Award Winning animation composer to visit 4th Year next Week.

We're very pleased to have award-winning animation and TV composer Steve D'Angelo visiting us for next week's workshop (Wednesday Nov. 7, 4-6PM, A150)

Steve will discuss his experience working and communicating with directors on animated TV shows, and the way that such subjective musical descriptions can sometimes be misleading. Sounds like a perfect warm-up to our trip to the U of T Film Composition class the following week.

Here's more about Steve's background as a TV composer: 

Steve D'Angelo Composer 

Steve Dangelo, an award-nominated and winning music composer with over 25 years experience, began his career as a composer and guitarist for advertising. He has lent his expertise on over a thousand commercials for clients such as: GM, Ford and Molson. Dangelo currently leads EggPlant's Music division, where he is responsible for all development and production of music themes and scores for EggPlant Long Format (LF). 

On the television side, DAngelo has written themes  and songs for children’s shows including: Rocket Monkeys, Thomas and Friends, Curious George , Cat in the Hat, Doozers, Land before Time  and many more. He has also composed scores for numerous news shows on the CBC network including: The National, The Fifth Estate, The Passionate Eye and Marketplace as well as award winning documentaries such as Sled Dogs and Arctic Secrets. He composed the powerful and evocative score for CTVs edgy police drama The Bridge. 

Throughout his career DAngelo's work has garnered him both Canadian and international recognition. His first animated series Peep and the Big Wide World received an Annie nomination (2005) for the Best Music in a Childrens Show. In 2008, Dangelo's catchy theme song for the series Fetch won him an Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Song Childrens & Animated series. Also, his ultra hip lounge score for Naughty Naughty Pets was nominated for a Gemini award in 2007. In 2011, DAngelo contributed the score to the acclaimed animated short film hometown based on Yoko Ono's poem. 

In addition, DAngelo has also written, arranged and conducted for: Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Dr John, Taj Mahal, Slovakian radio Orchestra and the Dublin Philharmonic.