Gary Kuo

Gary Kuo is an American Composer. Apart from being a composer, he is also a violinist, actor, and music director. He began his Musical Studies when he was eight, in his home state of Connecticut. He received his undergraduate and graduate degrees from The Julliard School and The University of Miami respectively. After his graduate degree, Gary worked as a session musician in Los Angeles, where he performed on over 100 motion picture soundtracks including ‘The Rock’, ‘Clear and Present Danger’, and ‘Finding Nemo’, and played with dozens of artists such as Pearl Jam, Harry Connick, Jr. and Aerosmith.

Gary Kuo has worked in television as a composer on over 160 programs, including the iconic daytime dramas ‘As the World Turns’ and ‘All My Children’ for which he has won six Emmys. His compositions have been performed at various World’s finest concert venues, including Carnegie Hall. As an artist sponsored by several manufacturers of musical instruments, audio equipment, and software, he has served as an instructor at The Master’s University and La Sierra University, teaching composition and music editing for film and TV. He has been nominated for various awards and he has even won many. He played violin for the film ‘The Glass Shield’ in 1994 and was also instructed on the violin for ‘Mirror’, and ‘Mirror 2: Raven Dance’ that same year.