Some highlights have included writing music recorded by The London Symphony Orchestra and being on recordings with David Benoit, John Patitucci, Abe Laborial, Alex Acuna, Justo Almario, Brandon Fields, Jeff Kashiwa, Eric Marienthal, Russell Ferrante, Paulinho Da Costa, Carlos Vega, Michael Landau, John Ferraro, Jimmy Earl, Frank Gambale, Dave Hooper, Paul Brown, John Andrew Shreiner, Megadeth and many of the finest orchestral, vocal and choral musicians.
Ric's professional writing career began when at age 24 he was hired by The Crystal Cathedral to arrange and orchestrate for many of their guest artists for the Cathedral's worldwide television broadcast. Ric wrote for many well known artists there, both popular and traditional along with the orchestra and choir. Ric says: "For several years before that I was writing concert pieces, the Cathedral threw me into the fast paced, heavy deadline arranging world!".
Ric's own albums have charted commercial radio (Gavin Report, R&R, MacJazz, New Horizons, featured in Billboard) and are currently charting on several digital download stations. He has received airplay (radio & television) worldwide and earned awards from ASCAP, Billboard Magazine, American Song Festival, Ace Award and the Film Advisory Board.
Ric studied composition and related subjects under Pulitzer nominated composer Dr. Albert Harris, Bryant McKernan, John Shaffer Smith, Dr. James Drew, Dr. Peter Odegard (UC Irvine), Dr. Lloyd Rogers and has had lessons with Roy Harris, Halsey Stevens (USC), Leonard Stein (USC), film scoring at UCLA on an ASCAP scholarship. Conducting with Don G. Fontana (instrumental and choral), piano with Maria Ledda, guitar with Barney Kessel, Horace Hatchett and Ted McKown.
Ric has also taught composition and orchestration at Biola University and conducted workshops for arranger-orchestrators in churches, conservatories and schools.
Ric has also been commissioned by organizations for concert pieces for orchestra, chamber groups and choral music, having his music premiered in Europe and other countries. He has also arranged and composed music published by Hal Leonard (his arrangements for "A Classical Christmas" continues to be a best seller), and Columbia Pictures Publications.
© 2007 Ric Flauding: Composer/Arranger/Orchestrator
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