Education
Master of Music in Studio/Jazz Writing (May 2004)
University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida
Bachelor of Music (Dec 2000)
State University of Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
Experience
Albums (participation as composer/arranger):
• AMIRA, Barranquilla, Colombia – 2011
Record at the “Teatro Amira de la Rosa ” by the Atlántico Big Band
• The HMI orchestra, Los Angeles, CA USA – Summer 2003
Recorded live by the Henry Mancini Institute Orchestra
• Arranjadores Brasileiros (Brazilian Arrangers), Tatuí, SP, Brazil USA – July 2001
Recorded by the Brazilian Wind Orchestra
• Sarado, São Paulo, SP, Brazil BR – May 2000
Recorded by the Big Band Comboio
Concert:
• Wrote various arrangements for “Jazz Sinfônica” and Pop artists (BR 2006 – present)
• Composed for the Monterey Youth Orchestra (USA – 2005)
• Compositions and arrangements various (2000 – present)
TV ads:
• Composed and produced music for over 2,000 Brazilian TV ads BR 2005 – present
Films:
• Short Film 5 HORAS RUMO NORTE(composer/producer) BR – 2011
• Short Film ESTADO SENIL(composer/producer) BR – 2009
• Feature film YELLOW (orchestration) USA – 2006
• Feature film DOMINO MIAMI (composer/producer) USA – 2005
• Short Film ELEGY (composer/producer) USA – 2004
• Short Film AT LAST (composer/producer) USA – 2004
• Short Film MISTAKING OWEN (composer/producer) USA – 2003
Dance:
• Memórias de um Corpo (BR – 2000)
Awards
• Best Film Scoring – Curta Canoa Festival, Canoa Quebrada, Brazil 2012
Composed for the short film 5 HORAS RUMO NORTE
• Ascap Film Scoring Workshop, Los Angeles, CA May 2004
Selected to participate in ASCAP’s Film Scoring Workshop
• Downbeat Magazine, Miami, FL May 2004
Engineered Live Recording College Winner
• Henry Mancini Institute, Los Angeles, CA July 2003
Overture Composer Full Scholarship
• University of Miami, Miami, FL August 2003
Recording Studio Assistant one-year full scholarship
• Fulbright, New York, NY July 2002
Scholarship to take the master program in Studio/Jazz Writing at the University of Miami
• ApArtes-CAPES, Brasilia, DF, Brazil May 2002
Prize from the Brazilian government as outstanding young artist
• First National Competition of Arranging for Wind Ensemble, Tatuí, Brazil May 2001
Advanced level prize
• State University of Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil January 1998
One-year scholarship for writing a scientific work titled, “Harmonic Conception of Toninho Horta”
• Winter Festival of Campos do Jordão, Campos do Jordão, SP, Brazil July 1999
Full scholarship as a guitarist
• Winter Festival of Campos do Jordão, Campos do Jordão, SP, Brazil July 1997
Full scholarship as a guitarist
Skills
• Music production systems: Pro Tools, Logic Studio, Sibelius
• Fluent in Portuguese and English. Intermediate Spanish.