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Dan Redner
Dan is an active musical director, pianist, & educator in the Austin community and the owner of Dan Redner Music LLC, teaching weekly piano lessons to 60+ students of all ages and experience levels, in addition to presenting various concerts and clinics to students at schools and universities. Dan is active nationally as a contributing member to the Austin District Music Teachers Association (ADMTA), the Texas Music Teachers Association (TMTA), the Music Teachers National Association (MTNA), the Jazz Education Network (JEN), the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP), and American Artists Project (AAP). Recent performances include the National Broadway Tour of Disney’s the Little Mermaid, Disney’s Aladdin the Musical, and Tina Fey’s smash hit Mean Girls the Musical at Bass Concert Hall, in addition to newly released albums The Heights Life and Redner/Durham/Parks Live to Two. Last summer, Dan performed at the famed Rose Theater @ Jazz At Lincoln Center in NYC as the MD & Pianist for the Broadway musical revue, Sing out.
As a 2007 alumnus of Grand Valley State University (hometown - Grand Rapids, Michigan), Dan was a founding member of the New Music Ensemble. Their album of Steve Reich’s composition Music for 18 Musicians, (Innova Recordings label) was named among the top recordings of 07’ by the New York Times, L.A. Weekly, The Rest Is Noise, and New York Magazine while reaching the top of iTunes’ and Amazon’s classical charts and spending eleven weeks on Billboard’s top 25 classical crossover chart. The ensemble performed at the 2007 “Bang on a Can” New Music Festival at the World Financial Center in NYC and are featured on National Public Radio.
Previously, Dan performed around the world for 6+ years with Royal Caribbean International, Norwegian Cruise Line, and Azamara Cruises, directing various Broadway, revue, and cabaret shows. In August 2011, Dan relocated to Austin, Texas in pursuance of a Master’s Degree in Jazz Studies & Performance from the Butler School of Music at the University of Texas at Austin. Dan can be heard performing solo, with the Dan Redner Trio, the Gil Del Bosque Quintet, and with Austin’s premier 10-piece funk, soul, & Motown group the Matchmaker Band.
Credits include: Maria Schneider, Ann Hampton Callaway, The Drifters, The Coasters, Tony Tillman, Yakov Smirnov, Marty Allen, Lenny Welch, Toby Beau, Pearl Kaufman and countless other singers, comedians, and stage acts. Dan continuously shares the spotlight with the best musicians Austin has to offer, performing at weddings, receptions, churches, clubs, restaurants, theaters, and more. A tour schedule, media, lesson information, and more can be found via www.danrednermusic.com.
