Jeff Grace began his film and television music career in 1998 as a composer at the New York music house Ruggieri Music. From 2001 to 2004 he was an assistant to Academy Award winning composer Howard Shore working on the three films of Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings trilogy, Martin Scorsese’s The Gangs of New York, David Cronenberg’s Spider, David Fincher’s Panic Room, and Frank Oz’s The Score. Through that association, Jeff worked with such artists as Renee Fleming, Annie Lennox, Isabel Bayrakdarian, Kronos Quartet, The London Philharmonic Orchestra, Terry Edward’s London Voices, and top studio orchestras and musicians in London, Los Angeles and New York.

Jeff has composed for HBO, Disney, and PBS, and scored films with appearances at the Los Angeles Film Festival, New York Film Festival, South By Southwest, Philadelphia Film  Festival, and The Independent Feature Film Market. His work has been performed by Flux Quartet, Bulgarica Philharmonia, Lucia Micarelli, Valentina Farcas (Berlin Comic Opera), Marcus DeLoach (New York City Opera), Kenny Barron, and members of the Metropolitan and New York Philharmonic orchestras.

Active as a composer for concert and stage, Jeff was selected for American Opera Projects’ 2005-2006 Composers And The Voice Series. He is also active as an orchestrator, arranger, and producer in jazz, pop/rock, and film music. Jeff worked with composer Robert Ruggieri on Ruggieri’s scores for A Hymn for Alvin Ailey (ballet and documentary) and Double Exposure (ballet) for the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre (directed and choreographed by Judith Jamison). He has also worked with composer/arranger/producer Gil Goldstein providing orchestrations for trumpeter and Verve recording artist Roy Hargrove’s 2000 tour with the Metropol Orchestra.

Jeff holds a Bachelor’s Degree in music from The Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University where he was awarded The Ethel Gloria Memorial Scholarship in music.  He studied composition under Charles Fussell and Rolv Yttrehus, piano and composition under legendary jazz artist Kenny Barron, and conducting under New York Grand Opera director Vincent La Selva.

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