Resume

Sherisse N. Rogers

Composer/Arranger/Orchestrator

813 Arthur Springs Lane

New Castle, De 19720, USA

1 -917- 499-9191

Email: Sherisse@sherisserogers.com

Summary

· Versatile composition style. Including but not limited to Jazz, Classical, World   Music,  Rhythm and Blues & Electronics

· Composer/Arranger/Orchestrator for hire

· Composition Educator

Awards/ Honors

           Thelonius Monk Institute’s International Best Composition Award, 2008

           ASCAP Young Jazz Composers Award, 2007

           Meet the Composer Van Lier Fellowship 2007

           Gil Evans Fellowship 2006

           BMI Charlie Parker Jazz Composition Award 2005

           ASCAP Young Jazz Composers Award, 2005

           ASCAP/IAJE-Emerging Composer Commission 2004

           ASCAP Young Jazz Composers Award, 2003

           American Society of Musicians, Arrangers, and Composers-

               Best Arrangement Award (Here’s That Rainy Day) 2001

Commissions and Notables

·         Arranger for Netherlands Metropole Orchestra 2007 - Present   

·         Featured Composer, Royal College of Music, Stockholm, Sweden – October 2007

·         Featured composer, Cologne Contemporary Big Band, WDR3 Jazz Festival,    Cologne, Germany, November 2007  

·         BMI Manny Albam Commission, 2005

·         California State University – Northridge Jazz ”A“ Band, 2005

·         Agoura High School Jazz Band, 2005 (California)

·         ASCAP/IAJE Count Basie Emerging Composer Commission, 2004

·         NYC All City Jazz Band 2004

·         Commissioned by Dave Liebman, 2003

·         Arrangement for Peter Erskine, 2003

·         Published By Walrus Music, 2005 - present

Education

   Manhattan School of Music,

        -Master of Music in Jazz Composition, 2002-2004

     California State University-Northridge

         -Bachelor of Arts in Music Industry Studies, 2002

     BMI Jazz Composers Workshop- 2003-present

     Henry Mancini Institute- Mancini Composer- summer 2003

     Ludmila Uhlehla – Compositional Studies (non-private) – Manhattan School of Music 2003-2004

      Major Teachers: Jim McNeely, Mike Abene, Matt Harris, Robert Hurst III (bass), David Liebman (composition/ improvisation)

Composition Studio

    Finale 2008

     Cubase SX 3.0

     Tascam Gigastudio Orchestra Version

     Garritan Jazz and Big Band Library