James composes, directs, and writes for film, and theatre. His music style covers musical genres such as Orchestral, Contemporary Classical, Instrumental, Soundtrack, Jazz, and Soul.
He is a member of BMI, The Dramatist Guild of America, The American Composers Forum, The Playwrights Center, and The National Association of Negro Musicians, Inc. He is the Executive Director of the Laity Institut...
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James composes, directs, and writes for film, and theatre. His music style covers musical genres such as Orchestral, Contemporary Classical, Instrumental, Soundtrack, Jazz, and Soul.
He is a member of BMI, The Dramatist Guild of America, The American Composers Forum, The Playwrights Center, and The National Association of Negro Musicians, Inc. He is the Executive Director of the Laity Institute of the Arts, a Private Arts Foundation which teaches the visual and performing arts to children and adults. He is also an accomplished playwright and composer. He learned to hone his skills in musical theatre through New Musicals Inc. formerly the Academy for New Musical Theatre.
He studied music under Emmy Award-winning and Academy Award-nominated composers such as Gerald Fried (Roots, Roots: The Next Generation, Star Trek, Napoleon, and Josephine) Thomas Richard Sharp (When Harry Met Sally, City Slickers, Aladdin, Little Mermaid) Jerry Grant (Quantum Leap, Hired to Kill, Hunter) and composition under Dr. Russel Steinberg one of America's leading Neo-Classical composer, conductor and music educators
James has a BA in Theatre from California State University Dominguez Hills. He later attended UCLA where he received his Teaching Credential and completed his training in Film Scoring from UCLA's Film Scoring program. He also holds an Executive MBA from Grand Canyon University. He has been directly or indirectly involved in the entertainment industry for over 30 years.
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