Los Angeles
ASA Hollywood Bowl Night – Joe Hisaishi and La Mer
Hollywood Bowl 2301 N Highland Ave, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesIt's the annual Academy of Scoring Arts Hollywood Bowl Night! Join us on August 24th to see Joe Hisaishi conduct selections from his Studio Ghibli scores and Debussy's La Mer. We reserved a block of seats in section K3 and are happy to offer our members tickets at the group discount price! Meet us at 6pm at…
2023 Orchestration Challenge with Thomas Goss
Laemmle Theater 5240 Lankershim Blvd., North Hollywood, CA, United StatesWe’re proud to partner with Thomas Goss of Orchestration Online on our 2023 Orchestration Challenge! This unique event offers our Los Angeles members the opportunity to have their orchestrations played by live musicians and critiqued by Thomas himself. Composers that wish to enter the challenge will be given a melody that they will orchestrate for…
Inon Zur’s Score to Starfield
Laemmle Theater 5240 Lankershim Blvd., North Hollywood, CA, United StatesThe ASA is thrilled to welcome back acclaimed composer Inon Zur, to discuss his recent score to the Bethesda Softworks game “Starfield”. Having worked with Bethesda for over two decades, Inon spent seven years developing this sci-fi score, which can be experienced as an hour-long live orchestral suite performed by the London Symphony Orchestra here. He…
14th Annual Fans of Film Music
Mayflower Club 11110 Victory Blvd., North Hollywood, CA, United StatesFans of Film Music is back for its 14th annual event! The Fans of Film Music Society has partnered with the Academy of Scoring Arts to host this year's event on November 4th at the Mayflower Club in North Hollywood! Join us for another lively panel discussion led by Daniel Schweiger of Film Music Live, followed by an audience…
ASA Holiday Party Showcase & Orchestration Challenge
Come celebrate the holidays with food, drinks and original music by our members! Our orchestration challenge is back by popular demand, just in time for the holidays! This unique event offers our Los Angeles members the opportunity to have their orchestrations played by live musicians. On December 2nd, we are hosting a holiday party and…
Orchestration & Notation Techniques with Tim Davies
Hollywood Scoring 3046 Rosslyn St, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesYou may have seen Tim Davies’s recent blog post "Error Code 7,” which featured a deep dive into a plethora of orchestration and notation techniques. Well, here is your opportunity to hear Tim talk about it in person and ask questions. Topics covered will include string writing and bow techniques, orchestration ideas for adding interest…
Scoring Americana and the Hollywood Western Sound
First Baptist Church of Glendale 209 NORTH LOUISE STREET, Glendale, CA, United StatesThe ASA is excited to be joined by composer and orchestrator David Krystal to take a look at Aaron Copland's Rodeo and how he utilized techniques from it in a cue from his brand new album! "Tunes in the Key of Hollywood" is an EP release of classic Hollywood-style film tunes recorded with a 70-piece orchestra…
Music of Scavenger’s Reign with Nicolas Snyder
Lyric Hyperion 2106 HYPERION AVENUE, LOS ANGELES, CA, United StatesJoin us as we talk to Nicolas Snyder about his music for the rapidly emerging cult hit Scavenger’s Reign, a breathtaking animated sci-fi series now streaming on Max. Board member Josh Lucan contacted Nicolas only a few minutes into watching the first episode because he found the music so unique and inspiring. Snyder describes himself…
Kevin Kiner and the Music of Ahsoka
Laemmle Theater 5240 Lankershim Blvd., North Hollywood, CA, United StatesJoin us on Sunday, April 14th at Laemmle North Hollywood as we welcome back Kevin Kiner to discuss his score to the recent hit show “Ahsoka” on Disney+! This is Kevin’s first foray into live action Star Wars, but hardly the beginning of his involvement in the Star Wars Universe, having previously scored over 200…
Blake Neely and the Music of Masters of the Air
First Baptist Church of Glendale 209 NORTH LOUISE STREET, Glendale, CA, United StatesBlake Neely will be joining us in person at First Baptist Church in Glendale on May 18th to talk about his majestic score to Masters of the Air, the latest epic WWII mini-series produced by Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg following the legendary Band of Brothers and The Pacific. The show focuses on the US…