As a guitar virtuoso, Vince Lauria has numerous instructional textbooks to his name, and has served as an instructor at the Grove School of Music, and as a technical adviser to Guitar World Magazine. As a composer, Vince Lauria has collaborated with notable artists such as Denny Laine (The Moody Blues, Wings), Hall of Fame recording artist Dave Marks (The Beach Boys), film composer and Academy Award nominee John Debney, award-winning film composer Jeffrey Gold, TV/film composer Dan Ferguson, Emmy award winner Jimmy Danelli, actor Mark McClure (Apollo 13, Superman, Back to the Future), Academy Award winner Timothy Hutton, and Jazz great, Ritchie Cole. He composed and performed the Clio Award-winning melody for the "Made In The Shade" jeans commercial, working with Len Kovner at Davlen Sound Studios (1978-1982). He recently scored music for director and producer Don Barnhart (Saved by the Bell, Benson) on a TV pilot starring Daniel Baldwin and Terasa Livingstone. Vince Lauria is Winner of the Gold Medal for Best Impact of Music in a Documentary (Audience Favorite) at the 2008 Park City Film Music Festival for the feature-length documentary, Man of a Thousand Faces, executive produced by actor James Hong (Chinatown, Blade Runner). He has had masterclasses with film composer/orchestrator/arranger Conrad Pope (Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Munich, Memoirs of a Geisha), two-time Emmy award winning film composer/arranger Hummie Mann (Robin Hood: Men in Tights, Year of the Comet), and award-winning film composer Douglas Romayne (Buffy the Vampire Slayer).

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