Zev Burrows

Education

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About me

I am a composer, orchestrator, guitarist, and music instructor living in New York City. I am a graduate of Berklee College of Music in Boston MA, and have been the composer on dozens of projects, ranging from feature films, web series', custom library tracks, and musical theatre. Currently I work as a staff composer for various production music libraries and freelance music instructor around New York.
Additional skills:
• Sequencer Programs - Digital Performer, Logic Pro, Pro Tools, Reason, Garageband, Audacity
• Sample Libraries - Vienna Ensemble, Komplete / Kontakt, Cinesamples, Audiobro, Orchestral Tools, Spitfire Audio, Cinematic Studio Strings
• Music & Film Notation Softwares – Finale, MX SPOT, Sibelius
Industry awards:
2017 ASCAP/COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY FILM SCORING WORKSHOP (NYC) FEATURED AS ASCAP ANNUAL “COMPOSER TO WATCH” (2017)
2017 NYU/BMI TELEVISION SCORING WORKSHOP (NYC)
2017 NYU FILM SCORING WORKSHOP (NYC)
VELVET GREEN MUSIC FEATURED ARTIST OF THE MONTH (May 2017) 2017 BMI COMPOSING FOR THE SCREEN WORKSHOP (NYC)
VELVET GREEN MUSIC FEATURED ARTIST OF THE MONTH (May 2019)
BEST PLAY, J & DOT (2020 Equity Library Theater's Summer Virtual Play Festival)
Additional information:
Film & Television Credits

2021
o Macbeth - original feature film, dir. Trent Dawson
o The 5 D's of Bystander Intervention - 5 animated short videos and trailer, dir. Richard Lui, animated by former Disney animator Davy Liu

2020
o Sky Blossom – original feature documentary: composer of additional music/orchestrations, dir. Richard Lui
o Cat and Mouse – original short film, dir. Richard Mazda

2019
o Trans Peco – original feature film: orchestrations (music by Marcus Thorne Bagala)
o Dorylini’s Diner – original animated short from VCU Arts, dir. Emily Wolver
o We Are One Another – original short film, dir. Richard Mazda

2018
o Massachusetts Institute of Technology: TSL Video & Music Online Courses
▪ 23 separate pieces of music for MIT archive
o Losers Hate to Win – original short film, dir. Harry O’Reilly
o Pa Pa – original short film, dir. Doug Petrie
o Secrets of the Cyber World – original documentary web series, dir. Vanesa
Levine (debut in 2019)
o Have a Seat – original short film, dir. Christoph Schultz

2017
o Absent – original short film, dir. Sudarshan Suresh; opening film of the 2017 Columbia University Film Festival, and featured film of the 2017 ASCAP/ Columbia University Film Scoring Workshop
o After Oil – original web series, dir. Jessica Naftaly & Shailyn Cotton; pilot selected for the 2017 New York Television Festival
o My Idle – original short film, dir. Christoph Schultz
o Jules – original short film, dir. Ashley Jordan

2016
o Ghost Lights – original student film from Emerson College
o The Conversation – original short film, dir. David de Lautour
o Bound – original web series, dir. Colin J. Murphy
o Life After – original short film, dir. Gino Tarabotto
o Daddy’s Girl – original short film, dir. Eugene Paolo Macalma

2015
o Fox Tale – original animated short from Ringling College of Art & Design, nominated for a CG Student Award for Best Film of the Year
o Friends Forever? – original student film from Boston University
o Cupid’s Arrow – original student film from Emerson College

2014
o Hashtag Cubelife – original theme song for web series

Skills

Secondary Job Title	Songwriter
Job Titles	Teacher, Composer, Music Director, Sound Operator / Engineer
Years in industry	3 to 6 years
Musical Skills	Bass Guitar, Drums/Percussion, Guitar, Mandolin, Ukulele
Musical Style	Acoustic, Blues, Chamber, Classic rock, Classical, Indie, Punk, Rock