Jan Randall
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Canadian composerJan Randall was born in Philadelphia Pennsylvania in 1952. His family moved to Edmonton Alberta Canada in 1961, and they became Canadian citizens in 1967.
He received a Bachelor of Music in 1975 majoring in Theory and Composition from the University of Alberta. There he studied composition, orchestration and conducting with Malcolm Forsyth and Violet Archer.
Musical Director/Composer for Toronto's Second City, appeared on SCTV,collaborated with Mike Myers, Catherine O’Hara, Ron James, Richard Kind, and Ryan Stiles. Improvised music for Edmonton comedy groups Three Dead Trolls in a Baggie, Chimprov, and Theatre Sports.
Commissioned works include a ballet for the National Ice Theatre of Canada, "A Midsummer Night’s Ice Dream" (1992)
followed by Tangled Ice Webs (1998) and Poetry in Motion (2006).
In 1985 he started Randall's Recordings, a company that specialized in the production of music for film and television.
Television soundtracks: Lost Over Burma (NFB/ news documentary) Wilderness Journeys (Discovery Channel/nature series), Geek TV (ACCESS/comedy series) Naked Frailties (drama/feature film) Purple Gas (comedy/ feature film) Over 700 other broadcast works listed with SOCAN.
Composer for 1996 World Figure Skating Championships.
Composer/Music Director for the IAAF 2001 World Championships in Athletics. Cast included the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, seven thousand dancers, a dozen feature acts, and a one thousand voice choir. Event was broadcast live to over four billion people worldwide.
Performed live with Bo Diddley, Otis Rush, Amos Garrett, Sha Na Na, Spencer Davis, Sam Lay and Gary U.S. Bonds.
Currently ongoing music director for the Banff World Television Festival. Work there included tributes for John Cleese, Bob Newhart, Dame Edna, Martin Short, Steve Allen and Kelsey Grammer.
