Frank Dorritie
Frank Dorritie is a performer, producer, arranger, educator, and author. He is known for his work with Dave Brubeck, Wynton Marsalis, Tito Puente, and the National Cast of Phantom of the Opera, as well as vocalists Jackie Cain and Roy Kral, Lisa Vroman, Franc D'Ambrosio and Mel Torme, among others.
Nine of his recordings have received Grammy nominations and two of these, “New York Scene†(Art Blakey) and “La Onda Va Bien†(Cal Tjader), won Grammy Awards in Jazz and Latin categories, respectively.
Frank is a member of ASCAP and the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences where he served on the Board of Governors and is artistic consultant to the San Francisco Symphony's Community of Music Makers Program. His composition “Madeba Goes Home (for Nelson Mandela)†had its debut at Davies Symphony Hall in 2014.
He has instructed and/or arranged music for world championship-caliber Drum and Bugle Corps including The Concord Blue Devils, Santa Clara Vanguard, Bridgemen, Cavaliers, Freelancers, 27th Lancers, Bluecoats, Crossmen, Madison Scouts, and the Garfield Cadets as well as a host of Marching Bands, Jazz Bands and Brass Ensembles. He has worked as a performer, clinician and adjudicator throughout North America, Europe, South Africa and Japan, and as musical consultant for Fox Television.
Professor Dorritie is the former Chair of Recording Arts at Los Medanos College where he conducted and coordinated instructional programs in music business, audio production, studio techniques and commercial music. He is an eight-time DCA Individual & Ensemble National Champion and a member of the DCI Hall of Fame, World Drum Corps Hall of Fame, and the Buglers Hall of Fame.
His drum corps performance career began with the Xavier HS Cadets in NYC, continued with St. Catherine’s Queensmen (1961, 62), and concluded with the Long Island Sunrisers, where he was a featured soloist and arranger for over ten years.
Frank’s popular brass method etudes, “Xtreme Strength and Flexibility,†“Xtreme Power & Endurance,†and “Star Power,†are published by Xtremebrass.com, and his books "Essentials of Music for Audio Professionals," "Handbook of Field Recording", “Spectacular Sound Mixing for Stage, Stadium and Arenaâ€, and “Career Strategies for Audio Professionals†are published by Soaring Dove Productions.
Frank Dorritie is a performer, producer, arranger, educator, and author. He is known for his work with Dave Brubeck, Wynton Marsalis, Tito Puente, and the National Cast of Phantom of the Opera, as well as vocalists Jackie Cain and Roy Kral, Lisa Vroman, Franc D'Ambrosio and Mel Torme, among others.
Nine of his recordings have received Grammy nominations and two of these, “New York Scene†(Art Blakey) and “La Onda Va Bien†(Cal Tjader), won Grammy Awards in Jazz and Latin categories, respectively.
Frank is a member of ASCAP and the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences where he served on the Board of Governors and is artistic consultant to the San Francisco Symphony's Community of Music Makers Program. His composition “Madeba Goes Home (for Nelson Mandela)†had its debut at Davies Symphony Hall in 2014.
He has instructed and/or arranged music for world championship-caliber Drum and Bugle Corps including The Concord Blue Devils, Santa Clara Vanguard, Bridgemen, Cavaliers, Freelancers, 27th Lancers, Bluecoats, Crossmen, Madison Scouts, and the Garfield Cadets as well as a host of Marching Bands, Jazz Bands and Brass Ensembles. He has worked as a performer, clinician and adjudicator throughout North America, Europe, South Africa and Japan, and as musical consultant for Fox Television.
Professor Dorritie is the former Chair of Recording Arts at Los Medanos College where he conducted and coordinated instructional programs in music business, audio production, studio techniques and commercial music. He is an eight-time DCA Individual & Ensemble National Champion and a member of the DCI Hall of Fame, World Drum Corps Hall of Fame, and the Buglers Hall of Fame.
His drum corps performance career began with the Xavier HS Cadets in NYC, continued with St. Catherine’s Queensmen (1961, 62), and concluded with the Long Island Sunrisers, where he was a featured soloist and arranger for over ten years.
Frank’s popular brass method etudes, “Xtreme Strength and Flexibility,†“Xtreme Power & Endurance,†and “Star Power,†are published by Xtremebrass.com, and his books "Essentials of Music for Audio Professionals," "Handbook of Field Recording", “Spectacular Sound Mixing for Stage, Stadium and Arenaâ€, and “Career Strategies for Audio Professionals†are published by Soaring Dove Productions.