Recently at the Evergreen Stage in Los Angeles, Grammy winner Nan Schwartz held a show called the Celebration of Original Symphonic Music for the public and members of the American Society of Music Arrangers and Composers(ASMAC).
Nan Schwartz is an icon in the music industry and is considered a pioneer for women composers. Schwartz came from a musical family background, with her father having played in the Glenn Miller Orchestra. Her mother was a studio singer who worked with Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Judy Garland and Henry Mancini. Despite the fact that she had trained in piano and vocals from a young age, Schwartz originally chose to work in the television industry. She later suffered an injury from a skiing accident and re-discovered her passion for film scores.
Nan Schwartz has worked on film scores such as Godzilla, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part I, Argo, The Life of Pi, Julie and Julia, My One and Only, Benjamin Button, Uptown Girls, Freedom Writers, Bobby, and Lions for Lambs. Her work in the industry led to a record seven Emmy nominations and a Grammy win for her arrangement of “Here’s That Rainy Day” for Natalie Cole.
Schwartz most recently released an album of her work, recorded in June 2016 at the new Synchron Stage in Vienna, Austria. In 2016, she conducted a 17 piece orchestra in two sold-out concerts at Herb Alpert’s Vibrato Jazz Grill. Schwartz also teaches at the Hollywood Music Workshop in Baden, Austria. In 2017, she was a guest speaker in Valencia and Madrid, Spain, where she lectured at Berklee College of Music and spoke on a panel with renowned opera singer Placido Domingo.