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Member CD Spotlight: ‘Awake and Dream’ – works by Lior Rosner

Concertmaster Katia Popov performs a violin solo during the recording session with the Hollywood Studio Symphony for Lior Rosner’s debut classical album, “Awake and Dream.” Photo courtesy of Lior Rosner

Concertmaster Katia Popov performs a violin solo during the recording session with the Hollywood Studio Symphony for Lior Rosner’s debut classical album, “Awake and Dream.” Photo courtesy of Lior Rosner

8 Page Stapled Book-WTSince moving to Los Angeles from his native Israel, Lior Rosner has made a name for himself as a composer of rare versatility. Perhaps best known as the composer of the theme music for the “Ellen DeGeneres Show,” he has worked in film, TV and video games, and scored trailers and commercials for huge projects and brands.

A graduate of the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance, he studied composition and theory with composers Haim Alexander and Mark Kopytman. After graduating, he moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career as a film composer. During his many years of success in this medium, he has continued to compose classical music, including chamber works that have been played by various ensembles, among them the Armadillo String Quartet and the Pacific Composers Forum.

But concert music has always been dear to Rosner’s heart, and his artistry is on full display with his new collection of vocal and instrumental works, “Awake and Dream,” released on Bridge Records. Continue reading

#listen-la spotlight: Daft Punk ‘Gets Lucky’ at the Grammys

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Robot-headed electronic duo Daft Punk nabbed top honors at the 56th Annual Grammys, taking home Record of the Year for the hit “Get Lucky” and Album of the Year for “Random Access Memories.” By the end of the visually and musically dazzling ceremony, RecordingAcademy voters awarded the French pair a total of four gramophone-shaped trophies.

Over a two-year period in 2011 and 2012, the award-winning music was recorded at three historic Hollywood studios: Capitol, Conway and Hensen. The all-union orchestra, led by Doug Walter and assembled by music contractor Joe Soldo, featured an impressive ensemble of L.A.’s premiere musicians.

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Congratulations 2014 Grammy Winners!

The following 56th Annual GRAMMY® Award-winning recordings feature the talents of Los Angeles’s incredible AFM Local 47 musicians:

RECORD OF THE YEAR &
BEST POP DUO/GROUP PERFORMANCE

‘Get Lucky’
Daft Punk

ALBUM OF THE YEAR &
BEST DANCE/ELECTRONICA ALBUM

‘Random Access Memories’
Daft Punk

BEST POP INSTRUMENTAL ALBUM
‘Steppin’ Out’
Herb Alpert

BEST DANCE RECORDING
‘Clarity’
Zedd Featuring Foxes
Track from: “Clarity”

BEST TRADITIONAL POP VOCAL ALBUM
‘To Be Loved’
Michael Bublé

BEST ROCK PERFORMANCE
‘Radioactive’
Imagine Dragons
Track from: “Night Visions”

BEST TRADITIONAL R&B PERFORMANCE
‘Please Come Home’
Gary Clark Jr.
Track from: “Blak and Blu”

BEST R&B SONG
‘Pusher Love Girl’
Justin Timberlake
Track from: “The 20/20 Experience – The Complete Experience”

BEST IMPROVISED JAZZ SOLO
‘Orbits’
Wayne Shorter, soloist
Track from: “Without a Net”
(The Wayne Shorter Quartet)

BEST LATIN POP ALBUM
‘Vida’
Draco Rosa

BEST INSTRUMENTAL ARRANGEMENT
‘On Green Dolphin Street’
Gordon Goodwin, arranger
(Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band)
Track from: “NA”