James Di Pasquale

James Di Pasquale (born in Chicago, Illinois in 1941) is an American musician and composer of contemporary (classical) music and music for television and films.

Biography
He graduated from Northwestern University and the Manhattan School of Music. His teachers included David Diamond and Ludmila Uhlela.

Before turning full time to composition, he had a varied career as a woodwinds performer with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the Bolshoi Ballet, and the Royal Ballet.

He performed as a jazz musician with Gerry Mulligan, Ella Fitzgerald, Henry Mancini, and Barbra Streisand as well as many others. He was one of the original members of the Paul Winter Consort.

In 1984, he served as the Organizing Chairman and first President of the Society of Composers and Lyricists. He also served as a member of the Board of Governors of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences and on the Writer’s Advisory Committee at the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP).

Music for television
He wrote the musical scores to made-for-TV movies such as: Sarah T. – Portrait of a Teenage Alcoholic (1975), The Jericho Mile (1979), Two of a Kind (1982), The Shell Seekers (1989), The Killing Mind (1991), Runaway Father (1991), In the Best Interest of the Children (1992), Seduction: Three Tales from the "Inner Sanctum" (1992); and television series such as: Columbo, Lou Grant, Switch, Hawaii Five-O, and Trauma Center.

He has received three Emmy Awards, six Emmy nominations, and a CableACE Award nomination for his work in television.

Music for films
His motion picture scores include Armed and Dangerous (1986), One Crazy Summer (1986), Rad (1986), and Showdown.

Classical works
His compositions for the concert hall include:

Sonata for tenor saxophone and piano
Quartet for trumpet, tenor saxophone, viola, and cello
Symphony in one movement
In Absentia: Elegy for Stan Getz
Monologia for solo horn (for Dale Clevenger, principal horn of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra)
Interplay and Showing Great Restraint (for Chicago Current, a jazz–fusion ensemble comprised of Chicago Symphony players.)