FRODE BARTH Composer - Musician - Producer FRODE BARTH (1968) began his guitar studies with Erik Wesseltoft, and sang as a soloist in the St. Laurentius Choir in Lørenskog, Norway, at the age of ten. Following three years of education at the Music and Art Department at Foss Junior College, he began an instrumental-pedagogical education, with guitar as his main instrument at the Barratt-Due Music Institute. Barth has, aside from his instrumental studies, also studied composition (counterpoint, analysis, arranging and orchestration) in the Master's degree program at the Institute of Musicology at the University of Oslo. Following engagements in a number of theatre productions as a composer, Barth developed a serious interest in writing music. With the guitar centrally placed in the timbral space, his band "TAPE" won the "Norwegian Cultural Youth Competition" prize in 1987 in Larvik. As a result he received a grant for a tour to Groznjan in Jugoslavia (Village Jazz International), from «Landslaget Musikk i Skolen» in 1988. In Jugoslavia, Barth studied music with Reggie Workman (USA), and performed several works live on Yugoslavian Radio. Workman, who was responsible for the seminar, provided another grant in order for Barth to participate the following year as well. In 1989 Barth attended the Cannington International Guitar Summerschool in England. After performing self-composed music, Barth received a scholarship from the composer John W. Duarte, the arranger of the seminar. One of BarthÌs works was published in the international guitar magazine «Classical Guitar» (Vol. 9, No. 1. 1990.) Barth appears as composer, instrumentalist, soloist and arranger on the following CD-issues: "Kvinner og Kanari" André Danielsen (Hot Club Records 1009), «Gjær, Forfatterverket» (MTG 30022), "Diverse Artister" (NTECD 94) and Rikskonsertene/NorConsert1994 (RK CD 001). In 1994 he debued as a producer for the CD «Egentlig» Trond Bjertnes - Frode Barth (MTG 94444). He has produced «Jeg» Trond Bjertnes - Frode Barth (MTG 49999) and «Cumulus» (MTG 30055) in 1997. He has also received orders from the Norwegian Composer Fund and the Composers support-fund as well as several grants from TONO. In recent years Barth has been touring regularly with the «Norwegian National Concerts» and «Oslo Concert Workshop». He has established himself as a multifaceted guitarist. He has had his works performed on NRK Radio and TV, as well as in concerts in Norway, Sweden, Denmark and England. Barth's list of works with TONO includes more than 200 opus numbers, as well as music for stage, classical music, jazz, pop/rock and film. Barth is a member of the Society for Norwegian Composers, and the Norwegian Society of Composers and Lyricists for Popular Music, since 1990.