SOCAN was pleased and proud to hold its first-ever screen composing camp, on Nov. 16-17, 2022, at Kilometre Music, in downtown Toronto, deliberately catering to composers already well on their way to being top-tier music creators in Canada.
A total of five composers from Ontario and Québec, who score for TV, film, videogames, and multi-media, spent two days “writing to picture” as they composed and arranged music for motion pictures with the use of live musicians (The Odin Quartet, based in Toronto).
The participants also attended three “Maestroclasses,” one each with Robert Kraft, the former President of Music at 20th Century Fox, and also an Oscar-nominated songwriter and producer; Cristobal Tapia De Veer, a Québec-based screen composer who’s won an Emmy, a BAFTA (British Academy of Film and Television Award), and a SOCAN Award; and Robert Budreau, a critically acclaimed film director, executive producer, and screenwriter, known for films starring Ethan Hawke (Born To Be Blue, Stockholm).
The five SOCAN screen composer participants were:
- Steph Copeland
- Virginia Kilbertus
- Anaïs Larocque
- Evan MacDonald
- Pierre-Luc Rioux
A sixth participant, Aaron Paris, was unable to attend due to illness.
The event was organized and led by Gagan Singh, SOCAN Creative Executive Film/TV and Visual Media, and attended by SOCAN Creatives Alex Golden and Houtan Hodania.
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- Steph Copeland
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- Pierre-Luc Rioux, Evan MacDonald, Robert Kraft, Steph Copeland, SOCAN’s Gagan Singh de la SOCAN
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- Robert Kraft, Gagan Singh
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- Evan MacDonald
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- In the studio / En studio
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- 3/4 of the/de l’Odin Quartet