GRAMMY-NOMINATED COMPOSER | ORCHESTRATOR | MUSIC PRODUCER Email: _Email not available. Sign in: https://www.twine.net/signup_ | Portfolio: _Website not available. Sign in: https://www.twine.net/signup_ | Professional Summary Award-winning composer and orchestrator with extensive experience in music composition, production, and orchestration for various media. Recognized for crafting innovative and engaging musical pieces tailored to unique storytelling needs, including Broadway, television, and film. Adept in digital audio workstations (DAWs) with a deep understanding of music theory and structure. Proven ability to deliver high-quality work under tight deadlines and collaborate effectively in creative teams. Key Skills • Music Composition & Orchestration • Music Production & Sound Design • Expertise in DAWs: [Specify relevant tools, e.g., Digital Performer, Sibelius] • Musical Theory & Arrangement • Collaborative & Interdisciplinary Workflow • Composing for Visual Media (Film, TV, Theater) • Deadline-Driven Independent Work Selected Professional Experience Composer & Orchestrator Various Media • Composed, orchestrated, and produced music for TV, film, and live productions, including The New Hollywood Squares (Joan Rivers Center Square edition), NBC’s Caesar’s Challenge, CBS’s Personals, PBS’s Lambchop’s Play-A-Long and The Charlie Horse Music Pizza. • Created and refined musical pieces for ABC Afterschool Specials and Emmy-winning PBS programs, ensuring alignment with storytelling goals. • Delivered orchestral and synthesized scores using advanced DAWs, integrating feedback for optimized production quality. Musical Director & Producer Broadway & Regional Productions • Orchestrated and conducted music for high-profile productions including In The Heights, Chicago, Moulin Rouge, A Chorus Line, to name a few.. • Collaborated with directors and creative teams to produce compelling soundscapes and arrangements tailored to audience experiences. • Managed large teams of musicians and performers, ensuring cohesive production schedules and results, having conducted and orchestrated for concerts with more than 50 symphony orchestras in North America and Japan, and countless stage bands. Film Composer • Scored and orchestrated music for films such as Facade and ABC’s Revenge of Red Chief. • Selected to participate in the prestigious ASCAP Film Scoring Seminar, honing techniques for cinematic composition. Education: Master of Music Manhattan School of Music | New York, NY • Double major in Piano and Music Education, graduated with honors. Bachelor of Music, Piano Manhattan School of Music | New York, NY • Recipient of the Pi Kappa Lambda Award for top student achievement. Awards & Honors • GRAMMY Nominee – Musical Production and Direction • Hero of Hollywood Award (2013) • Ed Lester Lifetime Achievement Award – Jerry Herman Awards Portfolio & References: Samples of compositions are available at _Website not available. Sign in: https://www.twine.net/signup_

Stormy Sacks

GRAMMY-NOMINATED COMPOSER | ORCHESTRATOR | MUSIC PRODUCER Email: _Email not available. Sign in: https://www.twine.net/signup_ | Portfolio: _Website not available. Sign in: https://www.twine.net/signup_ | Professional Summary Award-winning composer and orchestrator with extensive experience in music composition, production, and orchestration for various media. Recognized for crafting innovative and engaging musical pieces tailored to unique storytelling needs, including Broadway, television, and film. Adept in digital audio workstations (DAWs) with a deep understanding of music theory and structure. Proven ability to deliver high-quality work under tight deadlines and collaborate effectively in creative teams. Key Skills • Music Composition & Orchestration • Music Production & Sound Design • Expertise in DAWs: [Specify relevant tools, e.g., Digital Performer, Sibelius] • Musical Theory & Arrangement • Collaborative & Interdisciplinary Workflow • Composing for Visual Media (Film, TV, Theater) • Deadline-Driven Independent Work Selected Professional Experience Composer & Orchestrator Various Media • Composed, orchestrated, and produced music for TV, film, and live productions, including The New Hollywood Squares (Joan Rivers Center Square edition), NBC’s Caesar’s Challenge, CBS’s Personals, PBS’s Lambchop’s Play-A-Long and The Charlie Horse Music Pizza. • Created and refined musical pieces for ABC Afterschool Specials and Emmy-winning PBS programs, ensuring alignment with storytelling goals. • Delivered orchestral and synthesized scores using advanced DAWs, integrating feedback for optimized production quality. Musical Director & Producer Broadway & Regional Productions • Orchestrated and conducted music for high-profile productions including In The Heights, Chicago, Moulin Rouge, A Chorus Line, to name a few.. • Collaborated with directors and creative teams to produce compelling soundscapes and arrangements tailored to audience experiences. • Managed large teams of musicians and performers, ensuring cohesive production schedules and results, having conducted and orchestrated for concerts with more than 50 symphony orchestras in North America and Japan, and countless stage bands. Film Composer • Scored and orchestrated music for films such as Facade and ABC’s Revenge of Red Chief. • Selected to participate in the prestigious ASCAP Film Scoring Seminar, honing techniques for cinematic composition. Education: Master of Music Manhattan School of Music | New York, NY • Double major in Piano and Music Education, graduated with honors. Bachelor of Music, Piano Manhattan School of Music | New York, NY • Recipient of the Pi Kappa Lambda Award for top student achievement. Awards & Honors • GRAMMY Nominee – Musical Production and Direction • Hero of Hollywood Award (2013) • Ed Lester Lifetime Achievement Award – Jerry Herman Awards Portfolio & References: Samples of compositions are available at _Website not available. Sign in: https://www.twine.net/signup_

