John Kaefer

Kaefer is a doctoral graduate of The Juilliard School and also earned degrees in composition from Yale University (MM){{Cite web|url = http://www.yale.edu/printer/bulletin/archivepdffiles/Music/Music_2001-2002.pdf|title = Yale School of Music 2001-2002|date = July 10, 2001|website = yale.edu}} and the Eastman School of Music (BM).{{Cite web|title = Alumni|url = http://www.esm.rochester.edu/composition/students/alumni/|website = Eastman Composition|access-date = 2016-02-03|archive-date = 2016-02-02|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160202084348/http://www.esm.rochester.edu/composition/students/alumni/|url-status = dead}}{{Cite web|title = John Kaefer {{!}} Composer|url = http://www.johnkaefer.com/|website = www.johnkaefer.com}}

Kaefer began his professional television music career during his time at The Juilliard School, where he composed the music for the TV mini-series Dance School: Juilliard.{{citation needed|date=April 2016}} He then went on to compose the scores for several short films, including To Kill A Bore (2006) and They Say It's Wonderful (2006), and In Pursuit of Woody Allen (2007).{{citation needed|date=April 2016}} In 2007, he provided additional music for another short, Room Service, as well as for his first feature film, Mama's Boy. He also began working on ABC's Good Morning America, co-composing the theme music and the rest of the score until 2012. Kaefer also co-composed the music for Good Morning America Weekend Edition.

In 2009, Kaefer composed for another short film, Forget Me Not, and contributed the theme music for Focus Earth with Bob Woodruff. That year, he also composed the thematic music package for ABC's hour-long news magazine, 20/20.{{better source needed|date=April 2016}}

In 2010, Kaefer composed his second full-length film score for the crime-drama The Rise and Fall of Their American Dream and for another short, Lily of the Feast.{{citation needed|date=April 2016}} He was credited as music programmer and orchestrator for the film One Fall in 2011. In 2012, Kaefer composed for another short, Pandora's Box, and ended his time with Good Morning America and Good Morning America Weekend Edition.{{Cite web|title = Classical Music: Chamber music for the waning days of winter|url = http://www.nj.com/times-entertainment/index.ssf/2015/02/classical_music_chamber_music.html|website = NJ.com| date=25 February 2015 }}

In 2013, Kaefer provided the theme music for Primetime: Would You Fall for That?. He also scored his first documentary, A Polite Bribe.{{Cite web|url=http://theaudiospotlight.com/john-kaefer-interview/|title=John Kaefer interview|website=The Audio Spotlight|date=3 October 2018 |language=en-US}} In 2014, Kaefer worked on the series, Sequestered, the first season of which aired on the Crackle network.{{Cite web|title = Exclusive Interview: Composer John Kaefer|url = http://www.agentsofgeek.com/2016/02/exclusive-interview-composer-john-kaefer/|website = Agents of Geek|access-date = 2016-02-19|archive-date = 2016-03-02|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160302023509/http://www.agentsofgeek.com/2016/02/exclusive-interview-composer-john-kaefer/|url-status = dead}} He composed the music for his second documentary by Robert Orlando, Silence Patton, the following year in 2015.

Kaefer worked on the score for the live-action sequences of Quantum Break, a third-person shooter action game released for the Xbox One on April 5, 2016.{{Cite web|url=https://www.inverse.com/article/12427-quantum-break-series-composer-john-kaefer-made-a-video-game-drama-with-feels|title=Why 'Quantum Break' Sounds Right|website=Inverse|date=7 March 2016 }} He composed the music for the Fullscreen series, Making Moves, which will be released on April 26, 2016, and he also composed the theme music for The Kidnapping of a Fish, a short set to release later in 2016.{{citation needed|date=February 2016}}

