Jeremy Zuckerman Composer 4087 Camino Real Los Angeles, CA 90065
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EDUCATION
1999-2001 MFA in Composition - New Media, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia. Thesis: [or, the whale] - An Interdisciplinary Adaptation of Herman Melville's Moby Dick. Degree granted May, 2001. Emphasis in sonic art composition. Studied primarily with Morton Subotnick, Tom Erbe and Mark Trayle. Additional study with James Tenney, Anne LeBaron and Bunita Marcus. 1994-97 BA in Music Production and Engineering, Berklee College of Music, Boston MA Emphasis in Music Technology and Computer Music. Degree granted December 1997. Graduated Magna Cum Laude. Studied with Richard Boulanger.
AWARDS/ACHIEVEMENTS
WON 2015 Emmy award for Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness WON 2012 Emmy award for Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness 2011 BMI Conducting Workshop Participant 2010 Awarded 'Subito' Grant by the American Composers Forum's San Francisco Chapter. 2010 Recipient of the Djerassi Honorary Artist Fellowship Award. Awards and recognition for various television commercials including: Samsonite, Human Nature television commercial (co-composer/sound designer): Inducted into the Museum of Modern Art's permanent collection.
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
2004-present Composer of television/film and concert music. April-May 2009 Artist in Residence at Djerassi Foundation 2003-2004 Producer, Performer and Sound Designer. Instrumentation includes computer, synthesizers, guitar, hammond organ and rhodes piano on various genre-spanning projects from sonic art pieces to rock albums inc. David Lee Roth.
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
American Composers Forum, Los Angeles Chapter - Member American Federation of Musicians, Los Angeles Chapter - Member Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI) - Composer / Songwriter Electronic Music Foundation - Subscriber Screen Actors Guild – Member The Echo Society – Founding Member of Los Angeles composers collective The Television Academy - Member
TEACHING, LECTURING
2015 Visiting artist, California Institute of the Arts. 2013 Lecturer, California Institute of the Arts. 2012, 2010 Panel Participant, Wondercon Convention. 2011 Panel Participant, Billboard/Hollywood Reporter Film and TV Conference. 2011, 2010 Panel Participant, Comicon Convention. 2008 Lecturer, California Institute of the Arts. Conducted multidisciplinary workshop exploring the link between the acting method Viewpoints and sonic art improvisation and composition using extended vocal techniques. Part of an ongoing work to further develop a clear method establishing a link between the two disciplines.