 Bob Bruce Ashton, born January 2, 1921, Omaha, Nebraska, but grew up in nearby Lorton, NE. He received his Bachelor of Arts from Peru State College in NE and a Master of Arts degree from Southwest Missouri State University, Springfield, MO. Additional graduate work was done at Nebraska University, Omaha University, Colorado University, University of Missouri and Denver University.
Bob Ashton began his professional musical career as a K-12 music instructor in both instrumental and vocal music in Nebraska, Iowa, Colorado, and Missouri schools. For 14 years, he taught in Summerscape, a gifted education program at Drury University and 4 years at the graduate level in creative writing at Drury. For 2 years, he taught music composition at Southwest Missouri State University using a self-written text published by Mel Bay Publications. He also organized and conducted the Omaha Civic Music Association for 8 years.
Ashton has been a professional pianist for over 50 years, including Branson, Missouri, for the last 8 years.
As a composer with over 800 works including two plays, five books, and various music compositions published by Word, Lexicon, Stylist, Lillenas, Mel Bay, Hal Leonard and Alliance Publications, Inc, and recorded by nationally known artists including The King Sisters, the Ralph Carmichael Singers and Orchestra, Al Alberts of the Four Aces, and Peanuts Hucko. Bob Ashton has received numerous awards for his life\s endeavors> in 1972, he was received into the Songwriters Hall of Fame< 20 songs have been nominated for Grammy Awards< he was voted by bus tour patrons of Branson as the ||Branson Entertainer of the Year in 2003\\< in 1955, he was listed in Who\s Who in American Education, and in 1942, he was listed in Who\s Who Among North American Students.
Bob Ashton lives a varied life and enjoys playing golf in addition to his piano, basketball, travelling and has participated in the Senior Olympics having achieved 41 medals by 2004.
Ashton is a member of the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, The National Academy of Popular Music, the American Guild of Authors and Composers, and the American Federation of Musicians.
His creative juices continued to flow till his death on November 14, 2006. Throughout his life, Bob Ashton enjoyed providing music students in the schools with quality literature for study, concerts, festivals, church-community functions.
Choral - Vocal Repertoire available from Alliance Publications, Inc. from Bob B Ashton
" A Christmas Cha-cha AP-1681 ssa or ssc/pno " Adoramus te, Christe AP-1887 satb/pno " Blossoming AP-1684 ssa/pno " Born a Savior/Christmas Joy AP-1680 (2 partner songs) ¶pno " Deck the Halls AP-1682 satb/pno " Evening Nocturne AP-1962 ssaa/pno " From Cross to Glory AP-1722 satb/pno " Holy, Holy, Holy AP-1679 satb, soprano descant/pno " It's a Good Land AP-1638 sab/pno " It's Time to Make Some Dreams Come True AP-1991 satbb/pno " New Day AP-1685 sab/pno " Oh, How I Long to be with God AP-1727 satb/pno " Rise Up, All Ye of God AP-1733 sab/pno " Stephen Foster Favorites AP-1678 ssa or sscb/pno " This is My Song AP-1686 satb/pno " Tranquility AP-1886 satb/pno " True Words of Wisdom AP-1683 satb/pno " Walk with Me AP-1032 Vocal solo/pno (Wedding Song)
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Henry (Hank) Alviani Originally from Burbank, California (born 6/15/1949), Henry 'Hank' Alviani earned the Masters of Music in Choral Conducting from California State University, Fullerton and the DMA in ChoralMusic from Arizona State University. He has studied with Paul Salamunovich, Howard Swan, John Cooksey, Helmuth Rilling, and Douglas McEwen. After teaching public junior and senior high school in Southern California for twelve years, he has directed choral ensembles and taught voice and conducting at the college level in Texas and Wisconsin since1993, and is an active solo recitalist, school clinician and festival judge.