Raymond Calvin Archie

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Ray Archie (born July 29, 1970, in Oakland, CA) is an American musician, music industry executive and media technologist. He currently serves as CEO and Executive Director of Notes to the Soul. Archie is a member of Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI) and a regular speaker at national Audio Engineering Society conventions. At the age of 5, Archie began his piano studies. In 1977, he began playing cello under the tutelage of Wendy Cilman (from 1977 - 1980). His later teachers included Deirdre Crowden (from 1980 - 1984), Colin Hampton, and Mildred Rosner (from 1984 - 1990). During this timeframe, Ray studied composition and chamber music at the nonprofit Crowden School alongside the original 13 students from their inaugural year. In 1983, at the age 13, Archie began studying bass with Karla Lemon and Stephen Tramontozzi, assistant principal bass for San Francisco Symphony. In 1983, Archie joined the Oakland Youth Orchestra, one of the Oakland Symphony’s most successful ventures. Composed of seventy-five teenage players, it made five commercial recordings and toured internationally. The orchestra regularly commissioned and premiered works – and Archie performed with the orchestra for the World debuts of Larry London’s Suite for Orchestra and Robert Hughes’ Not Suitable for Framing. [4] During his first 1983 season with the orchestra, Archie had the opportunity to perform several concerts with Denis M. De Coteau. In the 1984 season, Archie went on his first tour with the Oakland You

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