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Jazz Bassist, Composer, Educator and Artist-in-Residence

Dartanyan has been spreading the good news about Jazz education since the early 70's when he was a rhythm section clinician with the late trumpet star Bill Chase.

In 1979 when he became an artist educator with the National Endowment for the Arts' Jazz Artists In School Program (JAIS) Dartanyan worked to implement a successful series of Jazz residencies in Iowa, Montana, Wisconsin and Arizona. Working closely with artist educators including Frank Foster, Larry Ridley, David Baker and the late Ted Dunbar, Dartanyan's contributions were important to developing techniques that were the forerunners of today's thriving secondary school and collegiate Jazz education programs.

Past projects in Marin schools have been valuable for demonstrating how beneficial improvisational music is to the secondary school curriculum. JAZZ APPRECIATION MONTH is the subject of this project archive.

Audio Engineering, Electronic Music and Sound Design

Dartanyan's work as an mix engineer, synthesizer programmer, sound designer, audio editor and efx editor has included projects from Broderbund/Living Books, Apple Computer, Inc. The Des Moines Science Center and his own original soundscapes. He recently finished production on Meditations, an album of orignal music written by his son, composer-percussionist Jaimeo Brown. Since 1985, when he was a producer-engineer at the first MIDI-equipped digital audio facility in his native Iowa, Dartanyan has remained on the leading edge of tools and ideas that drive a now-mature digital audio environment.

Dartanyan provides consultation and instruction for those seeking to acquire and integrate modern music technology into their work flow. If you have Garageband on your Macintosh computer, ProTools or Digital Performer, Dartanyan's 20+ years of experience will help you get a firm foundation for your creative endeavors.