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We have three membership levels to offer:

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Philharmonic

$ 250 / Year

Our premium value package
Access to more than 150 videos of past studies and events in their entirety
Discounts on software, gear, and services through our Harmony Partners program
Free Admission to all live score study events

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Giftable

Orchestra

$ 165 / Year

Our most popular ensemble
Access to more than 150 videos of past studies and events in their entirety
Discounts on software, gear, and services through our Harmony Partners program
Reduced ticket prices bringing the cost of attending our live events to $5-15 (depending on event)

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Chamber

free!

Six free video events
Be a part of a vibrant community of creatives dedicated to the intersection of music and media
Access to highlights, video excerpts, and limited resources from our in-depth sessions and events
Discount codes to attend our live events

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Philharmonic and Orchestra memberships can also be given as gifts! Gifting a membership is quick, convenient and will provide a wealth of knowledge for the rest of the year. Click on your chosen membership level to proceed!

Here’s what membership gives you.

Score Studies

Full access to years of our video archives including studies of composers like Igor Stravinsky, John Williams, Claude Debussy, Gustav Holst, Jerry Goldsmith, and many more.

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John Williams Raiders of the Lost Ark Score Study Part I

Stravinsky’s Firebird Suite Part 5

Stravinsky’s Firebird Suite Part 4

Scoring Americana and the Western Sound

Leith Stevens’s War of the Worlds

Stravinsky’s Firebird Suite Part 3

Michael Kamen’s The Iron Giant

Joe Hisaishi’s Howl’s Moving Castle Part 2

Mark Isham’s Film Noir Score to The Black Dahlia

The Harmonic Techniques of John Williams’s Action Music

Joe Hisaishi’s Howl’s Moving Castle Part 1

Stravinsky’s Firebird Suite Part 2

Garry Schyman and the Score to Torn

Stravinsky’s Firebird Suite Part 1

David Newman’s GalaxyQuest

John Williams’s Superman Suite Part 3

John Williams’s Superman Suite Part 2

John Williams’s Superman Suite Part 1

James Horner’s Aliens Part 1

James Horner’s Sneakers, Part 2

Danny Elfman’s Batman

Independence Day Part 3

James Horner’s Sneakers, Part 1

Independence Day Part 2

Independence Day Part 1

Tim Davies and the Music of Maya and the Three

Bernard Herrmann and Jerry Goldsmith in The Twilight Zone

Bernard Herrmann’s The Day The Earth Stood Still

John Powell’s How to Train Your Dragon

Star Wars: The Clone Wars with Kevin Kiner

Bernard Herrmann’s Taxi Driver

Back to the Future Episode 2

Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker Episode 2

Back to the Future Episode 1

Psycho: A Look at Bernard Herrmann’s Genre-Defining Score

James Horner’s Apollo 13 Part 4

James Horner’s Apollo 13 Part 3

James Horner’s Apollo 13 Part 2

James Horner’s Apollo 13 Part 1

Asteroid Field: A Star Wars Score Study

Danny Elfman’s Nightmare Before Christmas

Debussy’s La Mer (Episode 8)

John Williams’s Jurassic Park

Bernard Herrmann’s North by Northwest

Debussy’s La Mer (Episode 7)

Ravel Challenge 2019 with Thomas Goss

Debussy’s La Mer (Episode 6)

Debussy’s La Mer (Episode 5)

Debussy’s La Mer (Episode 4)

Debussy’s La Mer (Episode 3)

Ellington Jazz Studies

Deep dives into jazz theory and visits from some of the most accomplished jazz musicians in the world.

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Polyphonic Jazz from the 20’s to the 80’s

Nestico, Basie, and the Kansas City Sound

Jeremy Levy’s Planets Reimagined

Quantum Harmony

Blue Serge, Elmer Bernstein, and Film Noir Part 2

Jazz in Film Noir

Linear Harmony and Black Bottom Stomp

Arranging for Bern Bern Bern

Birth of the Cool

Black, Brown, and Beige: Bitches and Brews

Composer’s Intent

Tim Davies and His Big Band Arranging

Meter and Time in Jazz Composition

The Clothed Woman

Brent Fischer

Form and Harmonic Motion, Hello and Goodbye

Thad, Duke, and Some College Chords

Maids of Cadiz, Sammy Nestico, and Thad Jones

Such Sweet Thunder

Ko Ko, Duke’s Jungle Period, and Moten Swing

Concerto for Cootie and Blues for Pablo

Guest Interviews

Dozens of talks featuring some of the industry’s most fascinating people discussing their work, craft, techniques, and business.

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14th Annual Fans of Film Music

