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Musical Director - Jamie Pastman, LLC
James Pastman, a 30-year veteran of the music industry and a professional musician and composer, lives and works in Chicago, Illinois. A member of the Chicago Musicians Union and the Ravinia Festival Orchestra, James Pastman’s career as a musician includes supporting many well-known artists, including Aretha Franklin, the Marshall Tucker Band, The Platters, and Three Dog Night. Additionally, as a soundtrack composer James Pastman scored the 1997 film The Last Time I Committed Suicide, as well as hundreds of television commercials. He also worked with the world-renowned Cirque du Soleil and released an album with his band “Apprentice” in the early 1980s. In addition to periods spent working as a concert pianist and soundtrack composer, James Pastman is a conductor, keyboardist, and musical director.
Belying an interest in fiscal science first demonstrated as an undergraduate, James Pastman manages a small hedge fund, Rhombus Capital Management, LP. While simultaneously pursuing his career as a professional musician, James Pastman earned a Bachelor’s degree from The University of Chicago in Economics and Public Policy Administration, graduating Sigma Cum Laude in 1993. Previously, Pastman attended the College of Lake County, where his status as the top student in the social sciences earned him the Frederick Patterson Award.
When not building his investment banking career or working as a musician, James Pastman avidly seeks out a variety of outdoors activities, including kayaking, mountain biking, camping, long-distance running, hiking, and bird watching. Additionally, Pastman enjoys many of Chicago’s urban pursuits, including sailing and fine dining. James Pastman also dedicates considerable time and energy to supporting his community, working with the Habitat for Humanity and donating to The American Red Cross and PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals).
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James Pastman on the Global Activism Expo
, James Pastman's Blog on Bigsight
October, 2011
An annual event, the Global Activism Expo grew from the Global Activism Series and now gathers hundreds of individuals from around the Chicago area eager to show individuals how they can get involved with several different important efforts. The free event brings in people of all ages from the surrounding community, demonstrating to them how the smallest contribution can effect the greatest change. At the event, people learn about the various battles now waged around the world for human rights, access to education and proper food, freedom from oppression, and other similar goals. This year’s event represented work in more than 100 countries and projects as diverse as buying cows for families in Kenya to providing for human trafficking victims in Vietnam. Other initiatives provide for those in need around the world, shipping bicycles, school supplies, medications, and other necessities.
This year, as in years past, the Hospital Sisters Mission Outreach (HSMO) collected items for hygiene kits from those in attendance and asked that individuals donate a small portion of their time to actually assemble a kit. The organization ships these items to the underserved throughout the world and has recently concentrated primarily on those still without the basic necessities after the tsunami in Japan. The United States Navy requested that HSMO collect and assemble such kits for distribution there. Outside of providing needed items, the organization also encourages crosscultural interaction and creates important awareness programming.
I have donated significant time to the Global Activism Expo in the past, an initiative just as important as all the projects presented during the event. Witnessing the atmosphere of excitement and hope that the Expo fosters never fails to encourage my own activist side. I enjoy seeing how the Expo forges a real sense of community among those in the Chicago area while clearly demonstrating the power of teamwork and a collective will. The Expo takes place at the University of Illinois at Chicago Forum each spring, sponsored by
WBEZ-Chicago.
posted at smsdev.hshs.org
About the Author
James Pastman has served in various musical capacities in the Chicago area since the late 1970s, working with several prominent musicians, composing scores for film and television, and sharing his skills as a concert pianist. Also a finance professional, he runs a small hedge fund called Rhombus Capital Management, LP. James Pastman remains committed to several different causes on a local, national, and international basis.
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