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IMRO & Pulse College Scoring For Film & TV Music Masterclass with David McHugh
Application Procedure:
If you wish to express your interest in attending or wish further information about the event please email Martina at pulse@nullpulsecollege.eu with the subject heading David McHugh Workshop and your name included.
Participant Profile:
This masterclass is open to composers working in film, television (documentaries & episodic), concert music and commercials.
Course Profile:
IMRO and Pulse College MA in Scoring for Film and Visual Media are delighted to welcome composer David McHugh to Dublin to deliver an intensive two-day masterclass for composers.
David McHugh was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York. He earned a bachelor’s degree in Music Education at SUNY Fredonia, majoring in piano, and a master’s degree in Composition at CUNY Queens. Though his career has focused mostly on music composition, he has worked in many areas including writing, sculpture, architecture, photography, and furniture making.
After twenty-five years of working as a composer of film and TV scores such as MOSCOW ON THE HUDSON, MR. NORTH, MYSTIC PIZZA and THE DREAM TEAM he has also composed music for episodic television (A YEAR IN THE LIFE, A PEACEABLE KINGDOM and BROOKLYN BRIDGE) as well as concert music, documentaries, and commercials, David designed and heads an MFA Program in Film Composition at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts in Winston Salem, North Carolina, USA.
‘The approach I take when giving these short workshops begins with a macro view of the universe, a video of the earth while numerous pieces of a multitude of music plays. I endeavor to illustrate the great disparity of musical invention from various cultures and chronological periods. This segues into a discussion of the amalgamation of cultural musical styles and the disintegration of boundaries as a result of the web, transportation, and the availability of music from every culture and the necessity for today’s composer to explore, embrace and be literate in the many forms and styles of music that are evolving into a global aesthetic.
Examples of traditional and innovative scoring will be screened that exemplify different solutions to the challenges of enhancing the intended dramatic vision of the filmmaker. Q & A will be ongoing throughout the session and time permitting an opportunity to screen and evaluate participants work will also take place.’
