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The Author-- Composer, Pianist, Educator, native New Yorker, worked and studied with trumpeter, Dr. Donald Byrd. While at the Juilliard School and Lehman College, he recorded on Strata East and Nilva labels. He earned a B.A. in Education at Howard, later a Master’s degree from the State University of Pennsylvania and has begun a doctoral program at the University of Phoenix. He appeared at the Village Gate, broadcast live on WRVR-FM. His group--TRIAD appeared at NY clubs, ie. Mikell’s, Eric and Sweetwater’s. They opened at The Beacon Theater for Al Green; Trenton’s War Memorial Theater for Pieces of a Dream; did a seven-week Japanese tour. Bevin produced his first CD, BEVIN:NOW on TURN-TAY-BULL ENTERPRISES label in 1989; later--eight albums, including O.S.T. SOUNDTRACK on Cdbaby.com. Bevin worked with violinist Noel Pointer; flautist, Bobbi Humphrey; with Ralph Mac Donald; arranged/performed film and theater music for Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee; performed for Bill Cosby at the HUNDREDTH YEAR OF JELLO celebration. Bevin’s ballet -- TARA’S FIRST CHRISTMAS was performed at The Plaza Hotel, Manhattan. Currently, he is producing in his digital studio--TARAH/SARAH PRODUCTIONS. Bevin’s first novels--THE OTHER SIDE OF TOMORROW: Books 1-3 --he hopes to make into a screenplay(3) and compose the score. Artistic/Executive Director of BRONX RENAISSANCE COMMUNITY THEATER-- innovative, intergenerational not-for-profit - -Bevin’s engaged in school, community center; church, gigs, teaching privately-- piano, drums, violin, trumpet- expanding his catalog containing hundreds of pieces in various genres.
