Guitarist, Composer, Guitar Teacher & Journalist

Udi Glaser is a composer (film composer, composer for theatre, etc.), an accomplished guitarist, educated musician, producer, experienced guitar teacher in north London and online (FaceTime / Skype), music theory tutor and journalist. He composes music for film, commercial multimedia, specialising in composing music for guitar and creating original music for film, TV, advertisements, games, dance, theatre and more.

Udi has dedicated his life to music. Since picking up a guitar at the age of 13, he has gone on to attain a B.A. in Musicology and a Sound Engineering diploma. He also completed a specialist certificate in Orchestrating and Producing Music for Film and Games from Berklee college. For this certificate, he was granted a scholarship in the name of Jeff Beck, the well known guitarist.

Udi has also been teaching music and guitar both as a private tutor and in music schools and centres for the past 13 years. Currently, he is involved in different music projects and composing original music for a wide array of film genres and theatre plays.

Udi is available for:

• Composition for films, theatre, dance and for any other purpose
• Producing, arranging and orchestrating
• Professional bands seeking a live/recording guitarist
• Session player
• Guitar and Music Theory tuition in London or Skype

Experience:

Apps

Produced, recorded and composed the tracks for the app Jammable

Journalism

Columnist for Guitar World
Editor of Alondon Magazine

Theatre Music

Original music for the play The Secrets of Venus

Film soundtracks

Original music for:
• Documentary film The House of Tomorrow
• Short film A little Word
• Short film Guile
• Charity fundraiser Tumaini Home of Hope

Music on Hold

Original hold music for the Crowne Plaza hotel chain’s telephone system

Album Recordings

Quenching The Kill – guitar recordings for the singer-songwriter Roxy Rawson (to be released)
Leonie Casanova’s debut album – Composing songs and guitar recordings for the debut album of the singer-songwriter Leonie Casanova (to be released)
Songs for God’s Children – Recording guitar parts for Making Music Praying Twice projects (2014, Making Music Praying Twice)
Sombra de um Mundo atras do Vidro – guitar recordings for the experimental world music band Ethnamorte (2010, Indie)
Through The Glass – classical guitar debut album of original compositions by Udi Glaser (2009, Udio Records)
MAQAMA – guitarist on debut album of the prog-rock band Maqama (2008, Indie)

Production

• Producing, editing and recording songs for Daphodil Music‘s projects
• Producing, editing and recording songs for singer-songwriter Layla Kaylif

Notable Performances and World Tours

• Playing with Singer-songwriter Leonie Casanova in venues such as:
– UK: Ted Salon London 2010
– India: INK conference 2010 in Lavasa City and ‘Blue Frog’ in Mumbai
– Germany: DLD 2011 conference in Munich

• Playing with Singer-songwriter Roxy Rawson in venues such as:
– UK: London venues and ‘Tate Britain museum’ and ‘GWDIHW’ in Cardiff

Tutoring

Teaching guitar and theory all ages and all levels (including well known celebrities)

Education:

• Advanced Orchestration course / Berklee College of Music
• Specialist Certificate – Orchestrating and Producing Music for Film and Games / Berklee College of Music. *Granted a scholarship in the name of guitarist Jeff Beck
• Sound Engineering Diploma – Sound for Live shows and Recordings / Sound College
• B.A. in Musicology / Tel-Aviv University