Edmund "Ed" Hartman (1957- ) is an award-winning composer and percussionist who has been active in Pacific Northwest film and music communities since moving to the region in 1979. Hartman is originally from Evanston, Illinois and began his music career studying under jazz drummer Fred Silver and mallet performer Al Skinner. Additional music influences were Dan Spaulding and Randy Hogancamp from nearby Northwestern University and Don Owens from Hartman's high school. Hartman received his Bachelor of Music degree in percussion from Indiana University studying under Richard Johnson. After college he moved to the Pacific Northwest where he founded the Opus 1 music series.
During his career Hartman scored music for film, television, and radio, with credits including
Sources: "Bio/Credits," Ed Hartman Music. Accessed on November 7, 2024. "Composer/Producer Ed Hartman talks about, As the Earth Turns," Movie Music International (MMI). Accessed on November 7, 2024.
Gift of Ed Hartman, July 2024
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Audio recordings and concert programs from the music series Opus One, or Opus 1, which ran from 1980 to 1985. It includes music by various Pacific Northwest composers. The collection includes 34 open reel tapes as well as concert programs, documents, and newspaper clippings related to the concert series, and photographs of some of the participating musicians.
Opus 1, or Opus One, was a music series founded by Ed Hartman that ran from 1980-1985. The series consisted of several concerts per year in which Pacific Northwest composers debuted and/or performed their music in collaboration with instrumentalists and vocalists. The concerts were performed at Seattle venues such as Soundwork Hall, Washington Hall Performance Gallery, and Broadway Performance Hall. Some music was experimental, with a quirky and humorous presentation. Some examples include: "The Carol Beers Fan Club" and a "Boom Box Symphony," where audience members were invited to bring AM or FM radios as instruments; and works using unconventional instrumentation, including an empty wine bottle and a 31-tone conduit marimba. Ed Hartman was frequently featured in programs from 1980-1985 as a composer or collaborator, alongside other regular performers such as Joel Salsman (pianist and composer), Warren Shaffer (composer and baritone, conductor, hornist), Paul Smith (composer and banjoist), Alan Youngblood (composer), Jay Hamilton (composer), Alan Hovhaness (composer), and Klaus Lendzian (composer).
The Ed Hartman Music website has been regularly captured by the Internet Archive Wayback Machine since 2025. The snapshots can be viewed here:
Tracks and artists listed on tape do not match the program for October 26th, 1980 Opus 1 concert
Music by David Sonella and unknown artist
Music by Ed Hartman, David Jones (with Teresa Brown), Mark Filler, and Jason Weil
Music by Lawrence Ebbert and Joel Salsman
Music by Harvey Stein, Craig Coleman, Klaus Lendzian, and Ed Hartman
Music by Jay Hamilton and Ed Fleming, Ed Hartman, and Steve Smith and Christopher David Kunkel
Music by Eric Tingstad, Jean Gearman, Paul Smith, Glen Lutzenhiser (with Warren Shaffer and Karen Janes), Tom Miller (with Jeroen Van Tyjn, Grady Swaffert, and David Hinz), and Ed Hartman
Music by Alan Youngblood, Ed Hartman, and Bill Gibb
Music by Bill Gibb (with Paula Bridges, Eric Jensen, Larey McDaniels, and Joyce Gibb), Paul Smith, Klaus Lendzian, Alan Youngblood (with Gary Hixson and Paul Youngblood), and Glenn A. Lutzenhiser (with Karen Janes, Valerie Harris, Peggy Mannix, Larry McDaniels, and Phyllis McDaniels)
