Industry Connection
“The Music Composition for the Screen program at Columbia College is evolving into a new industry standard for film scoring programs, and becoming the envy of other higher education institutions as it continues to innovate and expand.”
Robert Kraft, President of Music at Fox
The LA support team includes:
- Mark Watters, conductor
- Mike Reagan, composer
- Lennie Moore, composer
- Craig Stuart Garfinkle, composer
- Eimear Noone, conductor
- Reggie Wilson, vice president of music production and administration, contractor
- Booker White, director, Disney Music Library
- Marshall Bowen, senior copyist, Disney
Internships and industry mentors:
- John Powell
- James Newton Howard
- Javier Navarette
- Mark Isham
- John Debney
- Johnny Klimek
- Remote Control Productions
- Jeff Danna
- Paul Broucek
- Jeff Rona
- Blake Neely
- Warner Bros Pictures
- New Line Cinema
Guest Lecturers:
- David Newman
- Michael Giacchino
- Rolfe Kent
- Christopher Young
- Chris Montan and Donna Cole Brule (Disney Pictures)
- Doreen Ringer-Ross (BMI)
- Nancy Knutsen (ASCAP)