William Susman Net Worth

William Susman Net Worth is
$3 Million

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William Joseph Susman (born August 29, 1960) is an American composer of concert and film music and a pianist. He belongs to the generation of American composers that came of age in the late twentieth century and received traditional academic training while remaining thoroughly engaged with popular music (in his case, jazz). Susman has written orchestral and chamber music for concert performance, as well as documentary film scores.His first major work and earliest recognition was for Pentateuch for soprano, three choral groups and divisi orchestra, which caught the attention of Earle Brown at the BMI awards in 1985. At Brown's recommendation, he received a commission from the Fromm Music Foundation. For his Fromm commission he composed Trailing Vortices (1986) for chamber orchestra which had performances at the Aspen Music festival as well as the Alicante and Gaudeamus music festivals both conducted by Ernest Bour. Trailing Vortices was inspired by photographs found in An Album of Fluid Motion by Milton Van Dyke. He then applied the acoustical concepts of Shepard tones and the studies of Jean Claude Risset to create an "aural translation" of trailing vortices.

Date Of Birth1960-08-29
ProfessionComposer, Music Department, Producer
#Fact
1Discovered by seminal American composer Earle Brown who recommended Susman for a Fromm Music Foundation commission.
2Won best documentary short at the 2006 Tribeca Film Festival for Native New Yorker (2005) which he scored and produced.
3Won the Percussive Arts Society Award for his work Exchanges (1982) for winds, brass and percussion solo.
4Won the Fromm Music Foundation at Harvard commission subsequently composing Trailing Vortices (1986) which premiered during Fromm Week at the Aspen Music Festival.
5Won the BMI Young Composers Award for Pentateuch (1983/84) which caught the attention of seminal composer 'Earle Brown'.
6Won the ASCAP Raymond Hubbell Award while an undergrad at the University of Illinois for his work Movement for Orchestra (1981)
7Won at the KUCYNA International Composers Competition with a performance of Twisted Figures (1987) with 'Theodore Antoniou' conducting.
8Won an ASCAP Grant to Composers Award for his chamber orchestra work Trailing Vortices (1986) which was soon thereafter performed in Europe at the Gaudeamus and Alicante Music Festivals with Ernest Bour conducting.

Composer

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Game Day2016/Icompleted
Innocent Creep2013Short
People of the Graphic Novel2012Short
Joann Sfar Draws from Memory2012Documentary
When Medicine Got It Wrong2009Documentary
Balancing Acts: A Jewish Theater in the Soviet Union2008Documentary short
Making the Man2007Short
Fate of the Lhapa2007Documentary
Native New Yorker2005Short
Oil on Ice2004Documentary
Asphyxiating Uma2002
Deep Under the Ice2000TV Movie documentary
Daydream Believer1998Short
Alaska's Arctic Wildlife1997TV Movie documentary
Indonesia1996TV Movie documentary
The Philippines1996TV Movie documentary
Southern Africa Safari1995TV Movie documentary
Discovering the Amazon and the Andes1994TV Movie documentary
The Elephant Seals of Ano Nuevo1994Video documentary short
Exploring Tropical Australia1993TV Movie documentary
Super Solvers: Challenge of the Ancient Empires!1990Video Game

Music Department

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Game Day2016/Imusician: piano / orchestrator / score producer completed
Another Way of Living: The Story of Reston, VA2015Documentary composer: additional music
When Medicine Got It Wrong2009Documentary musician: piano / orchestrator
Balancing Acts: A Jewish Theater in the Soviet Union2008Documentary short musician: piano / orchestrator - uncredited
Making the Man2007Short musician: prepared piano / orchestrator
Fate of the Lhapa2007Documentary musician: instrumental solo / orchestrator
Oil on Ice2004Documentary musician: instrumental solo - uncredited / orchestrator - uncredited
Alaska's Arctic Wildlife1997TV Movie documentary musician: instrumental solo - uncredited / orchestrator - uncredited
Super Solvers: Challenge of the Ancient Empires!1990Video Game music orchestration

Producer

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Balancing Acts: A Jewish Theater in the Soviet Union2008Documentary short producer
Native New Yorker2005Short producer

Soundtrack

TitleYearStatusCharacter
WE: A Collection of Individuals2012performer: "The Work" / writer: "The Work"

Won Awards

YearAwardCeremonyNominationMovie
2008Gold Medal for ExcellencePark City Film Music FestivalBest Impact of Music in a Documentary - Artistic ExcellenceFate of the Lhapa (2007)
2007Seahorse AwardMoondance International Film FestivalFilm ScoreFate of the Lhapa (2007)
2006Gold Medal for ExcellencePark City Film Music FestivalDocumentary: Jury Choice - Best Impact of MusicOil on Ice (2004)
2006Gold Medal for ExcellencePark City Film Music FestivalShort Films without Dialogue or "Silent" Short Films: Audience Choice - Best Impact of MusicNative New Yorker (2005)
2006Gold Medal for ExcellencePark City Film Music FestivalShort Films without Dialogue or "Silent" Short Films: Jury Choice - Artistic ExcellenceNative New Yorker (2005)
2005Seahorse AwardMoondance International Film FestivalFilm ScoreOil on Ice (2004)
2004Pare Lorentz AwardInternational Documentary AssociationOil on Ice (2004)

Known for movies

Source
IMDB Wikipedia

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