| I am in preparation to score the thriller "Stag Night" directed by Peter Dowling ("Flightplan") , starring Kip Pardue, Breckin Meyer, Vinessa Shaw.To be released in 2008. |  |
| My score to the short film "Little Wings" received a nomination for a Jerry Goldsmith Award at the Third International Film Music Conference in the City of Úbeda, Spain. |  |
Just added ! Watch a clip from "The Making Of Dark Remains" Composer Profile from the DVD special features section. |
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| I was honored to be runner-up in the Accomplished composer category composition contest of Notionmusic |  |
| I gave a lecture on filmscoring at UNT ( University of North Texas ) , co-sposored by the Getty Foundation on February 9th.In addition there will be three additional concerts with premieres of my concert work that week . |  |
| Just released. Soundtrack to "Dark Remains". For more information go here |  |
Award-winning supernatural horror film "Dark Remains" gets its USA DVD release on Dec 26th through Monarch Home Video There will be a DVD signing by the director and a soundtrack signing by me on Dec 19th at Dark Delicacies in Burbank, CA |
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New release. "The Devil's Serenade" Fabulous dance band music from the 1930s era. Beautifully arranged and re-created by expert band leader/pianist Dean Mora. I play on a few tracks vintage jazz violin - Joe Venuti style.
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Violin Passion: Solo Concert on my electric violin in Santa Barbara on Sunday, September 10th 7 pm. |
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I co-produced , arranged and orchestrated 10 new tracks for Tenor Saxophonist JJ Jones's new album "Saxually Romantic" Smooth Jazz with a romantic touch. |
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| Now available. Masterworks of the New Era Volume 7.Premiere recording of my orchestral piece IKARUS. RObert Winstin conducts the Kiev Philharmonic |  |
| Just released. My solo album "Violin Passion:Symphonic Dreams". A blend of lush orchestral arrangements, smooth grooves and lots of jazzy/celtic violin improvisation on my electric Silent Violin from 1900. |  |
I just finished the score to Brian Avenet-Bradley's third supernatural horror film DARK REMAINS. Visit their website for trailer and info. |
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John O'Hurley, actor, musician and spokesman, is most known for his portrayal of the eccentric catalog king, J. Peterman, on the hit show "Seinfeld." He asked me to orchestrate and arrange his original compositions. This CD, in collaboration with electric cellist Marston has been released just recently.
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My orchestral composition Ikarus will be recorded by the Kiev Philharmonic Orchestra under the direction of award-winning conductor-composer Robert Ian Winstin. The recording sessions will take place in Kiev, Ukraine during the 2nd week of July, 2005. ERMMedia series Masterworks of the New Era Volume 8 has a projected release date of November, 2005.
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Members of the Württembergisches Kammerorchester Heilbronn will premiere my octet "Shaken, Not Stirred - Happy Hour For 8" on June 24, 2005 in Heilbronn, Germany
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My Award-winning wind quintet "Picnic For 5" will get its world premiere in La by the Pat Maki Players, followed by additional performances at Stanford University by the "Wet Ink" Ensemble and in Santa Monica by the SMSO Wind Quintet in March.
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Just Released:
THE PILLORY / THE BATTLE and The Intercontinental Philharmonic Orchestra and Royal Choir This experimental, eclectic, contemporary classical, progressive, industrial, ambient collectors edition 2 CD set features over 150 musicians and myself as concertmaster and soloist performing on my electric violin. Very special. |
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I just returned from Japan, on tour with "Janet Klein and her Parlor Boys" presenting our "Scandals - Living in Sin" Old-time Jazz CD live. We had great audiences in Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya, Kyoto , Yokohama and Hiroshima.
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Just released: My composition "Silent Movie" for 4 flutes brilliantly performed by Verquer flutes unlimited. Premier World Recording!
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I have been commissioned to write a new work in honor of George Crumbs 75th birthday, which will be celebrated with several concerts during the Bach Festival in Oregon this summer. I will be participating in the composer's symposium 2004.
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Selected and outstanding students, coached by the renowned St. Lawrence String Quartet, of the Music Department at Stanford University, CA will premier my award-winning composition "homecoming" for violin, clarinet & piano on May 9th @ 2 pm.
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| The German VerQuer
- flutes unlimited will premier my composition "Silent Movie"
written for 4 C Flutes in Germany on
June 26 , 2004 |
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Orgelmeister Christoph Bull invited me to participate at the ORGANICA 2004 at UCLA's Royce Hall Los Angeles on March 10 . It will be an interesting concert featuring the historic 1930 Skinner organ, electric silent violin, visual DJ and Sound FX.
