Sean McMahon attended Berklee College of Music and graduated with a degree in Film Scoring in 2000. In 2003 he moved to Los Angeles and completed the University of Southern California's Scoring for Motion Pictures and Television Program. There he studied with Hollywood composer Christopher Young who hired McMahon to be his orchestrator and assistant. Together they worked on Hollywood blockbusters such as Spider-Man 3, Ghost Rider, and The Grudge.
In addition, McMahon has orchestrated for Oscar-winning composer, John Ottman, on such films as Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer and The Invasion. And McMahon has scored his own films which include The Grudge 3 and 400 Days, which launched the Syfy channel's film division.
Since 2019 McMahon has chaired the Screen Scoring department at Berklee College of Music and oversees two Bachelor's degree programs: Film and Media Scoring and Game and Interactive Media Scoring.
Miklos Malek is an American-Hungarian music producer, mixing / mastering engineer and songwriter. He is known for his deep musical knowledge, dedication to quality and his unique ability to elevate every project he touches in unexpected ways. Miklos’ credits include Ariana Grande, Jennifer Lopez, Armin Van Buuren, Anastacia, Pixie Lott, Yanni, and The X-Factor. His work has been featured on over 15 million records.
Born in Budapest, Miklos has inherited the rich musical lineage of his parents. He studied classical piano and composition while working on pop hits. After receiving his master’s degree from the Franz Liszt Academy of Music, Miklos went to Boston and studied at Berklee College of Music. Soon after he was offered a publishing deal in New York, which led to his breakthrough in the USA first as a songwriter (Anastacia) and then as a producer / arranger (Jennifer Lopez, Anastacia, Dream).
In 2006, Miklos launched his studio in Hollywood, Los Angeles. He began focusing more on developing new artists, mixing / mastering (Ariana Grande, Armin Van Buuren, Aloe Blacc) and expanding into new genres (Yanni, Markus Schulz). In 2010, Miklos was invited to be a judge on X-Factor, the Hungarian version of the wildly popular talent show. Through auditioning thousands of people and coaching his contestants to victory, he gained a deeper understanding of how to bring the best out of artists.
Building on his successful mentoring in X-Factor, Miklos shares his knowledge around the world in the form of masterclasses, workshops and one-on-one coaching (Microsoft, Los Angeles Music Industry Summer Academy, SynthPlex, American Society of Music Arrangers and Composers).
Japanese native Junichi Fukuda has danced with companies such as Ballet Tech/NY, Smuin Contemporary Ballet, Oakland Ballet, Lar Lubovitch Dance Company, Buglisi Dance Theatre, and Peridance Contemporary Dance Company. Fukuda has been recognized with several awards and fellowships, including from the Boston Conservatory at Berklee, the S&R Foundation, the Boston Dance Alliance, the Boston Foundations, the Boston Cultural Council, the American Dance Abroad, the New England Foundation for the Arts and the Mass Cultural Council. In 2014, he founded his company, FUKUDANCE, which has performed at festivals worldwide, including MASDANZA in Spain and Mexico City's Festival Internacional de Danza Contemporánea de la Ciudad, Dance St. Louis' The Spring to Dance Festival, DanceNow at Joe's Pub Festival, and Bates Dance Festival. Fukuda's work has been praised for its "tasteful proposal" and "a work of easeful harmony" by the Washington Post, and he continues to collaborate with local artists in Japan while teaching at the Boston Conservatory at Berklee and working as a guest choreographer for the City Ballet of Boston and the Asian American Ballet Project. www.fukudance.com
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