CD "Masterworks of the New Era."

One of his objectives has been to actively engage the wider public in the appreciation of contemporary music and to facilitate collaboration between artists in film, music and other creative fields. To this end, he founded the Melbourne Film Composers Society in 2004. The following year, he devised the Foreign Exchange Film and Music Festival which toured New York City and featured an award winning Australian short film to live soundtrack performances of emerging New York composers.

This year, he launched The Future of Classical Music composers' collective, which stage a series of monthly perform­ances of new classical music at the Loop art space in the Melbourne CBD. He is also a sought-after speaker in the field of film composition in Melbourne, and has presented workshops at several film and television training institutions , such as the VCA School of Film and Television and Open-Channel

Satoru Ikeda was born in Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka prefecture in 1961 and studied composition under Hiroshi Otsuki and Shin Sato. He received M.M. degree in composition from the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music in 1987. Satoru Ikeda is currently Musical Director at Shimamura Music Co.,Ltd. He is a member of Japan Society for Contemporary Music.

Satoru Ikeda has won several awards, including the First Prize in Japan Music Competition in 1988, an award from Japan Symphony Promotion Foundation in 2000, Orchestral Lied Competition sponsored by Ishikawa Prefecture and Orchestra Ensemble Kanazawa in 2001, the First Prize in Sogakudo Japanese Lied Competition in 2004, International Composition Prize Luxembourg 2004, the First International Composers Competition for Piano Works "Bell' Arte Europa" 2005, EXPO Kendo Festival Composition Competition in 2005, Handel-Inspired Chamber Organ Composition Competition in 2007 and Flute Orchestra Composition Competition by Japan Flutists Association in 2008.

His principal works:
1988 Piano Concerto
1989 Composition for 9 players
1990 Sonata for violoncello solo
1996 Operetta Eau de Belle-Foret
1999 Orchestral Offering
2001 Yashaga-Ike; orchestral lied for soprano, baritone, mixed chorus and orchestra
2002 Diferencias, for violin solo
   　Mirage, for viola and piano
2003 Fireworks, for chamber orchestra
2004 Tsuki for baritone and piano
2005 Planetarium, for piano (right hand)
     Pavane pour une joueuse de kendo, for Japanese instruments
2006 Planetarium, for wind orchestra
     Water Bubbling, for chamber organ
2007 Naissances, for flute orchestra