Adi Yeshaya
16315 Fifth Avenue North, Plymouth, Minnesota 55447
Ph: 763-249-0570

Objective
Share the experience of music at its deepest levels through writing and performance.

Overview
Over the course of a music career that is approaching its 30-year mark, Adi Yeshaya, has worked in nearly every aspect of the music business. A complete mastery of his craft, combined with a rare degree of patience and sensitivity that puts any artist he works with immediately at ease, has made him one of the busiest musicians in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area.

Adi Yeshaya began performing professionally while still in high school. He has 19 years of teaching experience, including 16 years of instruction at the college level. Adi’s writing talents are in constant demand by a wide variety of solo artists, ensembles and orchestras: he has served as producer, composer, and/or arranger for over 40 CDs. In recent years his reputation has expanded to the national level, landing him arranging and conducting assignments with world-class performers such as Aretha Franklin, Whitney Houston, and Doc Severinsen. Adi has also contracted and conducted show orchestras for a wide variety of private and corporate events. In addition to his many writing commitments, Adi has remained active as a pianist, performing and recording in virtually every setting from jazz combos to symphony orchestras.

Education
Diploma, Magna Cum Laude, Berklee College of Music, Boston, MA. 1985
Private studies with composer/arranger Alex Weiss, Tel Aviv, Israel. 1975-80
Diploma, Karari High School, Rishon Le Zion, Israel. 1976

Arranger/Musical Director

Aretha Franklin

• Arranger, Great Music Hall, Detroit, MI, February 2004
• Arranger, “Walk of Fame,” BET Network, October 2003.
• Arranger, CD tour, July 2003
• Arranger/Conductor/Keyboards, CD release, So Damn Happy, Arista Records, June 2003
• Arranger, “Arista Records 25th Anniversary,” NBC TV, April 2000

Donny Osmond

• Arranger, variety show for Queen Elizabeth, Edinborough, Scotland, November 2003

Whitney Houston

• Arranger, Soul Divas (with Natalie Cole and Dionne Warwick), June 2004
  Orchestrator, World Tour, February 2004
• Arranger, Grammy Awards segment, January 2001
• Arranger, Tribute to Paul Robson, PBS, November 2000
• Producer/Arranger, “God Bless America,” Radio City/HBO, January 2000
• Arranger, American Film Awards, December 1999

The Minnesota Orchestra Pops Concerts

• Musical director/arranger, “The Songs of the Century,” April 2003, June 2000
• Musical director/arranger, “Tribute to Nat King Cole,” June 1998
• Musical director/arranger, “Sinatra: the Songs and the Singer,” June 1997
• Musical director/arranger, “Hollywood Hot Hits,” June 1994
• Arranger, commissions by Doc Severinsen, December 1999, June 1998, June, December 1994
• Arranger, commissions by Doc Severinsen, featuring Jack McDuff, June 1999
• Arranger/Musical Director (continued)

Lena Horne

• Arranger, “Black Is,” Blue Note Records, June 1995
• Mankato Symphony Orchestra
• Arranger, concerts featuring vocalist Mary Jane Alm, June 2003, June 2002, June 2001

Composer: Commissions

Doc Severinsen/The Minnesota Orchestra, Chant, December 1994
Mankato Symphony Orchestra, “Winds of Change,” March 2004
Jazz Ensemble, University of Minnesota, “In the Move,” October 2003
Roseville Area High School, “Home At Last,” June 2002

Composer: for Hire

Cues for MGM-TV series “She Spies”: The Wedding Song, Minor Mood, Googly Woogly, October 2003

TV commercials Local and national clients including Wal-Mart, International Trucks, Target, Johnsonville, Pfizer, United Way, Amtrak, Perkins, Kawasaki, Porter Cable, State Farm, Raptor, Best Buy, Minnesota Lottery, Crystal Farms.

Original tunes for CDs Hornheads, Rat Pack Party (Theme for Isabel; Deano Deano; Frankly, My Dear; Easy Does It); Voice Trek, At Last (Mickey’s Diner); Adi Yeshaya Big , A Nice One For Boo (A Nice One For Boo; Theme for Lalo); Cedar Avenue Big Band, Lazy Orange (Lazy Orange); Compass Records/Soundscapes (CD series for Target stores): 10 original compositions on Solo Harp and Night Songs CDs.

CD Producer/Arranger

Compass Records/Soundscapes (CD series for Target stores)
Christmas Harmony, Serenity, Playtime Classics, Beethoven Strings, Christmas Strings, Solo Harp, Night Songs, Christmas Concert

Independent Artists
Why Try to Change Me Now, Dennis Spears
Because I Love You, Dawn Shelton
Connections, Bruce Henry
Traveling At The Speed Of Love, Debbie Duncan
A Brand New Day, Mary Beth Carlson
Live, Cookie Coleman
Invitation, Signe Hensel
Moon Country, Prudence Johnson
Center Stage, Holly Collison
Wrapped In Love, Mary Beth Carlson
Rat Pack Party, Hornheads
Far Cry: Live at Studio M, Beth Yeshaya
Whisper Hope, Mary Beth Carlson
Signature, Mary Beth Carlson
Peacegiver, Mary Beth Carlson
I’ll Be Seeing You, Christopher Hopkins
It Must Be Christmas, Debbie Duncan
I Hear It, Dennis Spears
One Night In Paradise, Cookie Coleman
Someday, John Rhodes
Peace: Irv Williams with Strings, Irv Williams
I Thought About You, Cookie Coleman
A Nice One For Boo, Adi Yeshaya

Performance
Freelance jazz piano player in the Twin Cities area since 1988. Performed in jazz clubs, recording sessions, concerts, tours.

Adi brings to his keyboard playing an arranger’s sense of form and structure and an impeccable sense of taste that has made him much sought after as an accompanist and sideman. The following are among the many ensembles and artists he has worked with: