Brad Hatfield Explained

Brad Hatfield
Birth Date:15 May 1956
Birth Place:Columbus, Ohio, U.S.
Occupation:ComposerMusician
Instrument:Piano
Years Active:1974–present

Brad Hatfield (born May 15, 1956) is a musician, arranger, and Emmy Award winning composer. He is a regular performer on piano and keyboards with the Boston Pops Orchestra.[1] He has also performed with the Utah Symphony and the Boston Symphony Orchestra. His arrangements, orchestrations and compositions have been performed by the Boston Pops, Houston Symphony, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, and Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra.[2]

Career

Hatfield's songs have appeared in the films Iron Man 2, Borat, Analyze This, The Break-Up, and Cop Land.[3] [4] His music has also appeared in more than two dozen television series, including The Sopranos, ER, CSI, Saturday Night Live, Glee, and Entourage.[5]

He has performed on dozens of recordings, including albums by the Boston Pops Orchestra, George Russell Living Time Orchestra,[6] and Mike Metheny.[7] [8] His solo piano playing is featured in the opening scene and end credits of Clint Eastwood's Mystic River.[9]

In 2004–2005 and 2007, Hatfield was pianist/arranger and music director for POPSearch, the Boston Pops's nationwide talent competition.[10] Hatfield studied piano performance and composition at Berklee College of Music, and management at Cambridge College.

He teaches at Northeastern University and Berklee College of Music.[11] He is also a course author and instructor for Berklee Online. In 2012, Hatfield was awarded "Best Online Course" by the University Professional & Continuing Education Association for his Berklee Online course "Music Supervision."[12]

Awards

Selected discography

With the Boston Pops Orchestra

With George Russell Living Time Orchestra

With Rebecca Parris

With Mike Metheny

With Susan Werner

With Mordy Ferber

With Meg Hutchinson

Notes and References

  1. Karuhn, Carri. "Woodfield Beckons Teen Musical Whizzes," Chicago Tribune, August 8, 1996. Retrieved October 25, 2012.
  2. Gilber, Andrew. "A Classical Take on Bob Marley?" Boston Globe, March 29, 2009. Retrieved October 25, 2012
  3. Bickelhaupt, Susan and Maureen Dezell. "Seeing Through a Slow Summer," Boston Globe, August 14, 1997.
  4. Beggy, Carol. "Diluting De Niro," Boston Globe, March 6, 1999. Retrieved October 25, 2012.
  5. Bickelhaupt, Susan and Maureen Dezell. "Westwood Man's Big Break On The Small Screen," Boston Globe, January 5, 1998. Retrieved October 25, 2012.
  6. http://artsfuse.org/52614/fuse-commentary-drill-down-george-russells-living-time/ "Fuse Commentary Drill Down: George Russell’s Living Time,"
  7. Feather, Leonard. "Metheny Boys Took Similar Steps But in Reverse Order," Los Angeles Times, June 14, 1988. Retrieved October 25, 2012.
  8. http://www.artistdirect.com/artist/credits/brad-hatfield/442044 Brad Hatfield credits
  9. Dyer, Richard."Eastwood's Score Plumbs Depths," Boston Globe, October 8, 2003. Retrieved October 25, 2012.
  10. Nagazina, Julie. "Hamilton Woman Shines in Boston POPSearch 2007," Hamilton-Wenham Chronicle, June 19, 2007. Retrieved October 30, 2012.
  11. Perkins, Matt. "Father, Son Bring Music to YouTube," Westwood Patch, January 19, 2012. Retrieved October 26, 2012.
  12. Weiss, David. "Berkleemusic.com Debuts New Course 'Music Supervision' Beginning 1/10/11," SonicScoop, December 18, 2010. Retrieved October 26, 2012.
  13. http://www.emmyonline.org/emmy/daytime_33rd_creative_winners_pt2.html 33rd Annual Daytime Emmy Awards – National Television Academy
  14. http://www.emmys.com/nominations/2010/Outstanding%20Original%20Music%20And%20Lyrics Outstanding Original Music And Lyrics 2010 – Primetime Emmy Awards

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