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| "From My Notebook Vol. I" and "Sonata Montuno", will be premiered by acclaimed violinist Karen Bentley Pollick. The performance will take place on February 20, 2004 @ 8PM at The Frye Art Museum auditorium, 704 Terry Avenue in Seattle. The concert will also include Ives' Sonata for Violin and piano No. 2 and Sebastian Currier's "Clockwork". The Washington Composers Forum sponsors this event.
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| I can be heard on radio (almost ) every Sunday between 18.05 and 19.00 on Bayern 4 Klassik in Bavaria Germany. A special radio show about filmcomposers and filmmusic. I contribute the latest news from Hollywood. Quite fun. |  |
New Release ! I have arranged and produced another album for Electric cellist Marston Smith "Before Time Forgot" features Medieval Euro Trance compositions by Marston. |
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| "Dunsmore" director Peter Spirer received a Jury Award @ the 2003 Ojai Film Festival for Dunsmore. Congratulations |  |
| The Duo Renard & friends will premiere my composition "Pedestrian X-ing " for 4 violas in Dallas , TX on November 1st and 3rd @ Wilshire Baptist Church on Abrams Rd and A&M University, Commerce TX resp. | |
| Until now Outpatient has received more than 7 film festival awards ( Best Picture/ Audience Winner etc. ) and will get its European premiere at the Milan International Film Festival. Visit the Outpatient site for details. |  |
New Release ! CD "Elegancia" ... Latin American Favorites.. performed by long-time friend David Wilson on a Stradivari violin, produced and recorded by Benedikt Brydern. Lush and jazzy violin goes Latin.
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| It is my great pleasure to announce that my composition
"Picnic For 5" ( for wind quintet
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I will be performing with the Stephen Clarke band on my electric violin onFriday, May 9th @ 9:00 p.m. The Tempest (Acoustic Playhouse) in Los Angeles
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The Duo Renard and guest Kristin Jutras will give the world premiere of my Award winning composition " Tales from The Bavarian Woods" this spring. The performances take place on March 3, 2003 in St. Thomas the Apostle Episcopal Church in Dallas (Mockingbird and Inwood) at 8 pm, and on March 6, 2003 at Texas A&M University in Commerce at 8:15 pm. |
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| Outpatient won the Grand Jury Award for Best Film at the Festival of Festivals Palm Springs and at the NoDance Festival in Park City, UT | |
| The HotClubQuartette just released its first CD. A tribute to the Hot Club Of France founded by Django Reinhardt & Stephane Grappelli. You can listen to and get the CD at www.CDbaby.com and www.amazon.com |  |
| My composition "Tales From The Bavarian Woods" for 2 violins and viola just won the 2002 William Lincer Foundation Chamber Music Competition . World premiere to be announced. | |
| My composition "One Song, America, Before I Go" based on Walt Whitman's poem written for vocal quartet (SATB), trumpet and organ has received its world premiere at Saint John Fisher Church in Rolling Hills, CA on September 8 , 2002 during a memorial concert. | |
| Outpatient (see below ) has been accepted into more International Film Festivals: St' Louis IFF - November Hawaii IFF - November New Orleans IFF - October Whistler FF - December Scottsdale IFF - October Palm Springs - Nov |
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| Academy Award-nominated
documentary director Peter Spirer spends time with over 80 of the world's
greatest martial artists in order to let them demonstrate techniques
and discuss the philosophy behind their craft. Through rare footage
and discussions with stars such as Jet Li, David Carradine, Sammo Hung,
and more, take an in-depth look at the martial arts phenomenon and learn
more about the various schools and styles that exist. Lions Gate will
release this DVD on August 20. There are some audio clips available for listening. |
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| I finished the score to a new independent feature film called Outpatient which will have its American premiere at the Seattle International Film Festival. Visit their site to see ( and hear ) the trailer and behind-the-scenes footage | |
| My classical composition "homecoming" for clarinet, violin & piano has been announced winner of the 2. Marmor Foundation Chamber Music Composition Competition at Stanford University. More about the upcoming world premiere later. | |
| The Viksne Piano Duo will perform my composition " L.A. Stories" for Piano four hands on June 11 in Riga, Latvia | |
| The Duo Renard performed "From My Nothebook" Jan. 24 at Texas A&M University, Commerce and March 17 at 1st United Methodist Church in Mt. Vernon, TX | |
| My Duo for Violin and Viola "From
My Notebook" has been released on CD with other compositions by
Maria Newman, Peter Schickele. Darius Milhaud, Dev Dosaj and Michael
Kibbe performed by Cynthia Morrow, viola and Carolyn Osborn, violin.
Visit their nice website You can check out score scans and audio clips here. |
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Together with my colleage and friend David Wilson we will be releasing our 6th album together featuring the music of Cole Porter. More about this and the other albums on DAVID WILSON'S website. |
