JASON & NOLAN

BIOGRAPHY & DESCRIPTION
Jason & Nolan (electric violin twins) are an instrumental act with some popera vocal. They provide featured concerts as well as back ground dinner music. Their repertoire includes pop classical, broadway, film music, celtic, inspirational, and innovative original music.

Jason & Nolan Livesay, identical twins raised in Southern California, both began playing the violin at the age of eight and went on to study with Todor Pelev. By the time they graduated from high school, they were performing professionally, winning national violin competitions, and composing for full orchestra. They both attended Azusa Pacific University where they studied violin with Ruth Meints and composition with Phil Shackleton. They later studied film scoring at UCLA, conducting with Jorge Mester, and voice with Calvin Remsberg and Michael Skidgel.

Jason & Nolan are currently scoring films, composing commissioned concert works, and musical directing and conducting professionally. Their compositions have been used by CBS, MTV, Nickelodeon, Disney, Columbia Pictures, Sony Pictures, Dreamworks, Paramount Pictures, and Warner Brothers. They both keep active careers as freelance violinists with several regional orchestras and theatre companies.

Jason & Nolan have performed with Josh Groban, Bela Fleck, Linda Eder, Jubilant Sykes, Merv Griffin, Sally Struthers, Tony Danza, Chris Botti, Betty Garrett, Lisa Vroman, John Williams, and have appeared on Celebrity and Crystal Cruises, "The American Music Awards" and "The Tonight Show" with Jay Leno.