Gary
William
Friedman
Gary William Friedman is a versatile composer best known for his groundbreaking score for the TONY nominated, OBIE Award winning musical The Me Nobody Knows. Other musical theater credits include the award winning Taking My Turn, which was presented on PBS Television's Great Performance Series, Sheba, Platinum, The Last Supper, and most recently Treasure Island. In addition to the theater, his music spans the genres of jazz, film, symphonic and liturgical works. His orchestral, operatic and dance works have been commissioned and performed at venues such as the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the Lancaster Music Festival, the Columbus Symphony, The Festival at Sandpoint, Idaho, and Encompass New Opera Theatre. In addition to scoring features and highly acclaimed television films, he served as Music Director for T.V.'s "The Electric Company", for which he wrote many songs including the popular "Spider Man Theme Song". He has co-produced and arranged several internationally acclaimed jazz recordings by his wife, Stevie Holland. The two are also songwriting collaborators.
Read full bio hereRecordings are underway for a new collection of classical works by Gary William Friedman.
The first work, a piano concerto entitled "Journeys" was recorded September in NYC. Soloist: Tanya Gabrielian.
SEE PHOTOS FROM SESSION HERE.
Gary's and Stevie Holland's musical Platinum Dreams will be presented from March 8-16 in the York Theatre's New2NY Series.
Merton of the Movies: The Musical is taking first steps to getting onto the big stage!
Platinum Dreams was conceived utilizing the scores from Friedman’s and Will Holt’s Broadway/Off-Broadway shows Platinum and Sunset (plus new songs by Holland and Friedman).