This 7-minute video features short clips from recording sessions and live performances over several years. In one segment, pictured above, Ric is working at guitarist Dave Mustaine's studio in Arizona.
ABOUT RIC FLAUDING
Ric Flauding is a uniquely gifted artist, composer, arranger, and performer. He has been called a "poet without words" because of the poignant emotional content of his music. From songs like "Soft and Gentle," "By Myself," "Elizabeth's Dream," and "Last Snowfall for Big Bear," to the more dramatic pieces such as "Camino de Santiago," "Moonlit," and a whole new series of compositions for "little big band," Ric's music touches us deeply and stirs an incredible range of feelings.
Ric Flauding began his music career while still in high school in Southern California. Born on Ground Hog Day in 1954, Ric was one of more than a dozen well known jazz, rock, and blues guitarists born in that influential decade. As his talent emerged, he was able to study with the legendary jazz guitarists Barney Kessel, Horace Hatchett, and Ted McKown, as well as flamenco guitarist Ricardo de Escobal. Before long he was recognized as one of the most sought after session guitarists in Orange County and the Los Angeles studios.
PAYING HIS DUES
Ric’s interests weren’t limited to performance, however, and he studied composition, theory and other academic topics with Dr. Albert Harris, Bryant McKernan, John Shaffer Smith, Dr. Peter Odegard, Tom Kubis and others, and took additional private lessons with Roy Harris, Halsey Stevens, and Leonard Stein. Meanwhile, a stint with Yale Video Productions led to a meeting with sound engineer Richard Fischer, and the two produced Ric's first album, "Refuge," which was widely reviewed with airplay on top New Age and Breeze Network stations.
Since the early 1990s Ric’s recordings have brought him recognition as a composer, songwriter, and featured guitarist. He is a graduate of the UCLA Film Scoring Progarm and has produced dozens of commercial projects, and several of his original scores have been featured in television and film productions. Ric has recorded with artists such as David Benoit, John Patitucci, Eric Marienthal, Brandon Fields, Russell Ferrante, Wayne Bergeron and many others, and performed with Bob James, Richard Elliot, Rick Braun and Michel Camilo.
A NON-STOP SCHEDULE
Currently Ric teaches music performance and jazz improv at Weatherford College, in Texas. He works with the jazz studies program and has completed compositions and arrangements for the WC Jazz Band, and also teaches privately at his studio and online with students in the U.S. and various foreign countries.
On top of everything else, Ric Flauding is a much sought-after clinician, adjudicator, guest performer and conductor for festivals, workshops, and jazz studies programs in colleges, universities, and other music programs.
This website offers a sample of Ric Flauding's music and his career as a performer. For more information about Ric, please feel free to check out his listing on Wikipedia. To get in touch with Ric and Flauding Music, please visit the contact page on this website.
CLIENT LIST / Performance & Commissions
INDUSTRY RELATED
London Symphony
Fort Worth Symphony
ABC Family Television
CBS Television
ABC Television
NBC Televison
New World Television
TBN Television
Gary Coleman Productions
Oprah (John Gray Series)
Lifeway Publishing
Integrity-Word
Brentwood (BCI/Eclipse)
Benson Publishing
Columbia Pictures Publications
Brave New Music
Son-Key Publishing
Cherith Publishing
Chapman Music
Maranatha Music
Campus Crusade (RPI Records)
Oregon Catholic Press
Crawford Broadcasting
Yale Video Productions
ASCAP Awards
Billboard Song Contest Awards
Ace Award
Film Advisory Board Award
American Song Festival
Spindletop Records
K-Tel Records
Rising Star Records
Nordstroms
Crabtree & Evelyn
Heavy Hitters Music Library
Network Music Library
Signature Music Library
Audio Environments Inc.
