Justin Freer was born and raised in Huntington Beach, California. He began his formal studies on trumpet, but quickly turned to piano and composition, composing his first work at age 11 and giving his professional conducting debut at 16. Continually composing for various different mediums, he has written music for trumpeters Doc Severinsen and Jens Lindemann, and continues to be in demand as a composer and conductor.

Mr. Freer has composed for several independent films and has written motion picture advertising music for some of 20th Century Fox Studios’ biggest campaigns including Avatar, The Day the Earth Stood Still, and Aliens in the Attic. As a conductor, he has appeared with the Chicago Symphony, Cleveland Orchestra, London Philharmonic, Los Angeles Philharmonic, New York Philharmonic, and Philadelphia Orchestra. He is also one of the only conductors to have ever conducted in both the Colosseum and Circus Maximus in Rome. He made his San Francisco Symphony debut in January 2015 with The Godfather.

Mr. Freer has been recognized with grants and awards from organizations including ASCAP, BMI, the Society of Composers and Lyricists, and the Henry Mancini Estate. He is the Founder and President of CineConcerts, a company dedicated to the preservation and concert presentation of film, curating and conducting hundreds of full length music score performances live with film, including Rudy, Gladiator, The Godfather, Breakfast at Tiffany’s, It’s A Wonderful Life, and the Harry Potter franchise.

Mr. Freer earned both his BA and MA in music composition from UCLA, where his principal composition teachers included Paul Chihara and Ian Krouse. In addition, he was mentored by legendary composer/conductor Jerry Goldsmith.

Grammy Award–winning vocalist Ayana Haviv has sung on more than 150 film, television, and video game soundtracks, including Star Wars: The Last Jedi and The Rise of Skywalker, Avatar and Avatar: The Way of Water, Frozen II, Spider-Man: No Way Home, The Lion King, Mulan, Minions, Call of Duty, Fortnite, and many more. Recent career highlights include playing an animated opera singer on Love, Death, and Robots, singing guide vocals for Disney’s Encanto and Wish, an on-camera appearance as a melodramatic wedding singer on Transparent, and singing several opera arias in addition to the iconic 1960s theme for Star Trek: Discovery, which Variety called “stunning.” The Los Angeles Times has called her “one of those unique LA musicians who does it all” and “like a soprano Dr. Who who could channel the ancient unknown.”

Originally from Israel, Ms. Haviv grew up singing in styles ranging from klezmer, to Middle Eastern, to musical theater, before being classically trained in the United States and singing with Los Angeles Opera and Los Angeles Master Chorale, both as chorister and soloist. She is also active in the new music scene in Southern California, singing in the Hear Now Festival, in the experimental vocal ensemble HEX, and with Southwest Chamber Music. This is her debut with San Francisco Symphony and CineConcerts.