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GRAMMY-NOMINATED COMPOSER | ORCHESTRATOR | MUSIC PRODUCER
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Professional Summary
Award-winning composer and orchestrator with extensive experience in music composition, production, and orchestration for various media. Recognized for crafting innovative and engaging musical pieces tailored to unique storytelling needs, including Broadway, television, and film. Adept in digital audio workstations (DAWs) with a deep understanding of music theory and structure. Proven ability to deliver high-quality work under tight deadlines and collaborate effectively in creative teams.
Key Skills
• Music Composition & Orchestration
• Music Production & Sound Design
• Expertise in DAWs: [Specify relevant tools, e.g., Digital Performer, Sibelius]
• Musical Theory & Arrangement
• Collaborative & Interdisciplinary Workflow
• Composing for Visual Media (Film, TV, Theater)
• Deadline-Driven Independent Work

Selected Professional Experience

Composer & Orchestrator
Various Media
• Composed, orchestrated, and produced music for TV, film, and live productions, including The New Hollywood Squares (Joan Rivers Center Square edition), NBC’s Caesar’s Challenge, CBS’s Personals, PBS’s Lambchop’s Play-A-Long and The Charlie Horse Music Pizza.
• Created and refined musical pieces for ABC Afterschool Specials and Emmy-winning PBS programs, ensuring alignment with storytelling goals.
• Delivered orchestral and synthesized scores using advanced DAWs, integrating feedback for optimized production quality.

Musical Director & Producer
Broadway & Regional Productions
• Orchestrated and conducted music for high-profile productions including In The Heights, Chicago, Moulin Rouge, A Chorus Line, to name a few…
• Collaborated with directors and creative teams to produce compelling soundscapes and arrangements tailored to audience experiences.
• Managed large teams of musicians and performers, ensuring cohesive production schedules and results, having conducted and orchestrated for concerts with more than 50 symphony orchestras in North America and Japan, and countless stage bands.

Film Composer
• Scored and orchestrated music for films such as Facade and ABC’s Revenge of Red Chief.
• Selected to participate in the prestigious ASCAP Film Scoring Seminar, honing techniques for cinematic composition.

Education:
Master of Music
Manhattan School of Music | New York, NY
• Double major in Piano and Music Education, graduated with honors.

Bachelor of Music, Piano
Manhattan School of Music | New York, NY
• Recipient of the Pi Kappa Lambda Award for top student achievement.

