Floyd Gadd

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Floyd Gadd is a Canadian musician involved in the Christian music genre. He was born in Canada in the early 1960s. Gadd earned two Bachelor degrees, a degree in Church Music from Canadian Bible College in Regina, Saskatchewan (1984), and an Honors degree in Vocal Performance from Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Ontario (1997).[1][2] Gadd lived in Canada until March 2006, when he accepted a job as a worship director at a church in Morton, Illinois in the United States.[1] [3]

Floyd resigned just a year later in March 2007.[1] He returned to Canada in June 2007 to teach singing part time at the Eckhardt Gramatté Conservatory of Music [4] and to operate a piano tuning and repair business. [5]

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[edit] Musical career

In addition to vocal performance, Gadd has played bass guitar intermittently since the mid-1970s. Floyd is an avid tenor vocalist. Prior to his time in the U.S., Gadd performed as a featured soloist with several choral groups throughout Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Ontario.[1][6]

[edit] Recordings

In 2004, Gadd recorded his first CD as a soloist, with Kara Dixon on the piano. The CD was recorded and engineered by Joe Fingerote. His CDs are available from various online music download sites. Gadd has also picked a selection of songs that were recorded in 2001. These songs are kept on his website, and are mainly for audition purposes. This list of songs contains about 12 full-length tracks featuring Gadd as a soloist.[7]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c d 1. http://www.mts.net/~fgadd/
  2. ^ Floyd Gadd
  3. ^ http://www.gracemorton.org/pastoralstaff.html (Floyd has been removed since his resignation)
  4. ^ 6. http://www.brandonu.ca/e-gre/
  5. ^ 7. http://www.72piano.com/
  6. ^ Floyd Gadd
  7. ^ Floyd Gadd Audition Selections

[edit] External links