Asterope Artist and friend, Bryan Clark, is an in-house producer at Blackbird studio in Nashville, TN, a co-founder of Modern Music Masters (online music education platform),and has just released his dynamic new project “Madrigals for Mongrels”, recorded, mixed and mastered extensively with Asterope. After earning his Ph.D in Jazz Composition from USC, Bryan moved to Nashville to further his career as a versatile player, producer and educator. Bryan has been on faculty at Belmont University’s School of Music and Vanderbilt University’s Blair School of Music where he taught electroacoustic composition, sound design and synthesis, songwriting, composition, jazz guitar, ear training, jazz harmony, computer music, contemporary music production, and the history of American song.
As an artist, his Discography has garnered wide-spread critical acclaim both in the US and Europe. Currently, Bryan has just released ‘Wire and Wood’ on Rainfeather Records - a collaborative endeavor recorded in Nashville and Shanghai with the world-renowned Erhu virtuoso Xiaohui Ma. Xiaohui Ma gained worldwide attention along with Yo-Yo Ma with the Oscar-winning soundtrack recording "Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon". Bryan and Xiaohui's performances in Shanghai for a televised Chinese New Year celebration was seen by an estimated 900 million people throughout Euro-Asia. Bryan is the only Western artist ever to be inducted into the Chinese Cultural Heritage Guild. We’re proud to have his endorsements and appreciate his commitment to encouraging ‘excellence’ in all aspects of his musical endeavors, from inspiring, to educating, to recording and to publishing. Bryan’s one in a million and we’re proud of the work he does!
Check out Bryan's first single ‘50 Miles Away’ from his latest solo release… Madrigals for Mongrels.
