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George Blondheim is one of Canada’s most notable musicians recognized internationally as a composer, producer, conductor and pianist.
As TV Guide puts it, “his resume reads like a short novel having performed and written virtually all styles of music in Canada, the USA , and around the world”. His music can be heard in top television programs including “The Cosby Show”, “Party of Five”, “Northern Exposure”, “Dawson’s Creek” and “The Tonight Show”. George’s honours include two Gemini awards, a Genie and three Leo Awards for such films as the Canadian classic “Bye Bye Blues” and “The War Between Us”, American blockbusters “The Jewel of the Nile” and “9 1/2 Weeks” and the hit Canadian television series “Da Vinci’s Inquest”. His versatility in music spans from the N.H.L.’s “Heritage Hockey Classic” performed outdoors for an audience of 60,000 to his recent symphony, “Symphonia Masonica”.
George spent his teens studying and performing throughout Canada and the USA and by the age of twenty was a sought after studio musician and composer performing with hundreds of artists including Bob Hope, Nana Mouskouri, David Foster, Ronnie Hawkins, Chubby Checker, Freddie Hubbard, Cheech & Chong and Henry Mancini while acting as musical director for a variety of television series, radio specials and advertising campaigns for such clients as McDonalds, Chrysler and Kawasaki. He has composed musical works in conjunction with the 1978 Commonwealth Games, 1984 Summer Olympics (Los Angeles) and 1988 Winter Olympics (Calgary). His series of concert recordings with symphony orchestras have resulted in groundbreaking collaborations with Canadian rock icon Tom Cochrane, Spirit of the West, and k.d. lang with sales approaching triple platinum. He has been a musical ambassador for Canada through the “Canadian Tribute to the US Bicentennial” in Philadelphia, Los Angeles and San Francisco, United Nations Peacekeeping Shows in Egypt, Israel, Cyprus and Germany as well as Armed Forces bases in Canada
George has presented concert events including the N.H.L.’s “Heritage Hockey Classic”, the CNIB Vision Awards, the June 2004 premier of his “Symphonia Masonica”, and the Alberta Centennial “Party of the Century”. George enjoys his own state-of-the-art recording facility featuring Solid State Logic (SSL) Super Analogue to 192 kHz
An alumnus of music and performing arts programs at the University of Alberta, Grant MacEwan College and Banff Centre School of Fine Arts, George studied film scoring with Dr. Albert Harris at the Dick Grove College of Music in Los Angeles.
He is as comfortable in a small jazz club as he is in a concert hall before live cameras. He appeared five days a week on the CTV network in Canada as talk-show host Vicki Gabereau’s sidekick and musical director.
George was appointed to the board of the Cultural Human Resources Council of Canada (CHRC), and is past spokesperson for Cerebral Palsy, Canadian Cancer Society, Foundation to Assist Canadian Talent on Record (FACTOR) and the Edmonton Youth Emergency Shelter. George continues to donate time and resources to such causes as the Christian Children’s Fund, The Zajac Foundation, Kids With Cancer and a variety of silent works. He is a recipient of the “Queens Canada 125 Medal” for his contribution to Canada and the world through music.

Jack Semple

Passion! Excitement! Virtuosity!

Jack has performed with:
Martha Reeves
The Drifters
Little Anthony
Danny Gatton
kd Lang
Ronnie Hawkins
Colin James
The Lincolns
Alain Caron

Jack Semple is one of those rare guitar players who leaves a crowd speechless, one of those players who leaves a crowd in total astonishment, in absolute awe of what they have just experienced. Listening to and watching Jack play fills one with a sense of having witnessed an event in time, one not soon to be forgotten. Jack Semple is a guitar players – guitar player. An absolute virtuoso of his art form Jack plays with unparalleled feeling and total technical control.

Now did I mention the man can sing? Jack has a set of pipes that are smooth as silk and as raw and jagged as rocks cutting through an ocean shore line. His vocal talents alone are an event to behold.
Semple has played from Vancouver to Montreux, has worked for CBC radio and TV, won a Juno award, and shared the stage with a wide range of top artists, from Martha Reeves to k.d. lang. He was the 1992 national winner of the Much Music “Guitar Wars”. Now, if you can’t get to see him perform near you then I highly recommend getting a copy of his most recent CD release entitled “Tribute to Lightfoot”. Discover for yourself the treasure called Jack Semple!

Jack Semple
www.jacksemple.com
phone 306 569 2387
2112 Argyle st.
Regina Sask.
e-mail jacksemple@sasktel.net
Canada S4T- 3S9
Awards:
2005 Western Canadian Music Award for best instrumental CD Qu’Appelle
Juno Award “Best roots recording”
Winner of Much music’s “Guitar Wars” National Guitar Competition. 1992
Gemini award nominated for best musical score 1999 ,2000.

Recordings:
Live from Formerly’s (Live performance)
Sneakin’ Suspicion (Studio CD produced by Peter Cardinali )
Grey and Yellow (acoustic Jazz)
Saskadelphia (smokin’ Studio Cd produced by Jack)
Jack Semple Band Live from Kaos( Live performance featuring Doug Riley)
Wakeup Time (Acoustic duet CD with Greg Lowe)
Qu’Appelle (solo acoustic guitar )
Cool Yule (Christmas CD 2006)
Jack Semple tribute to Lightfoot(2006)

Film scores
Dark Summer
Guitar man
Without Malice
Something More
Victims
The Snip

Television music

Canada Summer games 2005
Incredible Stories Studio
That incredible state
What on Earth
This small space
Family and friends
Wild Lives
Dinin’ with Bruce
Maximum dimension

Tim Kaslo