Discover Top Music Composers in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Founded by Cy Anderson in 1981, Cy’s company, Cyrus Sound, has over 30 years experience in professional audio. Cy Anderson began playing guitar at the age of 10 and he has played all styles of music and toured the United States as a professional musician. He continues to make music and has several albums of his own music available on major music streaming services. Cy was a full-time faculty member in Digital Film and Video Production at the Art Institute of Pittsburgh from 1992 until 2014, and he was formerly Audio Production Engineer for WPGH-TV and also WPXI-TV in Pittsburgh. He’s worked in live sound and has many professional credits and he has done post production on two feature films. He is a member of the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE), and a member of the University Film and Video Association. Cy has a B.S. from Penn State, and an M.S. Ed from Duquesne University in Instructional Technology. He currently is adjunct faculty at Point Park University and La Roche University teaching sound in their film programs.

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David Bernabo is a filmmaker, musician, dancer, visual artist, and writer, performing with the bands Host Skull and How Things Are Made; devising dances with his variable dance company, MODULES; and often collaborating with Maree ReMalia | merrygogo. He curates and produces work for the Ongoing Box imprint and co-curates the Lightlab Performance Series with slowdanger. His documentary films have covered food and food justice (the four-film Food System series), art and music (Site Specific: A History of the Mattress Factory, In A Dark Wood), economics (Moundsville), and nature (Wild Human). David'd client work includes documentary commissions for the Mattress Factory museum and the Carnegie Museum of Art, corporate work for PPG and Boys & Girls Clubs of America, and mission-based work for 412 Food Rescue and TeenTaal. David's films have screened at the On Art Film Festival, JFilm Festival, Re:NEW Festival, Afronaut(a) Film Club, the Foodable Film Festival, and on WQED’s Filmmakers Corner.

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From coast to coast, I've had the pleasure of creating commercial content for companies from Google to Sherwin Williams, Continental, and much more! I bring the skill and resources to tackle projects of any scale, and I always do so by creating a positive work environment wherever I am.

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I am a composer, performer, producer and recording artist residing in the Washington, DC area, and a part-time product trainer for Casio Music Gear. I've scored documentaries for Voice of America, including "Boko Haram: Journey from Evil", narrated by Award-winning British-Nigerian actor David Oyelowo. "Boko Haram" won first prize at the New York Festivals World’s Best TV & Films ceremony at NAB 2018 in the "international documentary" category. Another documentary I scored for VOA, "A Single Step: Journeys of Women Leaders", featuring academy award-winning actress Sally Field, won a finalist certificate in the Biography/Profiles at the 2016 New York Festivals International TV & Film Awards, and the VOA doc "AIDS: Living in the Shadows", featuring Sir Elton John, won the Silver World Medal Award at the #NYFTVFilmAwards in 2015. I have been nominated for "best score/short film" at the Liberty University Cinematic Arts Student Showcase 2017 for Becky M. Barker's World War I drama "We Are the Dead", and for Best Score Short Film at the 2012 Idyllwild International Festival of Cinema for the science fiction drama “The Cosmonaut”, and for best score at the Machinima Festival 2006 in NYC for the EA Gameplay Trailer for “Battlefield 2142". I scored two documentaries featured at the 2013 Justice Conference Film Festival, Suzanne Taylor Glover's "The Road We Know" (from Citygate Films), and the CIY production, "Becoming Sons and Daughters" (I was 1 of 3 composers on this film, which also was the winner of "Best U.S. Documentary" at the 2012 San Diego Christian Film Festival). I've scored the trailer for "The Ville" for Zynga, music packages for VOA’s Persian News Network and Africa News Network, Telly Award-winning shorts for PCM Animation Studios and Citygate Films, and ID tags for the United Football League. One of my projects, “The Story of Ian & Larissa” (produced by Citygate Films for Desiring God) has had over one million views on Vimeo. You can listen to my music on my Soundcloud page: https://soundcloud.com/roho

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I have been working in film and video for about 15 years now. I have a bachelor's degree in Film and Media Arts from Temple University. I have experience working on movies, commercials, documentaries, news, live sports and pretty much just about every other form of media that exists. Throughout the years I've had the pleasure of working for numerous companies, such as HBO, Roll Global, Conde Naste, Hearst Digital Media, BCBG, Interscope Records, just to name a few. I've been a camera operator, director, editor, and producer, with most of my time nowadays being spent on the latter. I'm willing to work anywhere in the world and throughout the years have made numerous connections with equipment rental houses, and crews in every major market. Please feel free to reach out with any questions and/or concerns you may have.