Music by Robert Ramsay (with Randy McCarty, Lisa Bergman, and the Hazen High School Percussion Ensemble: Scott Holms, Jeff Slade, Jana Yankeh, Joe Kinne, David Hensel, and Ed Hartman, conductor), Tim McKamey and Mark Filler, Warren Shaffer (with Joel Salsman), Joel Salsman, Warren Shaffer (with Randy McCarty and the Quixotic St. Ensemble: Kathleen Baginski, Jay Hamilton, Herb Levy, John Marshall, Stephen Smith, and Warren Shaffer, conductor), Jay Hamilton (with Quixotic St. Ensemble, Jay Hamilton, conductor), and Lawrence Ebert (with Thomas Golleeke, Laurie Lake, [?Jaymie?] Randall, [?Pam?] Newby, Yukio Tokoro, Phillip Hanson, and Tim Bozarth)
Music by Ed Hartman and Danny O'Brien, Greg Short, Paul Smith (with Robert Kotta and William Pint), Alan Hovhaness (with Joel Salsman and Ed Hartman), Joel Salsman, and Jim Lyon (with Paul Varn)
Music by Janice Giteck (with Thomasa Eckert and Roger Nelson), John Verrall (with Joel Salsman), and Jeff Morris (with Matt Kocmieroski)
Music by Gloria Wilson Swisher (with Susan Dolacki and Joel Salsman)
Music by Jeff Morris (with Matt Kocmieroski and Ed Hartman), Ed Hartman and Klaus Lendzian, Bern Herbolsheimer (with Kelly McPherson), Jerry Piger (with Joel Salsman), Kelly Bogan (with John Pilskog and Joel Salsman), and Ron Pilcher (with Warren Shaffer, Helen Maronec, Lavert Woodard, and Nancy Cobbs)
Music by Alan Hovhaness (with Joel Salsman), William O. Smith, Patrick Purswell, Greg Short, Robert Ramsay (with Bun-Ching Lam), and Warren Shaffer
Music by Alan Hovhaness (with Deede Cook, Joel Salsman, Matt Kocmieroski, Ed Hartman, Howard Greene, Chris Bard, Sue Gilbreath, Jarrad Powell, and David Beck)
Music by Clement Reid (with David Ritt), Randall Plut, Greg Short, Howard Aylmer (with Eric Meng, Frances Walton, and Barbara Solowan), Dell Wade (with Rebecca Morgan), and Robert Ramsay (with Benita Lenz, Barbara Solowan, Doug Solowan, Sasha Van Dassow, and Shannon Hill)
Music by Robert Suderburg (with Stuart Dempster, Doug Solowan, Mike Bisio, and Rick Pressley) and William Bergsma (with Warren Shaffer, Valerie Yockey, Carol Sams, Shelby Lash, Marcia Bellamy, Signe Cook, Paul Lash, Steven Wall, Skylar Carroll, Ed Hartman, Naomi Kato, Rebecca Morgan, and Dan Shelhamer)
Music by Robert Suderburg (with Stuart Dempster, Doug Solowan, Mike Bisio, and Rick Pressley) and William Bergsma (with Warren Shaffer, Valerie Yockey, Carol Sams, Shelby Lash, Marcia Bellamy, Signe Cook, Paul Lash, Steven Wall, Skylar Carroll, Ed Hartman, Naomi Kato, Rebecca Morgan, and Dan Shelhamer)
Music by Pete Leinonen Jazz Ensemble, University of Washington Contemporary Group, Whistlestop Dance Company, as well as the premiere performance of "Easter Morning" by Warren Shaffer, and the premiere performance by Opus 1's own Weird Group.
Simultaneous events occurred throughout the Broadway Performance Hall building, including music performed in the bathrooms and elevator. The finale of the evening was the world premiere of the "Boom Box Symphony" (or "Third World Briefcase Music") featuring the audience, who were requested to bring an AM or FM radio.
June 1982: Unnamed piece by Alan Youngblood; "Partita in D minor", chaccone, by Ed Hartman, vibraphone and marimba; excerpt from "Unicorn" by Bill Gibb. November 1981: "The Walrus" by Paul Smith, banjo; "Suite for Horn and Piano", three movements, by Glen Lutzinhiser; "Hot Sauce" by Eric Tingstad. October 1981: "Dance of the Trolls" and "The Chase" by David Mesler; "Foolish Woman" by Marla Nonken; excerpt from"Untitled" by Steve Smith/Christopher Kunkel, 31-tone conduit marimba. March 1980: Excerpt from "3 Paragraphs" (flute and piano) by Lawrence Ebbert; "Dervish Dance" by Joel Salsman; excerpt from "Parangtritis" by Tom Miller, guitar and [?gleckid?] (from gamelan). November 1981: "The Carol Beers Fan Club" by Ed Hartman.
"Toccata for Banjo", "Fantasia on Grey Eagle", and "The Wheel" by Paul Smith; "Fresh Piano Fruit" by Ted Allen; 4 excerpts. Includes announcements of music.
Side 1: "Cor Copia" for 6 horns and "Soft and Fleecy" for piano (played by Joel Salsman). Side 2: "A for Piano" (played by Joel Salsman) and excerpts from "Mrl 7", movements 1, 2, 4.