William and the Senator's Daughter
RON BOURDAGES
Ron Bourdages is a graduate of the University of Michigan, with an inter-departmental concentration in Anthropology, Psychology and Music.
He has studied voice privately and at the National Music Camp at Interlochen. He is currently the Executive Director of the Birmingham Music Club. A cultural Arts Group which is 112 years old. He creates and performs in all the Birmingham Music Club Young People's Concerts for underserved, inner city school children.
Together with Bradley Harris, he composed William and the Senator's Daughter, an original classical piece of music for the whole family, featuring an orchestra and a narrator, which had its world premiere in January 2014 at Samford University, as part of the
Birmingham Music Club 2013-2014 season.
He has studied acting at The Loft in Hollywood, and has been very active in musicals with the local Birmingham, Alabama Community Theater. He takes an active part in the presentations for children at the Alys Stephens Performing Arts Center, which is part of the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), and has helped compose the music for several original programs for the whole family presented there, such as Yuletide In Dogtown, and Down The Yellow Brick Road.
He is also a GIA Graduate Gemologist and has served as an instructor at the school in Carlsbad, California. He currently works as the gemologist at Barton-Clay Jewelers in Birmingham, Alabama.
He is also a real estate broker with gkhouses.com, and Magnolia Partners,
specializing in investment properties and multi-family
BRADLEY HARRIS
Bradley Harris, originally from Virginia, is a graduate of Samford University with undergrad and graduate degrees in music, church music and music composition.
A gifted composer, he is an accomplished pianist and French Horn player. He serves as the music director and arranger for the
Birmingham Music Club Young People’s Concerts
for underserved, inner-city school children.
Together with Ron Bourdages, he has composed
William and the Senator’s Daughter,
a classical piece for the whole family, with orchestra and a narrator, which had its world premiere at Samford University in January of 2014 as part of the
Birmingham Music Club 2013-2014 season.
He occasionally performs solo concerts of original piano music.
He is also a cheeseburger aficionado.
