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KARLTON HESTER |
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B.M. in Flute, University of Texas at El Paso
Karlton E. Hester, Ph.D. (composer/flutist/saxophonist), began his
career as a composer and recording artist in Los Angeles where he
worked as a studio musician and music educator. He received his
Ph.D. in composition from the City University of New York Graduate
Center and is currently Director of "Jazz" Studies at the University
of California in Santa Cruz. Hester specializes in premeditated,
spontaneous and electro-acoustic composition. A performer on both
flute and saxophone, his formal study included Harry Nelsova and
Paul Renzi on flute, Joe Henderson and John Handy in "jazz"
improvisation, composition with Bruce Saylor and Robert Starrer, as
well as lessons with Frank Chase and Bill Tremble on saxophone.
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