CONTACT FRED GOODNIGHT
Melbourne, Florida
610-8093
BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION PAGE
Education:
Art Institute of Pittsburgh – Graduate
Advanced Illustration – Art Institute of Pittsburgh – Post-Graduate
Applied Psychology – United States Armed Forces Institute
Music Theory – U.S. Navy School of Music
Music Theory – Akron University
Field Music School – United States Marine Corps
Experience:
Jr. High School and High School Band – Coraopolis, Pa.
(Marching and Concert Band) – Karns City, Pa.
United States Marine Corps Drum & Bugle Corps, Camp LeJuene, N.C.
Fleet Marine Force – Pacific Drum & Bugle Corps, Hawaii
(as part of the President’s People-to-People Program to promote
United States goodwill program in Far East, i.e., Japan, Okinawa, Korea, Hong Kong, Philippines, Taiwan, Alaska, California)
Guest Speaker:
Canton Advertising Club, Canton, Ohio
First Christian Church of Massillon, Ohio
Unity Church, Massillon, Ohio
Unity Church, Talmadge, Ohio
Unity Church, Melbourne, Florida
Unity Church, Merritt Island, Florida
Findlay College, Findlay, Ohio
Fred Goodnight
has studied with the following internationally recognized
artists:
Jazz artist, Max Roach
Drummer and recording artist Baba Olatungi of Nigeria
Percussionist and recording artist, Nana Vasconselos of Brazil
Percussionist and workshop facilitator, Arthur Hull
Percussionist, Tony Vacca
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HealthRHYTHMS
HealthRHYTHMS is a research based life enhancement tool
See the Published Research Summary
Numerous research studies have been published which demonstrate the health & wellness benefits of HealthRHYTHMS
Recreational Music-Making (RMM).
IMPACT ON IMMUNE SYSTEM
Strengthens the Immune System (2001)
EMPLOYEE BURNOUT & TURNOVER REDUCTION
Improves Mood States and Reduces Burnout (2003)
REDUCING STUDENT DROP-OUT RATE
Retains Students: Mood Improvement & Burnout
Reduction (2004)
GENOMIC IMPACT
Reverses Stress on the Genomic Level (2005)
CORPORATE EMPLOYEE WELLNESS BENEFITS
Strengthens the Immune System of Corporate Employees (2007)
CREATIVITY & BONDING IN SENIORS
Recreational Music-Making Inspires Creativity & Bonding in Long-Term Care Residents
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Drum Workshops and
Seminars Fred Goodnight has conducted:
1. Quest Recovery Services, Canton, Ohio
2. Camp Umoja Nia, Carrollton, Ohio
3. Hartford Middle School, Canton, Ohio
4. Canton Cultural Center, Canton, Ohio
5. Kent State University, Kent, Oho
6. Massillon Youth Center, Massillon, Ohio
7. Massillon Girls’ and Boys’ Club, Massillon, Ohio
8. Massillon-Washington High School, Massillon, Ohio
9. Kent-Stark University, Canton, Ohio
10. York School, Massillon, Ohio
11. The Guitar Center, Orlando, Florida
12. Ebony Cadets – Drum & Drill Team, Canton, Ohio
13. Soul Association – Drill Team, Canton, Ohio
14. Instructor, Women’s World Peace Rhythm Project, Cleveland,
Ohio, with performances in Cleveland, Chicago, Columbus International Festival, Grafton Correctional Institution, and the Mid-Ohio Valley Multi-Cultural Festival, Parkersburg, WV
15. Leadership Stark County
16. City of Canton Sails Up Transition Academy Summer Camp – Mt. Union
College, Alliance, Ohio
17. Ohio Family Foundation (for children of parents with mental illnesses)
18. Canton City Schools – Freshman Academy
19. Peaceweavers’ Retreat Center, Bath, New York
20. Fairview Hospital Residency Physicians’ Retreat, Maumee, Ohio
21. Buckingham, Doolittle & Burroughs Law Firm, Akron, Cleveland,Canton, and Columbus offices
22. Decker Family Training Center, Barberton, Ohio
23. Crawford County MRDD, Bucyrus, Ohio
