| A native of San Jose, California Howard began playing guitar in 1963 at the age of seven and began performing at age twelve.
As a young person he also studied the cello performing in the Santa Clara Valley Youth Orchestra.
He played with the award winning Piedmont Hills High School jazz band on bass guitar and studied music theory under musical director Richard Jorgensen.
It was at this time that he began performing in rock bands. After studying music at Lewis and Clark College in Portland, Oregon he continued performing and recording as
a lead guitarist and vocalist in bands including the original Sons of Bernard in Portland as well as numerous groups in the San Francisco bay area.
He began teaching guitar in 1981 at Draper's Music in Palo Alto. He continued performing through the 1980s and 90s. In 1994 he entered a program in art, computer science and
music at San Jose State University where he studied electronic music with Alan Strange. His final piece was an algorythmic composition for cello and computer.
In 2005 he reunited with the Sons of Bernard and returned to the Portland music scene. Howard currently teaches guitar and plays in the Portland area performing solo, with recording artist Joan Berry and with the Sons of Bernard. |
| For more information contact me at: howard@howardwade.com |
