WILMINGTON SYMPHONY YOUTH ORCHESTRA
October 22, 2020
Film Scoring with David Spear
Please review the PDF documents before Thursday night's session with David Spear.
| media_links.pdf |
| interview_of_david_spear.pdf |
| pilsner_urquell_v4_-_score_and_parts.pdf |
RAINBOW WAR - complete film 20 minutes
https://www.dropbox.com/s/lfi6m0pts17kotv/RAINBOW%20WAR.mov?dl=0
Please do not download the Rainbow War file.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/lfi6m0pts17kotv/RAINBOW%20WAR.mov?dl=0
Please do not download the Rainbow War file.
Music and Score for Carol of the Birds
| carol_of_the_birds.pdf |
Music and Score for Paris, 3am
| paris_3am_-_cello.pdf |
BIO - DAVID SPEAR
Composer, conductor and pianist, David Spear was the 2017 Artist in Residence for the Department of Judaic Studies at PSU. He graduated from UCLA with the Henry Mancini scholarship and began his career orchestrating many film scores for Elmer Bernstein including Airplane, Animal House, Heavy Metal and Ghostbusters. After his Broadway debut as Music Director of Merlin, the Magical Musical, Spear wrote scores for three Academy Award nominated films: Rainbow War, Ballet Robotique, and The Courage to Care. He also composed the music for the Emmy Award winning National Geographic documentary, Surviving Everest. He has led the London Symphony, Royal Philharmonic, Vancouver Symphony and the Munich Philharmonic in recordings of his own works.
Spear conducted the Indianapolis Symphony for the 2008 world premiere of The Langston Hughes Project featuring Ice-T and the Ron McCurdy Quartet. A dedicated educator, Spear served as faculty at Berklee College of Music (1991-1995), USC Thornton School of Music (1995-2006) and at New York University (2009-2013).
His work in the arts and academia thrives on decades of creative collaboration with many distinguished artists, directors and scholars. Prof. Spear has trained and mentored hundreds of domestic and international students, many of whom are enjoying successful careers in academia, as well as in the theatre, music and film industries.
Spear conducted the Indianapolis Symphony for the 2008 world premiere of The Langston Hughes Project featuring Ice-T and the Ron McCurdy Quartet. A dedicated educator, Spear served as faculty at Berklee College of Music (1991-1995), USC Thornton School of Music (1995-2006) and at New York University (2009-2013).
His work in the arts and academia thrives on decades of creative collaboration with many distinguished artists, directors and scholars. Prof. Spear has trained and mentored hundreds of domestic and international students, many of whom are enjoying successful careers in academia, as well as in the theatre, music and film industries.