24. Marion Correctional Institution, Marion, Ohio
25. Grafton Correctional Institution, Grafton, Ohio
26. Coleman Outreach Center, Family Day, Malone College, Canton, Ohio
27. Monfort Elementary School, Sterling Heights, Michigan
28. Ewell Elementary School, Sterling Heights, Michigan
29. Wiley Elementary School, Sterling Heights, Michigan
30. Schwartzkoff Elementary School, Sterling Heights, Michigan
31. Khalsa Yoga Center, Yardley, Pennsylvania
32. Peaceweavers Spring Gathering, New Hope, Pennsylvania
33. Unity Center for Spiritual Living, Merritt Island, Florida
34. Unity Church, Melbourne, Florida
35. Patrick Air Force Base, Florida
36. Brevard Community College, Melbourne, Florida
37. Brevard County Museum, Melbourne, Florida
38. Harry T. Moore Cultural Center, Mims, Florida
39. Fairhope Middle School, Cocoa, Florida
40. Heart ‘N Soul Center, Cocoa, Florida
41. Brevard Influential Women of Color Award Ceremony, Cocoa, Florida
42. Peaceweavers Natural Building Colloquium, Bath, New York
43. Silver River State Park, Silver River, Florida (retreat)
44. Port St. Joseph State Park, Florida (retreat)
45. Guitar Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
46. Men of Unity Retreat, Boston Heights, Ohio
47. Unity Church Drum Circle, Tallmadge, Ohio
48. Ananda Center, Massillon, Ohio
49. Camp Wanekee, Ohio
50. Camp Wakonda, Sherrodsville, Ohio
51. Dr. Masaru Emoto, Messages From Water Seminar, Buffalo, New York
52. Princeton University Peace Gathering, Princeton, New Jersey
53. Brevard Coalition for Peace and Non-Violence, Cocoa, Florida
54. Peace-In-The-Park Drumming Circle, Unity Church, Melbourne, Florida
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Band and Combo
Experience:
Magnificent J’s –
Soul – R & B
One Step Back – Show Group
2nd Generation – Show
Group
Neil Creque Trio – Jazz Trio
Frank Corbi – Jazz Quartet
Progress
Report – Jazz Trio (my group)
Fred Goodnight Trio – Jazz Trio
Kaleidoscope
– Top 40 Bank (my group)
Jack Bridges Trio – Lounge Group
Jeff Kinsley
Trio – Lounge Group
Richard Kirkland Trio – Jazz Trio
Dick Schermesser
Trio – Jazz Trio
Danny Mazzacco Quartet – Jazz
Nuff Rey – Jazz
Quartet
Al Pergola Jazz Quartet
Two Trains Running – Blues World
Peace Rhythm Project – World Music and Percussion
The Wallace Coleman Band – Blues, presently
Ross Faranda Jazz Group – presently Unity Church,
Talmadge, Ohio – presently TheThe The Mostly Blues Band, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio –
presently
Unity Center for Spiritual Living, Merritt Island, Florida
Unity Church, Melbourne, Florida
100 piece band, including Herbie Hancock,
Buster Williams, Steve Turre,
Larry Coryell, Joe Newman, Onaje Grums. Played
Madison Square
Garden – 200th anniversary celebration of the Statue of
Liberty
Concert performance with international recording artist
James
Moody
Performed at the Crown Prince of Japan’s Wedding
Celebration; the
birthday Celebration of Emperor Hirohito of Japan; Douglas
MacArthur III;
Hawaii; Statehood
Celebration; and many top
military officers and other Government officials in the Far
East
Concert performance with Canton, Symphony Orchestra, Canton, Ohio
Concert performance at Canton Museum of Art, Canton, Ohio
King Biscuit Blues Festival, Helena, Arkansas
Lucerne Blues Festival, Lucerne, Switzerland
Ecaussinness Spring Blues Festival, Belgium
Poconos Blues Festival, Poconos, Pennsylvania
Western Maryland Blues Festival, Maryland
Carolina Blues Festival, Camden, South Carolina
Mohican Blues Festival, Ohio
Asheville, North Carolina Blues Festival
Heidi’s Jazz Club, Cocoa Beach, Florida with Simone
Koppmeijer from Austria
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