Christopher Anderson-Bazzoli worked with string arranger Stephen Lu and producer John Fields providing the orchestration and copying work on recent smash albums by Hollywood Records artists Jonas Brothers (Lines, Vines, and Trying Times), Demi Lovato (Here We Go Again), and Honor Society.

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Christopher Anderson-Bazzoli recently composed music for six episodes of the web series Drivers Ed. Written and directed by Don Handfield, the story centers around the comic misadventures of a 60-something Iranian-American and his father-son Driving School in Southern California.

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Christopher Anderson-Bazzoli spent two days in the studio with composer and producer Jon Brion (Fiona Apple, Kanye West, I Heart Huckabees) assisting with orchestrations and arrangements for Dido's newly-released album Safe Trip Home. Utilizing unique orchestral instruments like euphoniums, Wagner tubas, and bass flutes, the tracks were recorded at London's Abbey Road studios. Anderson-Bazzoli contributed to the tracks "Never Want to Say It's Love," "It Comes and It Goes," and "Look No Further."

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Christopher Anderson-Bazzoli recently composed the score for Angel Wars: The Messengers, an animated DVD series released in Spring 2009 by 20th Century Fox Faith. The score was produced and performed by the composer at Posthorn Music Studios. The music combines a classical symphonic approach with contemporary beat elements.

Christopher Anderson-Bazzoli recently graduated from Music for People's Musicianship and Leadership Program, a four-year training in Group Music Leading and Facilitation based in Connecticut. To put these skills to use, he recently formed the True Freshman Ensemble (TFE), a music improvisation group open to professional musicians as well as the "musically inexperienced" that meets several times per year in Hollywood. To receive announcements about TFE events, please send Christopher an email on the contacts page.

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Canadian pop singer Daniel Powter's new album, Under the Radar, features Christopher Anderson-Bazzoli as orchestra conductor and his frequent collaborator Eric Gorfain as arranger. The usual team of The Section and Friends performed the arrangements. The album, Powter's third, is produced by Linda Perry.

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The Soundtrack for the film Elipsis is now available for download on iTunes, Amazon, Napster and Rhapsody.com. VOL. 1 features songs from Seu Jorge, Masseratti 2lts, Popvert and Spam Allstars. VOL. 2 features the original score by Christopher Anderson-Bazzoli, performed by the composer as well as soprano Renee Sousa, flautists Valarie King and Jim Cowger, and the Prague Orchestra conducted by Adam Klemens. The film enjoyed theatrical and video distribution in Latin America through 20th Century Fox, but is awaiting any kind of U.S. release. Stay tuned.

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Christopher Anderson-Bazzoli conducted a 30-piece string orchestra for a forthcoming solo album by Marsha Ambrosius of the famed British duo Floetry. The album is being produced by hip hop legend Dr. Dre. The orchestra was led by Anderson-Bazzoli's longtime collaborator, violinist Eric Gorfain and his fellow musicians of The Section. The tracks were recorded at Capitol Records Studios in Hollywood.

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Christopher Anderson-Bazzoli composed and produced the score for the feature film "Burwa Dii Ebo" (English title: The Wind and The Water), directed by Vero Bollow and the Igar Yala Collective. The film was featured in the World Cinema Competition at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival, and was an official selection at the 2009 Havana International Film Festival in Cuba. The first narrative feature to come out of Panama, the film tells the story of two teenage members of the indigenous Kuna tribe and their struggle with traditional and cosmopolitan identities. The score features much of Anderson-Bazzoli's own acoustic and electric guitar performances as well as performances by Native-flautist Martin Espino. Stay tuned for further festival screenings and distribution.

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Christopher Anderson-Bazzoli recently returned from the New York State University at Fredonia where he was a Mentor and Leader at The Art of Improvisation, a workshop presented by Music for People and cellist/composer David Darling. During the week-long event, Anderson-Bazzoli led music improvisation pieces in large and small groups and taught an elective on film scoring. This event marked the completion of his third year in the Musicianship and Leadership Program of Music for People, an East Coast music improvisation ensemble dedicated to the idea that there are no "unmusical" people, only those with no musical experience.

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Christopher Anderson-Bazzoli's ambient sound design was featured as part of the Guggenheim Museum's Works and Process series in a presentation by artist and photographer David Michalek. The work Slow Dancing features dancer Wendy Whelan of NYC Ballet among many others filmed in high-speed and high definition, resulting in hyper-slow-motion portraits that allow glimpses of the dancers' movement in unprecedented detail. "Slow Dancing" will be featured as part of the Lincoln Center Festival in the summer of 2007.

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Christopher Anderson-Bazzoli has completed another year as part of the music preparation team at Disney. Projects in 2006 included Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, Mission: Impossible 3, The Prestige, Snakes on a Plane, and The Good Shepherd, as well as the television series Desperate Housewives and Lost.

Christopher Anderson-Bazzoli composed and produced the score for the film Beatox Colombia, the Dirk Lienig-directed documentary on Colombian rappers. It has been featured at several international film festivals, including Munich, Sydney, DOKU.ARTS in Berlin, and "Films from the South" in Oslo. Christopher Anderson-Bazzoli's score is a hybrid of hip-hop rhythms and dark orchestral strains.

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Christopher Anderson-Bazzoli conducted a 30-piece string orchestra on a recent session for legendary hip-hop producer Dr. Dre. The track is a cover of the '80s Teena Marie song "Yes, Indeed" by the young emerging singer Tiffany. Arranged by Eric Gorfain of The Section Quartet, the chart was recorded at Capitol Records Studios in Hollywood.