Carol Worthey's Email Addresses & Phone Numbers

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Member @ International Alliance for Women in Music I am a former Board of Directors Member of IAWM and have helped advocate for recognition of women composers and performers, past and present. I have attended Congresses of IAWM and ICWM (Int'l Congress of Women in Music) in Beijing and Florida. Member @ International Alliance for Women in Music I am an award-winning, internationally-recognized "Classical" Composer aka a Contemporary (but accessible and lyrical) Concert Composer who writes for voice and all instruments. I have created the film score for an HBO Movie produced by George Lucas and had works in Carnegie Hall and 12 countries. I am also a Painter with exhibits in Florence and Beverly Hills and a Writer (non-fiction, poetry, plays, short stories). Composer, Painter, Writer @ Worthgold Worthgold Music (BMI) is my music publishing company. Worthgold Art handles fine art sales and prints. Composer @ Composer to Performer I have been composing since 3 1/2 inspired by family friend Leonard Bernstein and my compositions for all instruments and voice have been performed by top performers around the world. See my website www.carolworthey.com for details. From 2009 to 2010 (1 year) writer @ Writers & Publishers As a poet, I have won numerous poetry awards and been published in several anthologies. As a playwright, my plays have been mounted on stage in Los Angeles, CA, including the libretto for "The Night Before Christmas" (based on Clement C. Moore's famous poem) which played for 5 holiday seasons in Greater Los Angeles. As a non-fiction essayist and book writer, I have two books completed, awaiting publishing. From 1985 to 2010 (25 years) Composer @ Recording Engineer, Composer My passionate, lyrical, well-crafted music for voice, choir, chamber group, orchestra has been performed in Carnegie Hall, Los Angeles Music Center, St. Martin-in-The-Fields, Beijing, Aspen Music Festival by world-famous performers around the world. My mentors include Darius Milhaud, Vincent Persichetti, Walter Piston and family friend Leonard Bernstein. I have been dubbed "The Dream Composer" because I can dream entire compositions and then write them down after waking. I am also a Lyricist, Librettist, and Composition Teacher. My book Turning Life into Art: How A Composer Works has insights from 66 renowned composers in one chapter. My music COMMUNICATES! From 1976 to 2010 (34 years) Composer @ Singer and Composer Collaboration I compose music for solo voice and chorus, musical theatre, opera, church and secular concerts that singers LOVE to sing. I have arranged choral music for many choirs and CDs of Grammy-nominated singer/songwriters. I sometimes perform myself at the piano and sing. From 1992 to 2002 (10 years) Member @ ASMAC American Society of Music Arrangers & Composers Los AngelesMember @ NACUSA National Association of Composers/USA Los AngelesPublic Speaker @ Toastmasters International I am an experienced Public Speaker and member of Toastmasters International for 17 years, at the level of Advanced Toastmaster Silver, a paid speaker on Arts & Culture with a Talk on creativity, composing and life that has turned into a book called Turning Life into Art: How A Composer Works Professional Composer, Painter and Writer @ Independent Contractor Internationally recognized Composer Carol Worthey began her music career on the first day of life: Family friend Leonard Bernstein was in her house. Carol began composing at age 3 1/2. She wrote an Etude age 10 that premiered in Carnegie Hall by pianist Vivian Rivkin. At 13 Carol began composition lessons with Grant Beglarian at Merrywood School of Music (John Harbison, Music Director). She studied with Darius Milhaud at Aspen Music Festival, and Vincent Persichetti (of Juilliard) at Hopkins Center for the Performing Arts (Dartmouth). She was also mentored by Walter Piston and Elliott Carter. She studied at Columbia University under Otto Luening, Vladimir Ussachevsky and Henry Cowell.See her full biography at: http://www.carolworthey.com/bioc.phpCurrently, Carol is working on a composition for orchestra to be performed in Bejing in 2008 and paintings to be exhibited in Florence, Italy later this year. Partner @ Worthgold Music (BMI) Worthgold Music is the agent for and publisher of the works of Composer, Visual Artist and Writer Carol Worthey. Worthgold Music is registered with performing rights organization Broadcast Music Inc. (BMI). Carol has been associated with BMI since 1978.Ms. Worthey accepts commissions for new works on a selective basis balancing the worthwhileness of a project with her current composition calendar. If you have a project which you believe Carol would be interested, don't hesitate to communicate with us regarding same. If you would like more information on the process involved in commissioning a new work see url http://www.carolworthey.com/commission.php Client @ Greenberg & Jackson Greenberg & Jackson is my CPA. From 1990 to 2010 (20 years) Painter/Composer @ 2007 Florence Biennale I won a Special Recognition Award from 2007 Florence Biennale for "Fanfare for The New Renaissance" for 10 Brass that was performed on Opening Day. My paintings and Artist Bio are in their 2007 Catalogue book and I showed 3 large paintings there and helped represent Artists for Human Rights at the Exhibit (80 countries represented.) I've had a Solo Exhibit in Beverly Hills and been shown in Santa Monica, CA, Manhattan, Aspen Colorado and San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. I paint Watercolors, Acrylics, Oil, Pastels, and nearly all media in a variety of sytles but specialize in Neo-Impressionist/Representational Art. My websites carolworthey.com, tranquilmoments.com & mermaidmystique.com showcase my art. From 2007 to 2007 (less than a year)