Equally at home in a variety of idioms with instrumentalists and vocalists, Gerhard’s artistic palette ranges from jazz trio to symphony orchestra. His orchestral music has been featured on The History Channel and the Ovation awards at the Orpheum Theater in Los Angeles. Gerhard has composed, orchestrated and adapted music for Universal Pictures, Cornerstone Theater Company, Timeline Films, JEL Studios, Crystal Cruise Lines, Pacific Coast Presentation Studios, Celebrity Cruise Lines, and the National Alzheimer’s Association. He has written music for the online gaming phenomenon World of Warcraft. Gerhard studied composition with Daniel Asia at the University of Arizona and jazz composition with Ron Miller at the University of Miami and Neal Finn at California State University Long Beach. He is in the process of recording his third-stream Flight of Passage Suite for large jazz ensemble.
