It was a honor to arrange Titanium for Sia and the NSO for the ADL's In Concert Against Hate. It is not often you get to reimagine a song for the original artist.
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What better way to wrap up a very productive year than by conducting my arrangements of Kem's songs at the Kennedy Center? The show featured timeless favorites from Kem's What Christmas Means album, with Ledisi joining as a guest. A big thank you to fellow arrangers, Jeremy Levy, Lauren Elizabeth Baba, and Derrick Hodge and the amazing musicians of the NSO. Thanks also to Justin Ellis for trusting me with the program.
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As an arranger, I've been fortunate to work with artists across different genres, adapting their music for symphonic settings. Recently, I had the amazing opportunity to arrange songs for Dua Lipa’s debut at the Royal Albert Hall with the Heritage Orchestra. For this special event, we aimed to reimagine Dua's music in an orchestral style, which allowed me to explore some really creative ideas with the orchestra. Dua’s new live album, featuring recordings from her Albert Hall debut, is now available on all streaming platforms.…
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Season 4 of Outer Banks is out on Netflix. It was a blast working on another season with Fil Eisler and the gang. Thanks to Fine Line Music Service for the music prep and to Pano Fountas for keeping us organized.
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What a night! I had the incredible opportunity to collaborate with Tobe Nwigwe and the National Symphony Orchestra.  This concert joins a series of successful shows I have collaborated on with the NSO over the past decade, featuring artists such as Nas, Kendrick Lamar, Killer Mike, and many others. It was wonderful to be reunited with conductor Steven Reineke and the National Symphony Orchestra. Thank you to the other arrangers - Jeremy Levy, Lauren Elizabeth Baba, Derrick Hodge and Jongnic Bontemps - for their contributions,…
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  Agatha All Along is now streaming on Disney+! It was a pleasure to orchestrate the music by Christophe Beck and Michael Paraskevas for this cool project. A lot of hours of musical wizardry, orchestrated mostly by myself and Jeremy Levy, with the help of Lorenzo Carrano, Ryan Humphrey, and Jordan Siegel. Thank you to the team at Joann Kane Music Services, Fer Bos, Matthew Feder, and Casey Stone, for keeping everything organized, delivered, and sounding awesome. 
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A few months back, I gave an in-person talk about my piece and blog post, Error Code 7, for the Academy of Scoring Arts. Many people were interested but could not be in LA, so I am happy to announce a Zoom version next Friday, July 26 at 10am (PDT). Recorded at the iconic United Recording Studio A, Error Code 7 demonstrates many of the concepts I discuss in this blog. During this Zoom session, I will go through the piece and post and answer…
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It was a pleasure to add Killer Mike to the list of collaborations I've had with the Kennedy Center and the National Symphony Orchestra over the past decade. He now joins artists such as Nas, Kendrick Lamar, Common, Ne-Yo, and Maxwell with whom we have done shows. This was a last-minute production, so I could not have done it without the help of my team. Thanks to Jeremy Levy, Jordan Seigel, Lauren Elizabeth Baba, Cameron Moody, Carlos Simon, Lorenzo Carrano, Pano Fountas, and Tyler Detulio.…
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Unfrosted was released on May 3! You have no idea how surreal it is to have Seinfeld in the headphones giving notes! Once again, it was a pleasure orchestrating and conducting Chris Beck's score on this cool project. Check it out on Netflix now.
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Last spring, I was very busy arranging for a wide range of shows. As an arranger, I enjoy the challenge of working on and adapting any musical material. Sometimes you receive material that requires all of your skills to make it work, but other times you are lucky, and the music and artist you are given fit perfectly with the ensemble, making the charts practically write themselves. The latter was the case with Mark Letteri, who trusted me to arrange a few pieces for his…
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