Faculty || Emmanuel Fratianni
composition & arrangements
Emmanuel Fratianni, composition & arrangements
“The diversity of my professional career has allowed me to develop a wide knowledge and understanding of today’s music industry, which I really enjoy sharing with students of any age and emerging artists I mentor. As an instructor with over 35 years of experience, I always endeavor to create an inspiring and tailored approach focused on reinforcing the musical strength and personality of each student, while providing the tools to fill gaps in their musical development. This approach is largely influenced by my mentors and teachers Dick Grove, pianist Lou Levy and conductor Jack Feierman, who modeled for me an extremely effective and practical methodology for teaching.”
Billboard Top-Ten artist Emmanuel Fratianni is a conductor, composer and pianist based in Santa Barbara, California. He is highly regarded as an invaluable team member in music direction for large symphonic multimedia productions and is an active guest lecturer in both American and European music institutions in the subjects of music composition for film and visual medias as well as multimedia music direction.
Emmanuel Fratianni has conducted many prestigious American ensembles including the San Francisco Symphony at Davies Hall, Boston Pops, National Symphony Orchestra at the Kennedy Center, Baltimore Symphony, Dallas Symphony, and Utah Symphony Orchestra among others, including multi-platinum producer “David Foster and Friends ” pops/symphonic concert program. Emmanuel is since 2010 principal conductor of the acclaimed symphonic touring production Video Games Live and conductor of the Santa Barbara Chamber Players which first inaugural 2023 season included Dvorak Symphony n.7, Copland’s Appalachian Spring, Elgar’s Enigma Variations, Ravel’s Mother Goose Suite and Lalo Schifrin tuba concerto performed by Gene Pokorny, principal tuba of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
Internationally, Emmanuel has guest conducted the Spanish National Symphony, Royal Scottish National Symphony, Czech National Symphony, Malaysian Symphony Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra of Chile and in Asia, the Beijing Opera and Performing Art Orchestra.
An award-winning composer and arranger his music for video games has been performed by some of the finest orchestras in the world, including the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl, Boston Pops and was released in 2011 on the London Philharmonic Orchestra’s own label.
Emmanuel’s latest multimedia composition “Portale” for orchestra, children choir and international guest soloists was presented in June 2013 to the Mayor of Los Angeles Antonio Villaraigosa during the official opening of the new Tom Bradley International Terminal at Los Angeles Airport (LAX). The inaugural piece commissioned by Westfield Corporation was performed live inside the new terminal.
His debut on the Billboard Top-Ten in 2008 with EMI Classics Video Games Live, Vol.1 soundtrack album (as composer, orchestrator) cemented his status in the classical/crossover orchestral world. His awards and credits as a composer and collaborator include “Soundtrack of the Year” by Play Magazine for the score to Advent Rising, one GANG (Game Audio Network Guild) Award and five GANG Nominations.
A member of the multiple Emmy-nominated music team for the CBS drama JAG for 5 seasons, Emmanuel made a home for himself beginning in 2002 on the major scoring stages in Los Angeles with the Hollywood Scoring Orchestra and the finest scoring musicians in the world. This invaluable experience in television and film scoring sessions is what Emmanuel credits as formidable preparation for meeting the demands of touring symphonic production timelines and the essential
needs of economy of preparation, management of the diversity of guest artist specialties, and expertise in the sheer variety of musical genres.