Our Team

All faculty & staff are experienced Hollywood professionals able to provide insights into the real world, real music, and real time skills essential for anyone serious about forging a career in professional music making. Faculty and guest speakers include film and TV composers, orchestrators, directors, producers and film editors sharing insights gained from their experiences in the industry.

Larry Groupe´ – Film & Tv Composer

Larry at IMDb | larrygroupe.com

Founder and PFMW Director Larry Groupé is a four-time Emmy® nominee and three-time-winning composer whose career includes scoring Academy Award® nominated films to joining forces with the rock legend band YES. He is a working Hollywood composer that is in a unique position to offer an in-depth examination of the art and practice of writing music to picture at the highest level.

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Roger Neill - Film & Tv composer

Roger at IMDb | rogerneill.com

PFMW Co-founder, Composer Roger Neill is a Harvard doctorate whose award-winning music-writing catalog spans hundreds of television episodes, TV commercials, more than 20 major motion pictures and even an operetta. As an arranger, orchestrator, conductor and collaborator, Roger has worked with a Who’s Who in the recording industry. 

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Guest Speakers

Garry Schymann - Game Composer

Garry at IMDb | garryschyman.com

Garry Schyman’s award-winning music can be heard in nearly every audio-visual media, including feature films, prime-time television, and video games. His haunting orchestral scores for the globally acclaimed video games BioShock, BioShock 2, and BioShock Infinite have earned him multiple awards, including top honors for Best Original Score from the British Academy of Film & Television (BAFTA) and the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences

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George S. Clinton - Film Composer

George at IMDb | georgesclinton.com

Mr. Clinton is an award-winning composer who has scored over 100 films, most notably Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery and its blockbuster sequels; Disney's hit Santa Clause sequels; Mortal Kombat 1 and 2; and the Emmy Award-winning Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee. 

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Richard Marvin - Tv composer

Richard at IMDb | rickmarvinmusic.com

Starting first as the top call keyboardist film score studio musician Rick’s life shifted In 1990 when Mike Post gave him his first opportunity to co-compose for the television shows Magnum P.I, Hard Castle and McCormick, and Wiseguy.  Some of his notable television shows include Gone, The Years of Living Dangerously, Grimm, Six Feet Under, Without a Trace, The OC, and In Treatment, extensive television movies, and films Surrogates, U-571, Breakdown, and the 3 Ninjas series.

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Faculty & Staff

Rachel Penn - copyist, percussionist

rachelpenn.com

Rachel is a music copyist and composer based out of Los Angeles, California and is a part of JoAnn Kane Music Service. Rachel has worked as a professional in the music preparation industry ever since graduation from Capital University with their Bachelor of Music in Music Technology. Rachel has worked on numerous movies to be released in the coming years since her time started in LA as well as many television shows, some of which include the Fox animated comedy series Family Guy, American Dad, and The Orville. Among the live shows Rachel has helped prepare are La La Land in Concert, Harry Potter In Concert, and Star Wars in Concert. Rachel is also a professional percussionist, playing with the Santa Monica College Wind Ensemble as well as a professional Taiko player. The rest of the time, Rachel keeps an art business of four years running as well as working in recording, mixing, and stagehanding.

Frida - critter wrangler

Frida, a graduate Cum Laude of All Squirrels Must Die University, has served as mascot and good time companion for all those who attend. Her skills at chasing stick and keeping the ranch cats at bay are legendary, as well as giving the occasional “woof” criticism of your cue. Additional screen credits include bark-over talent in Purina brand kibble commercials, and perky-ear-model in Vogue and GQ, of special note is her 2015 controversial full page “prone, sit and stay” layout in Dog Fancy Magazine.