James Lavino

Born in Philadelphia in 1973 * Studied music at The Juilliard School in New York with Behzad Ranjbaran, and in London with Paul Patterson of the Royal Academy of Music* 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 film "Last Orders" * Score for Alex Karpovsky's film "Woodpecker" featured  Colin Greenwood of Radiohead and Lee and Tyler Sargent of Clap Your Hands Say Yeah * Choral and concert music performed in England, Spain, France, Belgium, Romania, and throughout the USA * Composer-in-Residence for the 2003 American Music Festival in Cluj, Romania * Recipient of ACAPlus Awards, presented by the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, for four years running.