Rick Krizman has been associated with the Angel City Chorale ever since it was small enough to almost fit on the stage at McCabes in the early 90s. In addition to singing numerous seasons with the choir, including the incredible concerts at the Democratic National Convention and Walt Disney Concert Hall, it was Ricks privilege to produce the first two ACC recordings.

Born in Kansas City and educated at the College of William and Mary in Virginia, and Berklee College of Music in Boston, Rick found his way to Los Angeles in the early 1980s and worked as a freelance composer writing show themes for the new MTV and Nickelodeon networks.

His first film score, which he co-composed with the late avant-garde composer Fred Myrow, was for the film Broken Rainbow, which won the 1985 Academy Award for Best Feature Documentary. Soon thereafter he won an Emmy for his music to the childrens show, Dr. Science. During the following two decades he continued scoring television shows and films, composing image themes for television stations, writing songs, playing keyboards and producing independent artists. Ricks themes, underscore and promos have been heard on Inside Edition, American Journal, General Hospital, Sally Jesse Raphael, Wheel of Fortune, Jeopardy, as well as countless shows and documentaries on the Discovery and History Channels. In 1996 Rick received an ASCAP award for Most Performed Television Themes. Since then he has underscored documentaries by Peter Jennings and Tom Brokaw, and in 2004 was awarded a News and Documentary Emmy for the History Channels April, 1865: The Year That Saved America.

Four years ago Ricks career took a left turn when he was hired as a composer and media consultant by Fox and sent to China to work with CCTV-9 (China Central Television), an English-language news and cultural channel produced in Beijing and broadcast worldwide. During his numerous trips to Beijing he composed and recorded musical themes for CCTVs shows, taught recording seminars at the China Central Conservatory, and began work on an east-meets-west album of music with Chinese erhu virtuoso Yu Hongmei. After three years he is still undaunted in his efforts to learn the Mandarin language.

Rick operates his own studio in Venice, CA, Home on the Range, where in addition to his commercial television work he has recorded and produced a variety of independent artists, including punk folkie Robin Mink, neo-folk auteur Deborah Holland and singer/songwriter Adrianne Leon. He still occasionally plays organ at the ACCs concerts and is looking forward to continuing his association with the group on their upcoming productions.

Contact information:
rjkrizman@yahoo.com
http://www.myspace.com/rickkrizmanmusic