Roget Pontbriand is currently the director
of jazz and popular music at Palm Beach Atlantic University.
He formerly served as the department chair at Grace Bible
College in Grand Rapids, Mich., where he developed a B.M.
degree in contemporary Christian music. Pontbriand also
was an adjunct professor at Middle Tennessee State University,
where he directed the university jazz ensemble and taught
music composition. Pontbriand has also studied at two
prestigious jazz schools; Berklee College of Music Boston,
Mass. and the Grove School of Music, Studio City, Calif.
Roget
has had an extensive career in the commercial music industry.
He has worked in Boston, New York, Nashville, Los Angeles,
Cleveland, Branson and Miami as a studio musician, composer
and arranger. He was the resident composer for Classic
Video Production in Akron, Ohio. As resident composer
for Robert VanKampen, Roget wrote many large compositions
for the Grand Rapids and Lakeshore Symphony Orchestras.
Roget has composed a symphony and an opera for Palm Beach
clients. Roget toured with the Grammy nominated group
Wild Cherry, K.C. and the Sunshine Band, Bullet and other
pop bands. He has also performed with many big bands which
include; Maynard Ferguson, Mel Tormé, Dee Barton,
Nashville Jazz Machine, Xavier Cugat, Shoji Tabushi, Bo
Thorpe and Bob Hoose orchestras.
All selections below are performed by the Palm Beach Atlantic
University Jazz Ensemble directed by Roget Pontbriand.
