Alex Olson
Sessional Lecturer
school of music
University of Victoria
Canada
Biography
He began double bass studies with Paul Simons (then principal bassist of Victoria Symphony) followed by studies in Vancouver with Kenneth Friedmann who was then principal bassist of Vancouver Symphony. After a year with the Victoria Symphony in 1975-76 at age 21, he returned to Vancouver to continue studies with Mr. Friedmann at Vancouver Community College attaining a music performance diploma there. In 1979 he won both the Vancouver Symphony Women's Committee Scholarship Concerto Competition and the VCC Concerto Competition to perform Bottesini's Concerto No.1 with an orchestra made up of primarily Vancouver Symphony Orchestra members. Two years of study in New York City with Orin O'Brien (acting assistant-principal bassist, New York Philharmonic) completed a B.Mus. at Manhattan School of Music in 1981. Returning to Vancouver, he attended Capilano College for a jazz and commercial music diploma and studies with jazz bassist Tom Hazlitt.
Research Interest
music education
Publications
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Fisher SE, Francks C, Marlow AJ, MacPhie IL, Newbury DF, Cardon LR, Ishikawa-Brush Y, Richardson AJ, Talcott JB, Gayán J, Olson RK. Independent genome-wide scans identify a chromosome 18 quantitative-trait locus influencing dyslexia. Nature genetics. 2002 Jan 1;30(1):86-91.
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Shaw A, Olson KR. Children discard a resource to avoid inequity. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General. 2012 May;141(2):382.
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Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) Research Network. Comprehensive genomic characterization defines human glioblastoma genes and core pathways. Nature. 2008 Oct 23;455(7216):1061.
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Lander ES, Linton LM, Birren B, Nusbaum C, Zody MC, Baldwin J, Devon K, Dewar K, Doyle M, FitzHugh W, Funke R. Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome.
