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8 September 2008

Ted has begun work on Alexa Sasha-Lewin's (AFI Directing Workshop for Women) THE HONEYSTING. He will begin scoring John Murlowski's next project, an untitled feature-length thriller for Mar Vista Entertainment, in October.

1 August 2008, FESTIVAL SIGHTINGS:

Ted wrote music for each of these films, playing this summer at the following festivals: GAY BED AND BREAKFAST OF TERROR (Outfest LA), BANDITOS (Dances With Films, Palm Springs), BILL (MethodFest, New Orleans, Rhode Island, SoCal, Big Bear, LA ShortsFest), SHOWMAN (LA ShortsFest), FAMILY KARMA (Long Island, Hermosa). Check the websites for showtimes . . .

25 July 2008

Ted is currently teaching musicianship, composition and filmscoring at the Walden School, a 5-week intensive program for young composers, in Dublin, NH. He will return to Los Angeles in mid-August.

20 June 2008

Ted has written additional music for Bob McFalls' HOMEGROWN. The documentary chronicles a modern "Little House on the Prairie" - the Devries family of Pasadena, CA, growing 6,000 lbs. of organic produce on their 1/5 acre lot, living "off the grid". A great project, which will be screening at the Walter Reade Theater in Lincoln Center in early November.

2 June 2008

Ted has completed the music to MarVista Entertainment's COP DOG.

He will be working with John Murlowski in the fall on an untitled thriller, full-length feature.

1 April 2008

Ted will be scoring MarVista Entertainment's MARLOWE, a heartwarming story of a boy and his dog. Ted will begin working on the score in early April. He is currently finishing up the score to Roman Mykytyn's SHOWMAN.

18 March 2008

BILL will premiere on Tuesday, April 1st at MethodFest, on the same ticket as HIGH FALLS, a Maggie Gyllenhaal/Peter Saarsgard proect.

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25 February 2008

Ted recently completed the score to John Irwin's short film, BANDITOS, a contemporary take on the Urban Western.

14 January 2008

Ted's score for John Salcido's BILL has been recorded and mixed. All the work was done on premises at the Burnley Complex. Ted will participating in the dub at Todd-AO later this week. Selections from the score for BILL.

14 October 2007

This week, Ted moved his gear into a new studio space in Hollywood, at the Burnley Music & Entertainment Complex. Visit the complex website.

New Address/Contact info

17 September 2007

Ted has begun scoring John Salcido's BILL, an offbeat comedy about a couple that seeks to spice up their relationship by making a new friend. Featuring SNL's Rachel Dratch.

20 August 2007

Ted's score helped Charles Yi's THE RETURN take first prize in the True to John Woo competition on SpikeTV (from over 300 entries). View the short

17 June 2007

Ted has just finished music for GAY BED & BREAKFAST OF TERROR! The music for this feature ranges from campy horror to stylistic homage (to classic rock, free jazz and cheesy lounge, all tinged with a dash of horror). Listen . . .

10 June 2007

FAMILY KARMA is available to send as a Father's Day e-card. See the preview

29 March 2007

Recently, Ted completed the score to FAMILY KARMA , a family comedy/drama by filmmaker Josh Barnett. The score blends eastern and western influences, some quirkiness mixed with heartwarming moments. Cues from Family Karma

23 January 2007

Ted has begun writing music for animation sequences in BIGGER, STRONGER, FASTER, a Michael Moore-style documentary about steroid use amongst professional athletes.

15 December 2006

TRAFFIC IN THE SKY , for which Ted wrote the score, has been accepted to the San Francisco Asian Film Festival (March 15-21). Click here for the trailer.

21 November 2006

Ted is currently writing the music for ROUNDING HOME , directed by Phil Abatecola (Jeff McLaughlin, producer).

25 September 2006

Ted has begun composing the music for WONDROUS WOMAN , directed by Chris Del Sordo, co-produced with Peter Hathaway (Raider Nation).

19 July 2006

Ted is currently composing the music for TRAFFIC IN THE SKY , directed by Charles Yi.

23 April 2006

The NYC premiere of SHADOW PUPPETS OF DOOM (official site) is next Tuesday, May 2 at the Columbia University Film Festival. Ticket information/clips from Ted's original score.

23 January 2006

Ted is currently arranging for composer Michael A. Levine on CBS's Close To Home. To hear previews of Ted's work on the show, click here.

15 November 2005

Ted has recently been arranging for composer Michael A. Levine on CBS's ColdCase.

29 September 2005

Ted has begun work scoring the documentary Common Sense.

6 August 2005

As of today, Ted is living in Los Angeles!

13 July 2005

Last night's recording session at Fox's Newman Scoring Stage was a major success. Pete Anthony conducted, Peter Rotter was the contractor and Damon Tedesco was the scoring mixer. Final mixes of Ted's music

27 May 2005

In preparation for his upcoming move to Los Angeles, Ted is writing 3 cues for a demo session with a 70-piece A-list orchestra, to be recorded at Fox's Newman Scoring stage in July. The three cues range in emotion and scope

from heroic to sentimental to horror/suspense.

