Jason Livesay
- Music Department
- Composer
- Actor
Award-winning Los Angeles composer Jason Bradley Livesay began playing the violin at 8, studying with Mildred Lloyd, Chen Yang, Dick Walker, and Todor Pelev.
After winning several national awards as a teen, he went on to secure assistantship as a composer on The Amazing Race (2001) (CBS) under Lee Sanders, led to him making compositions and film scores for the likes of DreamWorks, Paramount, Columbia, MGM, Disney/Pixar, Warner Brothers, FoxFaith Films, Nickelodeon, CBS, and MTV, winning a Gold Classic Telly Award for "Best Music."
Jason and his twin brother Nolan Livesay have over 40 film and TV credits, including Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005) DVD special features, the feature films Bounty (2009) and Chasing the Green (2009), original music for the documentary Dear Francis (2005), additional music and orchestration for the feature film One Night with the King (2006) starring Peter O'Toole, and electronic programming for Disney/Pixar's Burn-E (2008) (an animated short released with WALL·E (2008).
Jason also holds a conducting position with the Golden State Pops Orchestra, and has premiered his own original concert works with the Lake Avenue Chamber Orchestra, the Sonus Quartet, the Golden State Pops Orchestra, the APU Symphony Orchestra, and the Michael Skidgel Singers.
As a violinist, Jason has performed with many regional orchestras, including the Lake Avenue Chamber Orchestra, the Redlands Symphony, the San Bernardino Symphony, the Torrance Symphony, the YMF Debut Orchestra, the Golden State Pops Orchestra (assistant concertmaster), and also works freelance for albums and movie scores. He has performed at Walt Disney Concert Hall, Segerstrom Concert Hall, and Perth Concert Hall in Scotland; he has worked with such conductors as John Williams and Michael Tilson Thomas, he has accompanied such artists as Josh Groban, Peter Cetera, Bela Fleck, Linda Eder, Jubilant Sykes, Merv Griffin, Tony Danza, and Chris Botti, he has also been seen on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. Jason and his brother Nolan have formed a unique electric violin duo, sharing their blend of original and popular music all over the world, having opened for artists such as Sheryl Crow, Smash Mouth, Huey Lewis, Ace Young, and Starship. They have appeared in Las Vegas and as headliners on first-rate luxury cruise lines.
After winning several national awards as a teen, he went on to secure assistantship as a composer on The Amazing Race (2001) (CBS) under Lee Sanders, led to him making compositions and film scores for the likes of DreamWorks, Paramount, Columbia, MGM, Disney/Pixar, Warner Brothers, FoxFaith Films, Nickelodeon, CBS, and MTV, winning a Gold Classic Telly Award for "Best Music."
Jason and his twin brother Nolan Livesay have over 40 film and TV credits, including Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005) DVD special features, the feature films Bounty (2009) and Chasing the Green (2009), original music for the documentary Dear Francis (2005), additional music and orchestration for the feature film One Night with the King (2006) starring Peter O'Toole, and electronic programming for Disney/Pixar's Burn-E (2008) (an animated short released with WALL·E (2008).
Jason also holds a conducting position with the Golden State Pops Orchestra, and has premiered his own original concert works with the Lake Avenue Chamber Orchestra, the Sonus Quartet, the Golden State Pops Orchestra, the APU Symphony Orchestra, and the Michael Skidgel Singers.
As a violinist, Jason has performed with many regional orchestras, including the Lake Avenue Chamber Orchestra, the Redlands Symphony, the San Bernardino Symphony, the Torrance Symphony, the YMF Debut Orchestra, the Golden State Pops Orchestra (assistant concertmaster), and also works freelance for albums and movie scores. He has performed at Walt Disney Concert Hall, Segerstrom Concert Hall, and Perth Concert Hall in Scotland; he has worked with such conductors as John Williams and Michael Tilson Thomas, he has accompanied such artists as Josh Groban, Peter Cetera, Bela Fleck, Linda Eder, Jubilant Sykes, Merv Griffin, Tony Danza, and Chris Botti, he has also been seen on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. Jason and his brother Nolan have formed a unique electric violin duo, sharing their blend of original and popular music all over the world, having opened for artists such as Sheryl Crow, Smash Mouth, Huey Lewis, Ace Young, and Starship. They have appeared in Las Vegas and as headliners on first-rate luxury cruise lines.
