Background
Clausen, Alf Heiberg was born on March 28, 1941 in Minneapolis. Son of Alf and Magdalene Clausen.
Clausen, Alf Heiberg was born on March 28, 1941 in Minneapolis. Son of Alf and Magdalene Clausen.
Bachelor, North Dakota State University, 1963. Postgraduate, University Wisconsin, 1963. Postgraduate, Berklee College Music, 1966.
Doctor of Music (honorary), Berklee College Music, 1996.
Composer, orchestrator. President Karleigh Music Company. Instructor music The Dick Grove Music Workshops.
Instructor music arranging and composition University of California at Los Angeles. Adjudicator Playboy All-Star Intercollegiate Jazz Festival Competition, Western Division Intercollegiate Jazz Festival Competition. Composer Los Angeles Neophonic Orchestra Concert Series, 1968.
Member American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, International Association Jazz Educators, Songwriters Guild, Society Composers and Lyricists (board directors), National Academy Recording Arts and Sciences (member jazz crafts committee), Academy television Arts and Sciences (14 Emmy nominations), American Federation Musicians, Screen Actors Guild, Blue Key, Phi Kappa Phi, Kappa Kappa Psi.
Married Judy Kaye Landstrom, June 5, 1965. Children: Karen Leigh, Scott Owen, Kyle Evan. Married Sally Maureen Taron, January 9, 1993.