Awards & Honors
• GRAMMY Nominee – Musical Production and Direction
• Hero of Hollywood Award (2013)
• Ed Lester Lifetime Achievement Award – Jerry Herman Awards

Portfolio & References:
Samples of compositions are available at Website not available. Sign in: https://www.twine.net/signup

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Experience Level

Language

English
Fluent

Work Experience

Conductor/Orchestrator at Stormy Sacks Productions, Inc.
September 12, 2025 - Present
TELEVISION: THE NEW HOLLYWOOD SQUARES - Composer, Orchestrator and Musical Director for this syndicated television show. (Appeared on more than 500 episodes) PERSONALS - Composer, Orchestrator and Musical Director for this CBS Late Night television show. CAESAR'S CHALLENGE - Composer, Orchestrator for this NBC daytime game show. THE CHARLIE HORSE MUSIC PIZZA – Educational Consultant, Composer and Orchestrator for this PBS children's show. LAMBCHOP'S PLAY-A-LONG - Composer for this Emmy Winning PBS daytime preschool children's show. ABC AFTERSCHOOL SPECIALS - Composer, Orchestrator and Conductor for two episode SYMPHONIC ORCHESTRATING & CONDUCTING Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Baltimore Symphony Bartlesville Symphony Buffalo Philharmonic Calgary Philharmonic Cincinnati Symphony Corpus Christi Symphony Dallas Symphony Orchestra Decatur Symphony Denver Symphony Orchestra Edmonton Symphony Orchestra El Paso Symphony Elmira Symphony Erie Symphony Orchestra Fargo-Moorhead Symphony Florida Philharmonic Fort Wayne Symphony Fort Worth Symphony Greensboro Symphony Halifax Symphony Kitchner-Waterloo Symphony Lake Charles Symphony Lexington Symphony Lima Symphony Mid-Columbia Philharmonic Milwaukee Symphony Minnesota Orchestra National Arts Orchestra of Canada New Orleans Symphony Oklahoma City Symphony Orchestra of Illinois Orchestra under the Stars, Milwaukee Oregon Symphony Osaka Philharmonic Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra Regina Symphony Orchestra Rochester Philharmonic Sacramento Symphony Orchestra Shasta Symphony Shreveport Symphony Spokane Symphony Orchestra Springfield, Massachusetts Symphony Springfield, Missouri Symphony Syracuse Symphony Toronto Symphony Orchestra Tri-City Symphony Tulsa Symphony Orchestra Vancouver Symphony Orchestra Washington National Symphony Winnipeg Symphony MUSICAL STAGE: Composer, Orchestrator and Musical Director for Jimmy Nederlander's "LAMBCHOP ON BROADWAY" at the Richard Rogers Theatre, New York SONY PICTURES BROADWAY – M.D. ANNIE GET YOUR GUN - M.D. WEST SIDE STORY - M.D. MAN OF LA MANCHA - Director, M.D. TOMMY (Based on the original album Dir., M.D.) WEST HOLLYWOOD STORY - M.D. FIDDLER ON THE W. HOLLYWOOD ROOF WEST HOLLYWOOD GYPSY - M.D. OLIVER TWISTED - M.D. OKLAHOMA – M.D. FIDDLER ON THE ROOF – M.D. GYPSY – M.D. AIDA – M.D. & Producer A CHORUS LINE – M.D. & Producer FAME – M.D. & Producer BEAUTY & THE BEAST – M.D. & Producer RENT – M.D. & Producer THE MOULIN ROUGE – M.D. & Producer CHICAGO– M.D. & Producer THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE– M.D. & Producer IN THE HEIGHTS – M.D. & Producer HAIRSPRAY – M.D * M.D. = Musical Director FILM SCORING: Mr. Sacks was one of fourteen composers, Nationwide, to be Selected to participate in the ASCAP Film Composer's Program. PBS - "Lambchop's Special Chanukah" PBS – “Shari’s Passover Surprise” ABC Afterschool Special – “Revenge of Red Chief” RKO/Pavilion - "The R.K.O. Short Story" MGM/UA - "Have I Got A Story for You" MGM/UA - "Kooky Classics" MGM/UA - "You Can Do It" And Many More. . .

Education

Master of Music, Composition at Manhattan School of Music
January 11, 2030 - September 12, 2025
Bachelor of Music, Piano at Manhattan School of Music
January 11, 2030 - September 12, 2025

Qualifications

Claes Nobel Educator of Distinction
January 1, 2011 - December 31, 2011
California Music Credential
September 1, 2001 - September 1, 2027
Licensed to teach in all California schools
Jerry Herman Lifetime Achievement Award
June 3, 2016 - June 3, 2016
Recognized for achievements in Musical Theatre
GRAMMY Nominee – Musical Direction
January 11, 2030 - September 12, 2025
Hero of Hollywood Award
January 1, 2013 - September 12, 2025

Industry Experience

Media & Entertainment, Professional Services