Vancouver born musician and composer Bob Turner  has a life -long interest in communication and the arts. His extensive personal 
arts history spans somefourty  years, and ranges from promoting and performing in local arts events to performing 
 with noted Jazz groups (extended stints with Bob Murphy, Ron Johnson, Henry Young and Almeta Speaks) as a bass violin 
player as well as electric bass in Rock bands including the legendary” Blacksnake”. His electronic music  represented 
Canada at Expo 86 and at Expo 88 in Australia. Bob Turner has composed music for Dance and Theater ( Paula Ross, Linda
 Rubin) companies and for performance art -projects; he founded and directed a Theatre -Performance Gallery in Vancouver  
(Todays Theatre Gallery); and has independently produced  original compositions reaulting in many casettes and CD's 
which he performs on midi-keyboards, flute and bass violin. 

Bob Turners work took a “formal” humanistic turn when he became involved with child care at UBC  from 1977 to 1983. 
This care giving component  coupled with his passion for electronic music lead him in a new direction. - featuring 
the integration of science, art and  humanistic care.

Bob Turner was Artist in Residence at Simon Fraser University School of Engineering Science during 1989-1991
there he realized his ideas to empower disabled musicians by directing the designing and development of digital 
electronic components which gave the disabledmusician the possibility of an actual reconnection with making music. 

Subsequently, working with the Vancouver Adaptive Music Society (VAMS)  the midi-modem-midi device was perfected 
so that musicians who are immobile can now musically communicate with other musicians in real time from 
city to city over a telephone link to the digital technology. He was also instrumental in assembling several performance
groups of disabled musicians and recorded and videod their work. Notable full length productions were
 “Spinal Chord” (Dave Symington and Sam Sullivan - VAMS ) funded by the Vancouver Adapted Music Society and
 “Frank Popow”  funded by Access Arts Canada. 

Bob Turner turned his efforts towards working with mentally disabled artists by producing full length music cassettes 
of original work, and by establishing a coffee house venue to encourage live performance for people diagnosed as 
mentally disabled. This activity was funded by Primal Mental Health Production Association.

Recent video productions have included 2 videos collaborating with Vancouver painter Richard Tetrault and the Sound track
for "Four  Installations" in collaboration with Cuban installation artist Tonel.

Bob Turner’s interest in electronic composition has taken him from the point of assembling a music production and video
 studio on into the field of multi-media computer technology and web site development. In 1995 he and his computer
 -programmer- partner, Jeff Koftinoff , launched their Internet Filter software to address concerns over issues of 
censorship and freedom of expression in a world where vigilance is mandatory for those who value an unfettered liberal 
approach to personal statement and creativity.  This software and the problems it addresses are both still alive today. 
Bob Turner continues to move in an unlimited realm of ideas in his search to contribute to the community as an artist, and 
as a facilitator linking the arts with science,technology and humanity

As an elder in the community Bob Turner is delighted hi next humanistic move is to bring his communication/facilitator
talents to the fathering project.
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To hear music, see videos,  read articles, and event updates  produced by
 Bob Turner please visit his   web site at: http://www.turnercom.com

contact:  turner@fatheringproject.com