
Orchestration Techniques
Writing for orchestras & small ensembles.

Orchestration Techniques focuses on writing effectively for orchestras and small ensembles across visual media. This panel explores how to make musical ideas translate clearly through different instrument groups, from balance and texture to color, register, and articulation. Panelists will discuss practical approaches to orchestration that serve story and emotion, whether writing for a full orchestra, a chamber group, or hybrid ensembles, and how to write parts that are both expressive and playable.

The Newton Brothers
Composers: Daredevil: Born Again, X-Men '97

Tim Davies
Orchestrator, Composer, Conductor: The Sheep Detectives, Hoppers

Ayda Akbal
Composer, Orchestrator

Cameron Moody
Composer: Washington Black

James Dooley
Emmy-winning composer of Pushing Daisies, A Series of Unfortunate Events, Walker and The Wayfinders