Art Vittarelli Productions
Jim Ryerson Productions
Elimidate television show
Minirth-Myers Clinics
San Juan Capistrano Historical Society
Sky Angel Television
Praise Charts
Camp Kirkland / John Gage Conference
Microsoft
MySpace
Lorenz Publishing
Texas Boychoir
The Worship Channel
Faith Television
U.S. Government Radio PSAs
American Airlines
United Airlines
Kath & Kim (NBC)
All My Children
One Life To Live
The Young And The Restless
Creator Magazine
LA Worldport Triahlon
Euro Disney
Alexander Publishing
Robert Becker (New York String Quartet)
Carl's Jr. Restaurants
UCI Irvine
Toyota
John Kerwin Productions
AT&T
Rockwell
Jane Chastain Radio
COLLEGE – TEACHING RELATED
Weatherford Collegte
Biola University
Southwestern Seminary
College Of The Desert
University of California at Irvine
Golden West College
WyzAnt Tutoring
Fullerton Community College
Music Maker Workshops (conservatory)
Crystal Cathedral Academy
ARTISTS & RECORDING SESSIONS
David Benoit
Rique Pantoja
John Patitucci
Abe Laborial
Alex Acuna
Justo Almario
Brandon Fields
Eric Marienthal
Jay Mason
Russell Ferrante
Paulinho Da Costa
Jeff Kashiwa
Michael Landau
John Ferraro
Jimmy Earl
Frank Gambale
Dave Hooper
Paul Brown
Rick Braun
Jim Brickman
Greg Vail
Lorie Line
Danny Wright
Brian Kilgore
Pat Kelley
Tim Heintz
Gavin Radio
R&R Radio
New Horizons Radio
Wayne Bergeron
Pedro Eustache
Eric Darken
Paul Jackson Jr.
Jason Webb
Stockton Helbing
Mark Baldwin
John Hammond
The Martin Brothers
Bob Parr
Larnelle Harris
Kelly Willard
Michelle Pillar
Bob James
Michel Camilo
Richard Elliot
John Andrew Shriner
Scott Wesley Brown
Dave Mustaine (Metallica/Megadeth)
Pat Boone
Dave Thrush
Johnny Mann Singers
Azusa Pacific University
Keith Green
Bradley James
Christian Jazz Artists
Marvin Matthews
Rhapsody Music
iTunes
Cathy Rigby
Will Teague (New Christy Minstrels)
Love & Laughter Music
Hal Leonard
Casierra Music
Dan Troxell
Trompe L’ Oreille Records
International Children’s Chorus
Johnnie Carl
Sherry Lewis
Roger Williams
Phil Marshall
Michael Tavera
Michael Boddicker
Invincible Music
WM Studios (Wade Martin)
Sherry Finzer
Great Scores London
NRG Duo
Kennedale High School
Jeffrey Wells (Metropolitan Opera)
Master Chorale (SWBTS)
Chamber Singers (SWBTS)
New Sound (SWBTS)
Fort Worth Civic Orchestra (SWBTS)
20/21 New Music Concert (SWBTS)
Demo Check (Film Music Magazine)
Kirk Kirkland Singers
Randy Adams (Adam Sound)
BB Kings (LA)
Great American Music Hall
Magic Mountain
Sea World (San Diego)
The Coach House
Uncle Festive
And more than 300 foreign music albums (Vietnamese, French, Brazilian)
CHURCH RELATED
Saddleback Church / Lake Forest, California
The Crystal Cathedral / Garden Grove, California
Coast Hills Community Church / Aliso Viejo, California
Downey Baptist Church / Downey, California
Scottsdale Bible Church / Arizona
Grace Community Church / Arizona
Phoenix Seminary / Arizona
Phoenix First Assembly / Arizona
Calvary Chapel / Various Congregations
Crossroads Church / Mansfield, Texas
Walnut Ridge Baptist Church / Mansfield, Texas
Travis Avenue Baptist / Fort Worth, Texas
All Saints Lutheran Church / Arlington, Texas
COMMISSIONS (Partial List)
Robert Becker (Violist, New York String Quartet) / “Passacaglia & Fugue” for Viola & Piano
University of California at Irvine / Duos for Violin & Viola
Jeffrey Wells (Metropolitan Opera bass-baritone soloist, performing with the Fort Worth Symphony)
Golden West College, Huntington Beach, California / Arrangements for Choir & Orchestra.
NRG! Flute Duo / Multiple arrangements for flute artists Tina Beaton and Sherry Finzer
The Hour of Power Television Program and the Crystal Cathedral, Garden Grove, California (numerous arrangements for choir and orchestra)
Weatherford College Jazz Band / Compositions and arrangements for "Little Big Band"