Musician CV
Julian is a composer and a sound engineer. His first contact with music came at the age of nine when his parents gave him a tiny Casio keyboard which barely had four full octaves. Without taking his piano lessons very seriously, Julian decided to broaden his horizons and delve into other musical instruments. By the age of 13 he could be found playing drums and guitar -day and night- in a little room where he managed to cram a small drum set and assorted guitars, bases, and amplifiers. This would annoy the hell out of the neighbors!
After following Sandro Benedetto's advice -one of Julian's music teachers during high school-, Julian attended ITMC - Instituto Tecnologico de Musica Contemporanea (Contemporary Music Institute of Technology) in their guitar performance program. A former guitar teacher -Alejandro Montserrat- prepared him for the admittance exams, teaching him guitar, ear training, and harmony.
After having completed the first 15 months at ITMC, Julian decided that jazz performance -ITMC's stronger side- was not his thing. He was becoming more and more interested in classical composition as well as music technology. Once again, Sandro Benedetto showed him some Berklee College of Music (Boston, Massachusetts) advertisements and that was when Julian realized he wanted to study at Berklee. To get ready for the admittance exams he studied harmony and ear training with Laura Bade.
Julian graduated from Berklee in 2003 completing two majors; Music Production & Sound Engineering, and Film Scoring. While at Berklee he met the most talented musicians you could possibly imagine. During his stay in Boston, he also learned to play the cello with (probably the most patient man on the planet) Eugene Friesen, and learned to play the flute in a self taught fashion.
In 2003 Julian returned to Argentina, where he continued composing music for theater, and co-founded Norland Audio Productions. With the latter he recorded and edited many audio books in English for well known international publishers.
After arriving to Argentina Julian wanted to further his studies in classical music so he continued with private piano lessons and also attended the Manuel de Falla Conservatory for a year where he advanced his cello studies. He then enrolled in the Universidad Cátolica’s Music Composition program and studied there for two years.
Since 2008 Julian has been studying clarinet privately with Guillermo Goloboff.
Studies
2006-2007 U.C.A Universidad Católica Argentina (Composition major)
Buenos Aires, Argentina
2005 Manuel de Falla Conservatory (Cello major)
Buenos Aires, Argentina
1999-2003 Music Production and Sound Engineering
Berklee College of Music - Boston, Massachusetts – USA
Honors: Magna Cum Laude
1999-2003 Film Scoring
Berklee College of Music - Boston, Massachusetts – USA
Honors: Magna Cum Laude
1997-1998 I.T.M.C. Instituto Tecnológico de Música Contemporánea (Guitar major)
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Experience
Music I composed for theater
- Macbeth
- Romeo & Juliet
- Aladdin
- Hansel & Gretel
- The Red Death
- Witches of Inkland
- Chain of Favors
- Little Women
- Beauty & the Beast
- Snow White
- Dracula
Music I composed for short films
- Bird by Robin Joseph
- Lili & Lala by Lucia Vidal
- The Crossing by Lucia Vidal
Music I composed for TV
Cartoon Network stingers
Music I performed in
Performed guitar, cello, piano, drums, and Brazilian percussion in several ensembles and recording sessions. Some credits include:
- Piano in Give Me Something to Die For, produced by Joshua Sadlier Brown
- Electric guitar in Stars in Your Eyes, produced by Mia Akiko
- Cello in Adagio, written by François Paul Aïche
- Cello in Anchor, written by Julián Morelli
- Cello in Love and Other Demons, written by Jessica Pichot
Other
I also did arrangements for chamber ensembles, symphonic orchestra, and other genres in several undergraduate projects while attending Berklee College of Music. Many of these were conducted by me for live studio ensembles.
As a Sound Engineer
Audio Books
- Storyline A & B (Pearson Longman Argentina)
- Everything For E.S.O. (Richmond Publishing Argentina)
- Your Turn Next 1, 2 & 3 (Richmond Publishing Argentina)
- We Can Do It Intro, 1, 2, 3, 4, & 5 (Richmond Publishing Argentina)
- For Teens 4 Pearson Longman Argentina)
- Teen Zone 1, 2, & 3 (Pearson Longman Peru)
- For Teens 1, 2, & 2 (Pearson Longman Argentina)
- Pals 2 & 3 (Pearson Longman Argentina)
Other
- Live sound for On The Road Theatre Company. Buenos Aires, Argentina.
- Recording for Tony Gey's band on his CD "...moving". Band members include Dave Fiuckzsinsky (Screaming Headless Torsos), and Kenwood Denard (Jaco Pastorius). Boston, Massachusetts.
- Recording and Mixing of Breathe you in, song by Kelly Buchanan featured in her album "The Match". Velvet Ear Records. Boston, Massachusetts.