Shirley Walker was born in Napa, California in 1945. She was educated
at Pleasant Hill High School; attended San Francisco State College on
piano scholarship; studied composition with Dr. Roger Nixon; and piano
with Harald Logan of Berkeley, California. She was soloist with San
Francisco Symphony while in high school; performed with various hotel,
jazz & art bands in San Francisco, 1964 - 1967.
Industrial film and jingles work 1967 - 1978. Oakland Symphony
Orchestra pianist 2 seasons, Cabrillo Festival Orchestra pianist 2
seasons. Member American Federation of Musicians (AFM) 1962 - present
Member National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences (NARAS) 1978 -
present; Member American Society of Composers Authors & Publishers
(ASCAP) 1980 - present; Member Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
(ATAS) 1987 - present; Awards Committee 1987 - 1988; Member Society of
Composers & Lyricists (SCL) 1985 - present; Vice President 1988 - 1992;
Board of Directors 1986 - 1994; Working Conditions Committee 1987 -
1989; author SCL Working Conditions Questionnaire; author for The
Score, SCL periodical: Packaging Scores, The Business of Quality
Orchestration, New Low Budget Film Rate, Assumption Agreements and the
Special Payments Fund. Member Recording Musicians Association (RMA)
1990 - present, Board of Directors 1994 - present; Member Broadcast
Music Inc., (BMI) 1993 - present; Member Academy of Motion Picture Arts
& Sciences (AMPAS) 1994 - present; Executive Music Branch Committee
1994 - present.
She married Don Walker in 1967 and they had two sons, Colin born 1970,
Ian born 1972.
