Brad Davis and Suzanne Short, played on the same dance band in Portland from 1998 to 2006. Suzanne had started a New Horizons Jazz Band in Mesa in 2008. She returned to Portland in 2011. Together they conceived of the idea of a New Horizons Big Band in June of 2013, while playing duo's in the Portland, OR metro area.
They started the Tualatin NHBB in September of 2013, and the Hollywood NHBB is a spin-off that began in May of 2016. The Tualatin band had become too big and Hollywood New Horizons Big Band was born.
Brad is the musical director of both bands and Suzanne is the manager of both bands. The Hollywood band rehearses at the Hollywood Senior Center in the Hollywood District of north east Portland. Both bands are affiliated with New Horizons Music International. (www.newhorizonsmusic.org).
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