Sharon Farber Sharon Farber music composer composition score film score film movies concert concert music video showtime choir choir music mother lament The third mother Israeli Jewish commercial TV Society of composers and lyricists classical western music music director Berklee Berklee college film scoring Telly Telly award professional los Angeles master chorale academy of TV, Arts and Sciences pianist ASCAP song set cambria productions Grant Gershon A Capella Daniel pearl conductor arranger la shir choir foundation for universal scared music Lou Diamond-phillips Michael Clarke Duncan Joan chen scared music The brothers grim final draft in a class of his own call me sirr Sharon Farber, originally from Israel, has received critical acclaim as a composer in the Concert world as well as that of Film and TV. She brings to her music influences from her Middle Eastern heritage as well as her extensive knowledge of Classical and Western music.
Sharon began her musical career at the age of seven, as a classical pianist. After graduating from Thelma -Yelin High School for the Arts, she served in the IDF (Israeli Defense Force) and later worked as a theater composer and musical director in Israel. She won the first prize in Colors in Dance in 1992 for her music for choreography. In 1994, she moved to Boston upon receiving a scholarship from Berklee College Of Music. During her studies, she won the first prize in the yearly Professional Writing Division Concert with her first string quartet. After graduating Summa Cum Laude in 1997 (majoring in both Classical Composition and Film Scoring) she moved to Los Angeles to begin her professional career. Miss Farber was the recipient of the prestigious Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Internship in Film Scoring, as well as the Mentorship program of the Society of Composers and Lyricists, on which she currently serves as a board member.
In the Film and TV industry, Sharon has been working with such prestigious companies as NBC (EMMY Award Winning TV series “Starting Over” and “Passions”), Showtime and WB (“Superman & Batman”), as well as writing music for independent features. She won the Telly Award in 1998 for best score for the docu-drama series "California 2000" and her work can also be heard at the Museum of Sacramento, as part of the Museum's permanent exhibition. She has recently completed the score for “When Nietzsche Wept” starring Aramand Assante and Ben cross (Millennium Films), and will be starting the score of Folie a Deux for director Sean Martin (England).
Miss Farber has continued writing concert and choir music in parallel to her film-scoring career. Her chorale composition, The Third Mother/Mothers’ Lament, written in dedication to Professor Judea and Ruth Pearl, in honor and memory of their son, slain reporter Daniel Pearl, was world premiered by the distinguished Los Angeles Master Chorale, under the direction of Maestro Grant Gershon at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles, and recent concert work for mixed choir and chamber ensemble, ASHKINA, commissioned by the Foundation For Universal Sacred Music, was premiered in New York, October 2004 and have had its second performance October 2005, in NY. Next two performances will take place on March 31st and April 1st, 2007, in Boston MA.
My Beloved for 2 sopranos, 2 altos and chamber ensemble was premiered in Israel, December 2004 by Ensemble Meitar and her work for choreography for Keshet Chaim Dance Ensemble was performed many times.
Her commissioned song cycle, “To Always Remember” for Soprano and piano, premiered in Berlin May 2005 and will be premiered in Los Angeles May 20th, 2007 in its chamber ensemble and soprano version. Both works to be premiered 2007-8 seasons. Sharon is currently finishing her piano ballade, to be premiered March 31st, 2007 in Israel, commissioned by pianist Hagai Yodan.
Sharon is an affiliated artist with The Center for Jewish Culture and Creativity and is the music director of Temple of The Arts in Beverly Hills.