Nathan – Emmy award winning film composer, with an extensive background in classical training as a composer, a pianist, a choral conductor, singer, and music educator.
Nathan’s achievements prior to age 20 include a commission to write music for the internationally respected Carmel Bach Festival, a gold medal award from the Monterey Bay Blues Festival for outstanding musicianship, and fourth place in California’s statewide piano competition.
He attended Indiana University School of Music on youth merit scholarship, and later for degrees in both composition and vocal performance. After moving to Los Angeles, he became the music director and choral master of a prominent Los Angeles cathedral, and the founder of a music conservatory, “Pangrazio Music,” which employs the industry’s leading instructors and performers.
As a classical composer Nathan’s work ranges from a series of Nocturnes for solo piano, song cycles, both in french and Italian, chamber works, including the commission from Hidden Valley Institute of the Arts for a work for flute ensemble, full orchestral works and choral work. In 2015 Nathan’s “Requiem”, for full chorus and orchestra received a world premiere with William Jewell’s Concert Choir, an 80 Member Nationally Award Winning Chorus.
In the film industry Nathan, has produced numerous scores for feature films, short films, and commercial projects. His career began mostly in commercial music, notably scoring commercials and documents for Purina/Nestle aired on NBC. Nathan has scored numerous features and shorts with some of the leading producers and directors in Los Angeles including Steve Tisch, (Forest Gump) Mitchell Block (Big Mama), and Vanessa block, (The Testimony). Nathan has underscored performances by actors such as Wilford Brimley, (Cocoon), and Tom Sizemore, (Saving Private Rion).
Nathan’s collaboration with Steve Tisch and Vanessa Block earned their project a shortlisting at the 2016 Academy Awards. Then at the end of 2016, Nathan won an Emmy Award for his soundtrack to “Lew Wallace”, 90 minutes of music composed for this feature documentary about the civil war that aired on PBS. In 2017 Nathan received a Telly award in recognition of the same soundtrack. In addition to the two awards, the soundtrack received critical acclaim for a live performance of the score by Ohio Northern Symphony in 2016.
In 2017, Nathan teamed up with Mina Chow to score “Face of a Nation”, a politically relevant documentary that has been gaining traction in festivals, as well as a recent notable screening in the National Museum in Washington DC.
Nathan has trained thousands of music students over the years, many of which have had success in the music industry. His students have had their work performed by Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, and attended music degree programs at places like Yale and USC.
Nathan’s accomplishments in the music field, combined with his years of experience as a music educator all combine to make him the best person to operate a music school. Angeles Academy of Music has been crafted with the best instructors and educational methods to make sure every student is meeting their individual potential in music.
Beha Pangrazio is the Co-founder and director at Angeles Academy of Music. She is a Persian Immigrant with an impressive educational background. She has her Bachelor degree in Computer Science, Masters in Architecture and MBA in finance. She has been working in private equity firms for the most part of her employment. When Nathan decided to restructure his previous venture, they decided to join together and start Angeles Academy of Music.
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