ASMAC Podcast

Superb musician Greg Phillinganes gave an excellent presentation for the ASMAC luncheon at Catalinas Jazz Club on February 17. It was a most interesting talk about his views of the music business, pas...

29 Mai 201649min

The ASMAC October luncheon speaker was composer-conductor Bill Conti. In 1976, he became a household name when he was hired to compose the music for a small United Artists film called “Rocky.” The f...

23 Mai 201648min

Winner of the 2006 Grammy Award for his Instrumental Arrangement of nine-minutes long end [“Incredits”] credits from the Pixar film “The Incredibles,” with a 90 piece orchestra, as well as three-time ...

17 Mai 201646min

On April 6, 2016, The American Society of Music Arrangers and Composers was very fortunate to have multi-Emmy and Grammy award winning arranger Patrick Williams speaking at ASMAC’s First Wednesday eve...

6 Mai 201617min

Trumpeter, bandleader, conductor, composer, arranger, songwriter, Russ Garcia has done it all, and has enjoyed every minute of it. In this ASMAC Luncheon, Garcia began his remarks from his repertoire ...

24 Apr 201642min

Tim Simonec and Ira Hearshen host a question and answer session with the arrangers who worked on the 2009 Academy Awards show under the direction of Michael Giacchino. It was Michael’s idea to have a...

22 Apr 201645min

Harry Shearer is a comic personality and modern day renaissance man. For the past two decades he has enjoyed enormous success and planted the fruits of his talents in the heads of millions worldwide t...

5 Apr 201640min

It is no surprise that Grammy winner, five-time Grammy nominee and seven-time Emmy nominee Nan Schwartz is considered a pioneer for women composers. And Conrad Pope is emerging as one of the most exci...

28 Mar 201656min