Kurt Walter Biography

 

Kurt plays many different instruments including keyboards, vibes, marimba, drums, bass, guitar and flute.

During his high school years Kurt not only performed with his high school band as a soloist, he was also a percussionist with the Ft. Lauderdale Symphony Orchestra and the Miami Pops Orchestra.

After high school Kurt was awarded a full music scholarship to the University of Miami. He obtained his formal education there, and was a marimba soloist with the touring concert band. He also arranged and wrote all of the arrangements for the band to use to back his solos.

When Kurt left college he toured the the nation to perform at Radio City Music Hall, the New York World's Fair and Lake Tahoe to mention just a few.

Later: (to serve his tour of duty) Kurt joined the 291st - 282 Army Bands. His job was to lead and play in a George Shearing type quintet (Kurt played vibes). He also had a six piece Dixieland group in which he played guitar. His main job however, was to lead and write arrangements for an 18 piece big band ... Pictured below.

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After his tour of duty in the army Kurt worked for Swanson Studios in N.Y. and Florida as a musician, engineer, writer, arranger and producer. You may recall some of the memorable jingles the studio produced, such as "Northwest Orient ... (gong) ... Airlines." and "T-I-D-E ... Tide."

At that same time Kurt and his wife Lori formed their own show group called "Critic's Choice" and performed with stars such as Foster Brooks, Telly Savalas and Andy Williams pictured below.

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As you can see, Kurt has had an extensive musical background in writing, arranging, performing and recording. For the last 15 years Kurt has been producing some of the best music tracks you'll find anywhere! He now also offers a web site design service geared exclusively to the entertainment business. Why not take advantage of his experience and knowledge? Drop an E-mail or give him a call.

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