ALBUM INFO

THE RECORDING BOOTH

INSTRUMENTAL TRACKING

THE MAKING OF “CHRISTMAS AT LAST”

“Children’s Choir In Rehearsal”

Christmas At Last

Produced By Brad G. Smith & S.E. Brown

Arranged By
Brad G. Smith * Bill Elliott * Matt Harris * S.E. Brown

Mixed By
Clark Germain
Wonderworld Studio, Hollywood

Engineered By
Clark Germain
United Recording, Hollywood
Stoker White
Funk Recording, Salt Lake City

The Musicians
Members of The Utah Symphony
& The Temple Square Orchestra
Concertmaster: Meredith Campbell

The Band

Rich Ruttenberg, John Ferraro, Trey Henry, Bob Sheppard, Michael Stevers

Featuring:
Masa Fukuda & Members Of The One Voice Children’s Choir
Vocalist, Dorian Holley
Concert Pianist, Robert Thiem
Violinist, Josefina Vergara

Graphic Design: Pittman Creative, Los Angeles

THE ARRANGERS

Brad G. Smith

Brad has been composing and arranging for television and film for decades. A good share of that time we have worked as partners.  Brad’s writing and producing credits have filled halls from Disney to The White House.  The grueling process of writing together?  Has built a lasting friendship between us.  There is no one more talented, or true.

BILL ELLIOT

We were connected, we clicked, we collaborated.  Now we are friends forever.  Imagine having a Tony-award winning arranger craft your music for a great orchestra. Perhaps we have made something that will be…lasting.

Bill Elliott is first a most talented musician, and has been a studio and concert pianist as well as an arranger, working with Josh Groban, Bonnie Raitt, Bette Midler, Donna Summer, Stevie Nicks and others.  In addition to Grammy and Emmy award nominations, Bill Elliott has created themes and scores for a dozen Disney releases as well as the motion pictures “Cinderella Man” and “Independence Day.”

MATT HARRIS

Matt lives and breathes:  Jazz.  He has all the academic credentials of an accomplished musician, and he has sharpened his skills for decades by playing and arranging for the greatest ever in the Jazz world.  He served as Musical Director for Buddy Rich and played with Maynard Ferguson, Bobby Shew, Lanny Morgan and a long list of others.  Matt is one of the most valued professors of music in the Cal State University system.

THE ENGINEERS

Clark Germain – Wonderland Studio

The most vital creative contributor on any album project, is the Engineer.  Emmy-Award winner Clark Germain brings the art and science of music together in such a beautiful way.  Clark’s mixes are described simply as “like glass.”  Transparent, and each instrument and note crystal clear.  All you have to do is listen?  To feel his talent in the music.

Stoker White, Funk Recording

Faster than a speeding bullet, more in tune with technology than any astronaut, and with ears for orchestras and tuning like only something found in nature.  That’s the one-of-a-kind Stoker White.  Thanks for helping me to deliver my best performances Stoker and for capturing “the moments.”