John Korsrud formed the Hard Rubber Orchestra in 1990. They have performed over 100 concerts, toured across Canada several times, and to Europe, produced multi-media shows, operas and ice shows and have commissioned over 40 of Canada's best composers. John Korsrud is a composer from Vancouver, Canada. He studied with Louis Andriessen in Amsterdam from 1995-97. He has been commissioned by The Vancouver Symphony, CBC Radio Orchestra. John is the recipient of the Canada Council's Joseph S. Stauer Award and the 2012 City of Vancouver Mayor's Award for Music. Come to the Dark Side was commissioned by New York's American Composers Orchestra and was premiered at Carnegie Hall in 2010. Crush and Lowest Tide were commissioned by Amsterdam's Tetzepi Bigtet and premiered in The Netherlands in 2002 and 2004. Peace for Ross is dedicated to the great Ross Taggart, a dear friend, and one of Vancouver's greatest and most beloved musicians. Slice and WISE Up are dedicated to the ground-breaking Vancouver drum'n'bass drummer Ray Garraway. John Korsrud's Hard Rubber Orchestra is: Dave Robbins > drums Jack Duncan > latin percussion Andre Lachance > bass Ron Samworth > guitar Chris Gestrin > keys Cameron Wilson > violin Campbell Ryga, Bill Runge, David Branter, Chad Makela > saxophones Derry Byrne, Kent Wallace, Henry Christian > trumpets Rod Murray, Dennis Esson, Hugh Fraser, Jeremy Berkman > trombones Hard Rubber Chamber Orchestra (track 6) Mark McGregor > flute Francois Houle > clarinet David Owen > oboe Ingrid Chiang > bassoon Henry Christian > trumpet Steve Denroche > french horn Jeremy Berkman > trombone Dave Sabourin > tuba Salvador Ferreras > percussion Cameron Wilson > violin Henry Lee > viola Peggy Lee > cello Laurence Mollerup > acoustic and electric bass