contact
613 A S La Luna Ave
Ojai, CA 93023
(820) 667-7677
mjmusiced@gmail.com
PROFILE
Skilled songwriter/composer/orchestrator with over 20 years of experience writing, arranging, and recording musical pieces. Expertise in music for film and video games, with skills in sound and video editing software and experience handling a wide variety of applications to compose, synthesize, and revise music. Released over a dozen studio albums of original music. Wrote the music, book, and lyrics for two full-length musical plays. 12 years experience as a Montessori educator. Published a book on Montessori music. Mentored by Michael Zeiger, Dr. Norman Ludwin, Mark Kuypers, Andy Hill, Jeremy Leidecker, Ryan Leach, Christopher Siu, Rovshan Asgazarde, Alain Mayrand, Darrell Grant, Brian Ward.
EXPERIENCE
2003 - Orchestrator - “Los Angeles, I’m Yours” from the album Her Majesty by the Decemberists
Worked with the band to develop an arrangement for string ensemble. Recruited players. Formatted and printed score and parts. Conducted recording session at Jackpot Studios, in Portland, OR with Larry Crane producing.
2005 - 2022 - Orchestrator - Parks & Recreation
Wrote orchestral arrangements for the band’s three studio albums, produced by Jarkko Heiniö. Recruited players, supervised sessions, formatted and printed score and parts, conducted recording sessions at various locations.
2022 - Composer, Songwriter, Orchestrator - The Ideal Home Music Library, Vol. 3: Songs for Orchestra
Wrote, recorded, and mixed 12 songs for orchestra for the third album in the band Reclinerland’s Ideal Home Music Library series, produced by Jarkko Heiniö.
SKILLS
Piano, guitar., vocals; Music reading, editing, writing; MacOS, Windows; Logic Pro X, Pro Tools, FMOD; Dorico, Finale; DaVinci Resolve, iMovie; BBCSO Pro, CSS, 8-DIO, Spitfire Audio Plugins; KONTAKT Libraries; Vienna Ensemble Pro; Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign; Affinity Photo, Affinity Designer.
EDUCATION
2008
MFA in Music Ed.
Portland State University
2023
MFA equivalent in Film Scoring
European Academy of Fine Arts - Film Scoring Academy of Europe - Online
Mentors: Dr. Norman Ludwin, Mark Kuypers, Andy Hill, Jeremy Leidecker
2023
Certificate of Completion
Virtual Composer’s Summit
Mentors: Ryan Leach, Christopher Siu
2022
Certificate of Completion
The Secrets of Orchestration Online Course
Mentor: Rovshan Asgazarde
2020 -
Membership
Score Club
Mentor: Alain Mayrand
1989, 1990
Diploma in Visual Art, Theater
California State Summer School for the Arts