It is Sundance Institute’s mission to support and provide a platform for artist voices. It is vital that they are heard. Our original program was set to take place in St. Paul, Minnesota, and while we will now host this day virtually, we will continue to honor creativity, inclusivity, and individual voices through our locally based partners and community-connected artists. 

  

Sundance Institute's Film Music Program invites filmmakers, composers, musicians, and film enthusiasts everywhere to explore the relationship between film and music, storytellers and composers, and cross-country collaborations.

 

Join award-winning composer Kathryn Bostic (TONI MORRISON: THE PIECES I AM, CLEMENCY), Minnesota composer Ryan Elder and publicist Chandler Poling (RICK AND MORTY), and Sundance Institute Film Music Program artists documentarian Jennifer Maytorena Taylor and composer Emily Rice (FOR THE LOVE OF RUTLAND) for a day of discussions that include:    

 
  • Inclusion and diversity in the entertainment industry
  • Collaborating and working remotely during COVID-19
  • Navigating a career in the entertainment industry outside of LA and NY
  • The creative working relationship between various storytellers and composer
  • Exploring the anatomy of a musical cue across comedy, animation, drama, and nonfiction
 

If you’re interested in networking with fellow creators in an open online environment, stick around for a virtual social starting at 5:00 p.m. (CT)

 

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If you have a disability and require accommodation in order to fully participate in this event, please complete this form, contact us at 435-776-7900 or email us at accessibility@sundance.org to discuss your specific needs. Every effort will be made to accommodate advance requests; requests made within 7 days of the event may not be guaranteed.  

 

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The session will be recorded for those unable to participate in the live program. Your participation in this Sundance Institute event constitutes your consent to being recorded and photographed by Sundance Institute during the event and to Sundance Institute sharing those recordings and photos (which may include your name, voice and/or likeness) with the world, including promotional uses. 

 

THANK YOU TO OUR SUPPORTERS


This program is presented by Sundance Institute and is made possible by generous support from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.

The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation is a national foundation with strong local roots. We invest in journalism, in the arts, and in the success of cities where brothers John S. and James L. Knight once published newspapers. Our goal is to foster informed and engaged communities, which we believe are essential for a healthy democracy. For more, visit kf.org.

 

Learn more about the Knight Fellows Project and other upcoming events at Sundance.org/Knight.


This event was originally scheduled to take place in St. Paul, Minnesota, and we thank the Twin Cities–based organizations we collaborated with: FilmNorth, The St. Paul Conservatory of Music, American Composers Forum, and the Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival.

Jennifer Maytorena Taylor
Film Director
Jennifer Maytorena Taylor makes colorful, character-based films about real people with extraordinary stories, often with Spanish-language content and frequently for PBS. Her features and shorts have shown at venues like the Sundance, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Locarno Film Festivals, International Documentary Festival Amsterdam, New York Museum of Modern Art, Sundance Channel, Al Jazeera, and NHK-Japan. Feature documentary and short film credits include NEW MUSLIM COOL, DAISY AND MAX, PAULINA, MESSAGE TO ZAIRE/THE TALK, HOME FRONT, STREET KNOWLEDGE 2 COLLEGE, VISITING DAY, and REDNECK MUSLIM. more...
Emily Rice
Film & TV Composer
Emily Rice is a British born composer for film and TV, who started her musical life as a cellist playing in orchestras and rock bands. She has recorded and conducted her work at Warner Brothers, Capitol Records, and The Wiltern. She scored the Netflix series THE I-LAND and is in increasing demand as a composer for indie films. Emily’s most recent scores include the documentary feature FOR THE LOVE OF RUTLAND, and narrative feature MISS JUNETEENTH which featured in U.S dramatic competition at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival. more...
Peter Golub
Director, Film Music Program
Peter Golub is the composer of numerous works for film, the concert hall, theatre and dance. His film scores include: FROZEN RIVER (directed by Courtney Hunt and nominated for 2 Academy Awards); THE LARAMIE PROJECT (for HBO); THE GREAT DEBATERS (directed by Denzel Washington and co-composed with James Newton Howard); WORDPLAY; COUNTDOWN TO ZERO; SOUND OF A DREAM; and SONGS MY BROTHER TAUGHT ME (dir. by Chloe Zhao). more...
Eva Rinaldi
Operations Director, Artist Programs
Park City, UT, USA
Eva Rinaldi serves as director of community programs within the department of Impact, Engagement and Advocacy, focusing on regional artist development and audience engagement. Eva has a master’s in community leadership from Westminster College with a focus on advocacy. She represents her community by serving on local boards and is politically active. more...
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