Mark Isham’s Film Noir Score to The Black Dahlia

Orchestration Challenge 2023 Part 2

Orchestration Challenge 2023

Garry Schyman and the Score to Torn

David Newman’s GalaxyQuest

Prepping for the Scoring Stage

Workflow Workshop 2: Mocking Up a Score

Workflow Workshop 1: Discord, Cubase, and Dorico

Unlocking Unique Percussion Textures in Film Scoring

Preparing for the Podium

Maclaine Diemer and the Music of Guild Wars 2

The Music of Nami Melumad

The Music of Cobra Kai

Composer to Conductor

The Music of Netflix’s Ginny & Georgia

Star Wars: The Clone Wars with Kevin Kiner

Jermaine Stegall and the Music of Coming 2 America

A Conversation with John Powell

Joshua Moshier and the Music of FX’s Baskets

Michael Abels and the Music of US

A Conversation with Jeff Russo

The Art of Live-to-Picture Film Score Performances

A Conversation with Bear McCreary

Jeff Beal, House of Cards, and Film Noir

Storytelling with John Ottman

Haim Mazar and the Wonderful World of Disney

Bernard Herrmann and Alfred Hitchcock: The Composer-Director Relationship

Kris Bowers and the Music of Green Book

Inon Zur and the Sound of the Fallout Games

The Music of Ray Donovan with Composer Marcelo Zarvos

Austin Wintory and the Music of The Banner Saga

Scoring Under Dialogue with Alan Derian

Jeff Babko

Drummer Bernie Dresel

Nathan Barr and the FOX Studio Organ

Conducting to Picture

Christopher Willis and The Death of Stalin

Drummer Paul Peress

Italian Composer Carlo Siliotto

Joe Kraemer and the Music of Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation

Mervyn Warren

Grant Geissman

Tim Davies

Michael Abels and the Music of Get Out

Ron Jones: 21 Reasons Composers Shouldn’t Be in the Hamburger Business

Carl Rydlund

Chris Boardman: A Lifetime of Change

Gordy Haab and the Music of Star Wars Battlefront

Scoring the Battle: The Music of Halo Wars 2

Discounted Ticketing

Your membership includes significant discounts for attending our live events, including Ravel studies, Ellington groups, INFOrum panel discussions, Legends film score studies, and more. Attend more than six studies and your membership will have paid for itself with the discounts alone.

Mix with industry professionals

Many of our events include lunch with the price of admission. Sit down and break bread with fellow professionals to talk music, pick their brains, and compare notes. You can even play your music in our Adventures in Listening feature and receive instant constructive criticism.

Discounts

Our Harmony Partners Program provides our members with special discounts on studio gear, software, and services from a specially curated list of composer-friendly vendors.

Ongoing Education for Musicians

Membership can be a major form of ongoing education for many of our members. We all need continued stimulation and exposure to make strides forward in our craft and career.

Community

You're never alone when you join a community that loves music and film scores the same way you do. Ask your questions, get musical and career advice, and make strides towards achieving your dreams.

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Some of our past guests

• Ron Jones, composer (Family Guy, Star Trek Next Generation)

• Dawn Soler, Senior Vice President of Music, ABC Studios

• Dan Wilson, Grammy-winning singer/songwriter/producer (Adele, Dixie Chicks)

• Richard Bellis, composer, arranger, and lecturer (SCL, USC, Television Academy, ASCAP)

• Tim Simonec, orchestrator and conductor (Call of Duty, Alias, Lost, Ratatouille)

• Penka Kouneva, game/film composer and orchestrator (Prince of Persia: Forgotten Sands, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, The Matrix)

• Mark Watters, Emmy-winning composer and conductor (Disney, Pixar, MGM, NBC)

• Jeremy Konner, director of film and TV (Another Period, Drunk History)

• David Newman, composer (War of the Roses, Tarzan, GalaxyQuest, The Nutty Professor, Ice Age)

• Mike Lang, pianist/keyboardist (John Williams, Jerry Goldsmith, James Newton Howard, Henry Mancini, Elmer Bernstein, Hans Zimmer, Michael Bolton, Barbra Streisand)

• Gene Cipriano, woodwind player (Frank Sinatra, Natalie Cole, Elvis Presley, Judy Garland, Rosemary Clooney, Miles Davis)

• Mark Adler, Emmy-winning composer (Francis Ford Coppola, Philip Kaufman, Martin Scorsese)

• Richard Niles, composer, arranger, producer (Paul McCartney, Ray Charles, Cher, James Brown, Mariah Carey, Michael McDonald)

• Charles Fernandez, Emmy-nominated composer, orchestrator, and conductor (Disney, Adult Swim, MGM)

• Russell Brower, composer and Emmy-winning sound designer (Tiny Toon Adventures, Animaniacs, World of Warcraft)

• David Silverman, animator and director (The Simpsons, The Road to El Dorado, Monsters Inc., Ice Age: Continental Drift)

• Mark Griskey, video game composer (LucasArts, Marvel, Disney, Ubisoft, Sega)

• Bruce Broughton, Emmy-winning composer (Silverado, Tombstone, The Rescuers Down Under, The Presidio, Miracle on 34th Street)

• Tyler Bates, composer, songwriter, and producer (Guardians of the Galaxy, Salem, 300)

• Cliff Eidelman, composer (Star Trek VI, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, Big Miracle)

• Gernot Wolfgang, composer (Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, Santa Barbara Chamber Orchestra)

• Ira Hearshen, arranger and orchestrator (Randy Newman, Lalo Schifrin, John Debney, Stanley Clarke, Lee Holdridge)

• Derek Waters, writer, actor, director (Drunk History)

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Frequently Asked Questions

Can I attend ASA events if I'm not a member?

What if I'm not local to your events?

Are there opportunities to network through the ASA?

Are all ASA events in Los Angeles?

Our main hub is Los Angeles, the center of the film and television world. There are affiliated groups who have run Ravel studies similar to ours in many other cities, including San Diego, Chicago, Seattle, Toronto, New York, London, Milan, Tokyo, and more. Our web site serves to publish our work around the globe, while our leadership and volunteer team continues to explore possibilities for hosting future events in other locations.

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Can I upgrade or easily change my membership level?