As a composer for the concert stage, Kaefer's music has been programmed by The Pacific Symphony, Eighth Blackbird, the Aspen Music Festival Contemporary Ensemble, The Juilliard Orchestra, Symphony In C (Haddonfield Symphony),{{Cite web|url=http://www.symphonyinc.org/files/press/PR-Young-Composer-2015.pdf|title=2015-2016 YOUNG COMPOSERS' COMPETITION WINNER|date=2015|website=Symphony in C}} The New York Youth Symphony,{{Cite web |url=http://www.nyys.org/sites/default/files/pdf/NYYS_Handbook2011.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2016-04-04 |archive-date=2016-09-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160920122126/http://www.nyys.org/sites/default/files/pdf/NYYS_Handbook2011.pdf |url-status=dead }} the Chamber Symphony of New Jersey and The Yale Philharmonia.{{Cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2003-mar-15-et-cariaga15-story.html|title=Composer wins over audiences|last=Cariaga|first=Daniel|date=2003-03-15|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|language=en-US|issn=0458-3035}}

Kaefer has led performances at venues including Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center in New York,{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/05/01/arts/critic-s-notebook-departure-turns-youthful-rhapsody-bittersweet.html|title=CRITIC'S NOTEBOOK; Departure Turns Youthful Rhapsody Bittersweet|last=Tommasini|first=Anthony|date=2002-05-01|newspaper=The New York Times|issn=0362-4331}} Wigmore Hall in London, and La Schola Cantorum in Paris.{{Cite web|url=http://www.yale.edu/opa/arc-ybc/v28.n25/story1.html|title=Yale Bulletin and Calendar - Current Issue|website=www.yale.edu|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160421173950/http://www.yale.edu/opa/arc-ybc/v28.n25/story1.html|archive-date=2016-04-21|url-status=dead}}

In 2000, Kaefer was recipient of the American Academy of Arts and Letters' Charles Ives Scholarship.{{Cite web|title=American Academy of Arts and Letters - Award Winners |url=http://www.artsandletters.org/awards2_popup.php?abbrev=Ives |website=www.artsandletters.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160131113705/http://www.artsandletters.org/awards2_popup.php?abbrev=Ives |archive-date=2016-01-31 }} The following year, he received the Morton Gould Composer Award from the ASCAP Foundation.{{Cite web|title = The ASCAP Foundation Morton Gould Young Composer Awards Recipients 1979-2005|url = http://www.ascap.com/eventsawards/awards/concertawards/2006/archive.aspx|website = www.ascap.com|access-date = 2016-02-19|archive-date = 2016-03-02|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160302180055/http://www.ascap.com/eventsawards/awards/concertawards/2006/archive.aspx|url-status = dead}}{{Cite web|title = Recipients Over the Age of 18|url = http://www.ascap.com/eventsawards/awards/concertawards/2001/composer20.aspx|website = www.ascap.com}}{{Dead link|date=March 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

Kaefer received the BMI foundation's Student Composer Award in 2002 and the Pete Carpenter Fellowship in 2006.{{Cite web|title = BMI Foundation Announces 18th Annual Pete Carpenter Film Composing Fellows|url = http://bmifoundation.org/news/story/bmi_foundation_announces_18th_annual_pete_carpenter_film_composing_fellows|website = BMI Foundation}} He was also a panelist/advisor to Mike Post for the Pete Carpenter Fellowship from 2007 to 2010.

Kaefer has been a guest composer and instructor in the American Composers Orchestra, Film Music Factory Program and is a member and mentor for the Society of Composers and Lyricists (SCL).{{Cite web|title = John Kaefer {{!}} Evolution Music Partners|url = http://www.evolutionmusicpartners.com/composers/john_kaefer|website = www.evolutionmusicpartners.com}}{{Cite web|title = The SCL : Community :: Member Directory|url = https://www.thescl.com/profile/31634|website = www.thescl.com|access-date = 2016-02-19|archive-date = 2016-03-04|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160304184221/https://www.thescl.com/profile/31634|url-status = dead}}

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