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Hannah Price is a graduate student at the New England Conservatory, studying under the mentorship of Ayano Ninomiya. She holds a bachelor’s degree from Oberlin Conservatory, after having begun her studies at Indiana University under the instruction of Sibbi Bernhardsson. In past summers she has participated in the Aspen Music Festival and School, Bowdoin International Music Festival, National Orchestral Institute, and Litomysl International String Masterclass, among others. Hannah has performed as an orchestral musician in venues including Carnegie Hall, Severance Hall, and the Meyerson Symphony Center. An active advocate for community engagement, Hannah has been involved in the development of the Musical Storytelling Project at Oberlin and as a participant in programs that bring music and instruction to Grafton Correctional Institution and hurricane-stricken areas of Puerto Rico.

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I am a Persian singer and songwriter. I was born in Kerman, Iran and emigrated to the United States in 2009. I obtained my degree in architecture from Tehran Azad university and have since worked in this field. In addition, I studied Persian Avaz with Master Hengameh Akhavan. I have released more than 17 songs in last 8 years. As a poet I have written the lyrics of most of my songs. I have had the opportunity to work with great musicians such as Babak Shahraki, Masoud Jahed, Mazda Ansari, Hooshang Farahani, Hamid Behrouzinia, Behrooz Shiri, and Ehsan Matoori.

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Sam Carolla is an active musician in the greater DC metro area, and a native Virginian. Initially influenced by alternative rock, he started music lessons at 12 and soon became inspired by the sounds of jazz and fusion. You can find Sam playing locally in a variety of styles including rock, pop, indie, worship, jazz, big band, and musical theater. He has performed with artists including Cat Janice, Oh He Dead, Skydiver, Cristian Perez, Wade Beach, The Peter Edelman Trio, and many more.

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Carousel Filmworks is a full-service video production company specializing in effective and creative video advertising for brands of all shapes and sizes.

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• Corporate Videographer
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Professional Balldoom Dancers, available for shows

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Moslem Alipour

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Kokayi is a Grammy nominated artist and producer whose career began at a small club in D.C.; fueled by his dad's vinyl collection and a love for hip hop and go-go music. His recent work as a vocalist can be found on Goldlink's "At What Cost", Jazz harmonist Gregoire Maret's "Wanted' and Afro -Cuban pianist Omar Sosa's "Ile". As a producer and composer Kokayi has crafted sounds for "Kevin Hart's Laugh at my Pain", MTV's Rebel Music and Rebel Music -Joan Baez , in which he enlisted his penchant for blending hip hop, electronica, neo-classical, blues and folk to capture the essence of the visual. Kokayi continues to perform and tour as; a soloist under Kokayi, with his Afropunk alum band the CZRS, as one third of the electrojazz outfit, Proverb Trio, with McArthur recipient Dafnis Prieto and David Bowie collaborator, Jason Lindner, as a vocalist with Rollin's Band member Melvin Gibbs' Elevated Entity, as well as continuing to work with his mentor Steve Coleman. As an educator he works as faculty at the School of Improvisational Music in NY, as a guest Collaborator with international arts program OneBeat and as a music emissary with the US State Department.

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Silas Hite is an Emmy-winning composer with music in his DNA. Before becoming a freelance composer, he began his career co-scoring blockbuster and independent films such as Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs and Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist with his uncle, noted composer Mark Mothersbaugh (DEVO). His music can also be heard in television shows around the world, from kids shows like Shaggy & Scooby-Doo Get A Clue!, Disney’s Dance-A-Lot Robot, and PIXAR’s Mater’s Tall Tales to adult shows such as Chef's Table (Netflix) and Abused by the Police (BBC). He has scored hundreds of commercials for clients such as Apple, McDonalds, and Chevy, earning him an Emmy, Adweek's Campaign of the Decade, and most recently a Titanium Grand Prix from Cannes. His music has played in such venerable institutions as the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art, the New York Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney Museum, and the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.

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Kevin Clancy is a Murrow award winning producer, editor and cinematographer who brings an artful eye to documentary series from all across the globe. As a producer/cinematographer/editor for Newsy's documentaries team in Washington, D.C. he's worked long hours covering everything from Oklahoma teacher walkouts to overfishing in Senegal. Prior to holding his position at Newsy, Clancy freelanced for outlets such as Vice, Netflix and CNN.

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• Fixer
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• Creative Director
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• Colorist

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• Corporate Videographer
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• TV News Producer
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