Music
Mark Adler
Mark Adler has a background in both film and music. He created an award-winning animated short (acquired by New York's Museum of Modern Art) and received an American Film Institute grant while in his teens. He studied piano privately for 15 years, and returned to music after graduation from the UCLA film school. Adler won a Primetime Emmy for his work on HBO’s The Rat Pack and was nominated for Forbidden Territory: Stanley’s Search for Livingstone, starring Nigel Hawthorne. Other television projects include scores for over 40 documentaries (including dozens of National Geographic specials) and numerous made-for-television movies. He also composed the theme for the PBS series American Experience. His feature film scores include Paramount Classics’ Focus, based on Arthur Miller’s novel and starring William H. Macy and Laura Dern; the Miramax film Picture Bride; and Wayne Wang’s Eat a Bowl of Tea. Recent projects include Bottle Shock, starring Alan Rickman; The Lost Valentine, starring Betty White for Hallmark Hall of Fame; and last year’s Oscar-nominated documentary, Food, Inc. He is a vice president of the Society of Composers and Lyricists.
Ian Fraser
Ian Fraser came to New York from England in 1962 to conduct the Broadway musical Stop the World, I Want to Get Off, and moved to Los Angeles in 1966 to work on the musical film Doctor Dolittle. From 30 nominations, he has received 11 Primetime Emmy Awards for Music Direction. He was musical director for many of the Television Academy Hall of Fame programs, as well as the1984, 1993 and 2002 Emmy Awards. He received a 1970 Oscar nomination for Scrooge, and conducted the 1984 Oscar telecast. He made his debut as a guest conductor with the Boston Pops in 1992. After recording two Grammy-nominated Broadway albums with Julie Andrews, he returned to Broadway with her to conduct Victor/Victoria. In July 2008 he conducted two concerts at the Hollywood Bowl with Ms. Andrews, which included the symphonic premiere of her children’s musical Simeon’s Gift, for which he composed the music. This is his ninth term as a Music governor, and he is a past president of the American Society of Music Arrangers and Composers.
