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Composer Jerry Goldsmith Named Regents' Lecturer in UCLA's Music Department

Carolyn Campbell (ccampbel@arts.ucla.edu) (310) 825-6540
For Immediate Use Wednesday, September 23, 1998.

Academy Award-winning composer Jerry Goldsmith will be in residence at UCLA as a regents’ lecturer in the department of music during the fall quarter. The residency will feature a master class in film composition, open to all UCLA students, as a well as a public forum on Dec.1 in Schoenberg Hall (time to be announced). Ian Krouse, music department vice chair of composition, will act as forum moderator. Goldsmith will also work with six students on an individual basis, providing approximately eight one-hour private lessons. Students will be selected by Goldsmith in consultation with the department’s Composer’s Council.

The University of California Regents’ Lecturer program is a system-wide program designed to bring luminaries from various fields into the classroom environment to interact with UC students. Past Regent’s Lecturers hosted by UCLA in the field of music have included Herbie Hancock, Dizzy Gillespie, Yuseff Lateef, Pete Seeger and Tito Puente."Jerry Goldsmith is one of the most accomplished artists in his field," said department chair Jon Robertson. "Our students will have an extraordinary opportunity to learn from a master. Their experience during the nine weeks of the residency will have a significant effect on their education and careers." "Being invited to join the faculty of UCLA as regents’ lecturer is one of the greatest honors I have ever received," Goldsmith said. " I am thrilled to be working with Jon Robertson and Ian Krouse and the rest of the department at UCLA. I am anxious to begin the fall quarter and look forward to sharing my experiences and passion for my work with the students selected to the program."

An Academy Award, 16 additional Academy Award Nominations, eight Golden Globe nominations, five Emmy awards, two additional Emmy nominations and more than 175 motion picture scores unquestionably establish Jerry Goldsmith as one of the few composers who have dominated the arena of motion picture and television music for more than thirty-five years.

Having studied with Jakob Gimpel and Mario Castelnuova-Tedesco, Goldsmith made his initial mark in television composing for such shows as "The Twilight Zone," "General Electric Theater," "The Man From U.N.C.L.E.," "Gunsmoke," "Dr. Kildare," and "The Waltons." Working steadily in television, Goldsmith gradually gained recognition in the film industry for his powerful orchestral scores. His roster of credits includes music from "The Planet of the Apes," "Patton," "Chinatown," "The Omen," (for which he received an Academy Award), "The Boys From Brazil," and "Star Trek: The Motion Picture," as well as "Poltergeist," "Medicine Man," "Basic Instinct," "City Hall," "Air Force One," and "The Edge." In 1997, Goldsmith was honored with both Golden Globe and Academy Award nominations for his sultry score on the much-acclaimed film-noir "L.A. Confidential," and has received accolades for his masterful score to Disney’s summer hit "Mulan."

Off screen, in addition to composing three ballets, Goldsmith has guest conducted the National Symphony Orchestra in Washington D.C., the Detroit Symphony, the Pittsburgh Symphony, the Cincinnati Symphony, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra of London, and the London Philharmonic.

This past spring, Esa-Pekka Salonen conducted Goldsmith’s composition, "Music for Orchestra" with the Los Angeles Philharmonic. In October, Goldsmith will kick off his conducting tour at Carnegie Hall on Oct. 4 inaugurating the New York FilmHarmonic, a nonprofit orchestra dedicated to educating inner-city children about classical music through movie scores. Subsequently he will be performing live concerts in Spain, Japan, Scotland and England.


Contact: Carolyn Campbell
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Email: ccampbel@arts.ucla.edu