2 March 2005

Ted has finished the music for an instructional training video for the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), a nonprofit center for public interest energy and environmental research.

17 January 2005

Ted's music for "green" (stopwaste.org) features quirky orchestral writing and ambient sounds anchored by ethnic percussion. Look for it on bay area PBS stations.

8 December 2004

Choreographer Irva Hertz-Piccioto has asked Ted to write the music to an expansion of a previous collaboartion, Side Unseen. Work on the new project will begin next Fall.

27 October 2004

Ted's recently completed music for Tfast (Ticketmaster 30-second spot) features the masterful guitarwork of Scott Foster. Look for it at Ticketmaster events.

14 September 2004

Ted is currently music-directing Sondheim's Into The Woods and not writing all that much :)

1 August 2004

In recognition of his work at the ASCAP Film Scoring Workshop (including a recording session with A list musicians at Fox's soundstage), Ted has been named the inaugural recipient of the ASCAP Steve Kaplan Award for "excellence, professionalism, musical ability and career potential." press release and photo (scroll down for picture)

4 July 2004

Ted is in Los Angeles for the month of July to take part in the ASCAP Film Scoring Workshop.

13 June 2004

Ted has been named Associate Director of the San Francisco Conservatory's High School Choral Academy. In the two-week festival's inaugural season, Ted will be teaching musicianship and conducting ensembles. The festival culminates in a performance on Thursday, July 1 at Hellman Hall.

17 May 2004

Ted has been selected to participate in the ASCAP Film Scoring Workshop. A jury of leading film composers selected the 15 participants from over 300 submissions, choosing among applicants from across the country and from as far away as Japan, Australia, Israel, Italy and Russia.

6 April 2004

Ted has finished assisting composer Mark Winges on a project for the 25th anniversary of Volti. This renowned vocal ensemble is dedicated to the "discovery, creation, and performance of new vocal music."

21 January 2004

Ted recently completed the score for It's Just The Start, a video for the city of Vallejo focusing on resource education. This music is based in the same Hip-Hop and World influences found in Ted's recent score for Mission: Recycle. Ted has also recently written and recorded additional score for Christmas Tree Blues.

18 December 2003

The music for Ted's latest project, Mission: Recycle, is complete. The score draws from Hip-Hop and World influences to create an edgy, urban sound. Look for the companion project for the ciy of Vallejo, It's Just The Start, sometime early next year.

08 November 2003

Side Unseen had its San Francisco premiere last night. Choreographer Irva Hertz-Piccioto has plans to turn the piece into a larger work. Stay tuned . . .

There are also plans for a performance of Structures of San Francisco Weather (for soprano, clarinet and piano) next spring at the Eastman School of Music.

10 September 2003

In association with choreographer Irva Hertz-Picciotto, Ted has written the music for the Side Unseen project. The piece - for wordless voice, clarinet and percussion - is a reflection on consciousness & visibility in the Iraeli-Palestinian conflict. The world premiere will be this Friday, September 12th at UC Davis. The San Francisco premiere will be at the Dance Mission Theatre (3316-24th St., @ Mission) on November 7th and 8th.

3 August 2003

Ted has completed the score for Christmas Tree Blues, a dark comedy in which romance saves a hapless Christmas tree from Yuletide torture. This film by LA director Kevin Abrams will hit the festival circuit sometime next year.

29 June 2003

Look for Earth on PBS. The 30-second spot for Alameda County is part of a campaign to encourage responsible use of resources. For more information, visit www.stopwaste.org.

7 April 2003

Ted has completed the score to So They May Speak, a documentary about bilingual education in the United States. The film focuses on language education in three separate communities: French in rural Louisiana, Khmer in the Cambodian community of Fresno, CA and a multi-lingual program in El Paso, Texas. The film was produced by Ideas in Motion (Berkeley, CA) and funded by the Annie E. Casey and Rockefeller Foundations.

1 March 2003

Luther Greene’s film about San Francisco in the early 20th century is deep in the editing stages. Ted has arranged and produced source music for the project based on The Land of Happiness, an opera premiered in San Francisco in 1925.

12 February 2003

In association with Ideas in Motion, Ted recently completed the score to Going To The Source, a documentary focusing on source reduction in California. The music for this project draws from minimalist influences.

27 January 2003

Look for a 30-second spot for the Alameda County STOP WASTE campaign on KQED in the next few weeks. The quirky, circus-like music was composed by Ted Masur at ScoreDesign.

21 November 2002
Earlier this month, the American Brass Quintet coached Julliard students in a performance of Ted’s Lullabies & Labors at the American Brass Quintet Seminar (Juilliard School, Manhattan).

12 October 2002
Bryan Armstrong has commissioned Ted to write a piece for solo piano. Mr. Armstrong was the featured soloist in master classes with Leon Fleischer at the Aspen Music Festival last summer.