Charles Fernandez - Guest Conductor, 2021-2022 Season

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Charles Fernandez is an Emmy and Annie nominated, award winning composers, orchestrator, conductor, teacher and bassoonist who began composing for television, film and stage in 1989.

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He has composed for television series such as Disney’s: Little Mermaid, Alladin, 101 Dalmatians, Bonkers and Doug; Amblin/Universal’s Casper Cartoon Series (for which he received two Emmy and one Annie Nomination); Dreamworks’ Toonsylvania; Adult Swim’s Robot Chicken, among others. Among film’s he’s written for are Doug’s 1st Movie/Disney; Alladin III/Disney; The Pebble and the Penguin/MGM; All Dogs Go To Heaven II/MGM; Alladin and the King of Thieves/Disney; All Dogs Christmas Carol/MGM; Babes in Toyland/MGM; Tom Sawyer/MGM; Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet Frankenstein/Universal; The New Adventures of Tom Thumb and Thumbalina/Artisan; Jingle Bells/Artisan and The Tangerine Bear/Artisan.

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As a composer, he’s written for a myriad of ensembles: Orchestra, Concert Band and Chamber Music. Many examples can be found on Youtube (Search: Charles Fernandez Music)

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As a teacher, he teaches at UCLA Extension, LACHSA (Los Angeles County High School of the Arts) and Thinkspace Education (based in England)..