Adam Giacopuzzi - Composer, Creative Designer
www.adamgmusic.com
thecomposer@flyingpumpkinsthemovie.com

Adam Giacopuzzi is an up and coming composer that is sure to quickly make a name for himself. His vast talents for composing music in numerous styles make him a desired comodity. Adam's music abounds with creativity and talent, from his powerful orchestral pieces to his pop and rock tunes to his take on bluegrass, every melody demonstrates a controlled mastery of his craft.

Adam graduated from California State University Northridge with a Bachelor of Music degree in Media and Film Composition after having studied under Professor Elizabeth Sellers. Here he studied the film score compositions of John Williams, Jerry Goldsmith and Danny

Elfman. Classes including Orchestration, Songwriting, Media Composing, Sequencing, MIDI Orchestration, MIDI Programming, Recording, and Jazz Arrannging.

His musical career began at the age of six with violin lessons. After several years of classical study, Adam found an interest in fiddle style music, especially Texas swing. His classically trained teacher allowed him to follow this interest, teaching him swing, jazz, and bluegrass. Along with his father backing him on guitar, he joined the fiddle

contest circuit, traveling across the state and sometimes into other states to enter the contests. By age age of 18, he was the 4Time Advanced Fiddle Champion at the Topanga Banjo and Fiddle Contest, 4 Time Adult Fiddle Champion at the Oakview Fiddle Contest, Grand Champion at the Death Valley Fiddle Contest, and finished 3rd in the California State Fiddle Championsship.

Only so much of Adam's creative desires could be met by the violin, and at the age of 17 he began to teach himself to play the guitar. Not long after guitar came the bass, also self taught. He soon applied these newly discovered talents to his church worship band. With his equally

talented brother at his side, they began to lead the youth worship group, recruting another friend to play drums. This trio soon expanded from worship music to modern rock and pop, an Standing Room Only was formed. The acoustic rock group played at coffee houses and other similar venues for several years before going their seperate ways.

Adam has played with numerous other successful groups, iincluding "Pleasant Valley" and "Soundhaven". Pleasant Valley, his family bluegrass band, toured the Western United States, headling numerous national bluegrass festivals and making several television appearances. The band, made up of Adam's entire family, recorded a self titled album in 1998. Soundhaven, the rock band that Adam fronted, was making waves in the Southern California music scene, with shows at the Whiskey A Go-Go and The Knitting Factory before disbanding in 2004.

In 2008 Adam married the love of his life, Rebecca Vance, in a beautiful ceremony at Calamigos Ranch in the hills of Malibu. They honeymooned in Bermuda before returning to their home in Camarillo, CA. She continues to be his muse, inspiring his music and providing support and encouragement. Rebecca is a teacher in Newbury Park.

Adam has been teaching private music lessons from his instructional studio in his home for over 12 years, and currently has a clientelle of almost 30 students. He is the strings instructor for two elementary school programs in Newbury Park, CA.

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