James Lavino

James Lavino is an American composer, known especially for his choral music and his music for film and television.

Lavino was born in Philadelphia in 1973 and studied music at The Juilliard School in New York City, where he was a composition student of Behzad Ranjbaran. He later studied in London with Paul Patterson of the Royal Academy of Music.

Lavino scored Matthew Galkin's award-winning HBO documentary "I am an animal: the story of Ingrid Newkirk and PETA" and Henry Singer's acclaimed BBC documentary "Last Orders". He also scored Alex Karpovsky's "Woodpecker" and Sam Neave's "Cry Funny Happy", which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. The soundtrack to "Woodpecker" was performed by Lavino, Radiohead's Colin Greenwood, and Lee Sargent & Tyler Sargent, from the band Clap Your Hands Say Yeah. [ [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/news/142681-radiohead-clap-your-hands-guys-team-for-soundtrack/ Pitchfork.com article] ] Current and upcoming film work for Lavino includes Galkin's "Kevorkian" and an eight-part documentary series for BBC television, called "Sissinghurst."

Lavino's choral and concert music, some of which is published by Boosey & Hawkes, has been performed in England, Spain, France, Belgium, Romania, and throughout the USA. His choral piece "Nativity," commissioned by Choir & Organ magazine, was featured in the 2007 Classic FM Christmas Concert, and has been recorded by the choir of Westminster Abbey (James O'Donnell, cond.) for the Hyperion label. [ [http://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/al.asp?al=CDA67716/ Hyperion Records announcement] ] Other recent and upcoming commissions include a choral setting of three poems by W.H. Auden, for Exmoor Singers; and a set of three Christmas carol arrangements. Lavino's choral piece "An Exhortation of St Peter" was performed as part of the 2007 Tallis Festival and was broadcast on BBC Radio 3. [ [http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/thechoir/pip/uphr4/ BBC Radio 3, The Choir, 2007-10-28] ]

Lavino wrote songs for the groundbreaking Disney animated show "The Book of Pooh" and has also created music and sound effects for several advertising agencies and stage productions.

Lavino holds a Master’s degree in English from Yale University and was an Associate Editor of the esteemed literary magazine "The Paris Review". He is currently co-London-Editor of the literary magazine "A Public Space".

Since 2002, Lavino has lived in London, England. He is a member of the BBC Symphony Chorus. [ [http://www.jameslavino.com/ James Lavino official website] ]

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External links

* [http://www.jameslavino.com/ jameslavino.com]
* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1285596/ James Lavino's IMBD page]