Don Caron, co-writer, co-director For over 40 years Don has been active in the entertainment industry as a composer, pianist, sound engineer/designer, screenwriter and author. He has composed extensivlely for orchestra, choir and chamber groups and his music has been heard world-wide. Commissions include the symphonic work "Paradigm Shifts" composed for the 50th anniversary of the Spokane Symphony through a grant from the Olga Ferrai Foundation of New York. His music is available on CDBaby.com. He co-wrote the screenplay and wrote the choral/orchestral score for the feature film The Basket, produced by North by Northwest and released in 1999 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The Basket was awarded The Crystal Heart Award at the Heartland Film Festival, Director's Gold Award at the International Family Film Festival, and the Best Film for Families by MovieGuide Awards. Caron's screenplay "The Pull" was awarded a Platinum Remington for Best Romantic Screenplay at the WorldFest Houston International Film Festival in 2008. In 2002 he was awarded "Composer of the Year" by the WA Music Teachers National Association. Past Positions Co-founder and co-director of Art Growers Association (with Elizabeth Carlssohn), a Washington State non-profit specializing in teaching materials for dance Founder and Director of Composers' Conspiracy, a non-profit organization which presented concerts of music by contemporary composers. (see "Celebrating Five Years at the Met, produced by Don Caron) Sound Supervisor at North by Northwest Productions and North by Northwest Entertainment Currently co-owner at Different Drummers, LLC, a feature film production company. Additional albums of music include The FIrst Class Albums, music for ballet class Victor, The Musical, based on Mary Shelly's Frankenstein with lyrics by Kimberly Gannon. The Legendary Davenport Hotel, documentary soundtrack Four Ambiguous Options, orchestral and chamber music Awards Summary Heartland Film Festival 1999 Crystal Heart Award for: The Basket (1999) (Feature film) Shared with: Rich Cowan Frank Swoboda Tessa Swoboda San Fernando Valley International Film Festival 2007 Jury Award for: Different Drummers (2013) (Best Screenplay) Shared with: Lyle Hatcher (Co-writer) (Different Drummers). WorldFest Houston 2013 Platinum Award Independent Theatrical Feature Films - Family/Children for: Different Drummers (2013). Shared with: Lyle Hatcher (Different Drummers). 2007 Grand Award Best Screenplay for: Different Drummers (2013). Shared with: Lyle Hatcher (Writer) (Different Drummers). International Accolade Competition Award of Merit for: Different Drummers shared with Lyle Hatcher (writer)
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