02/01/04 Director Roitstein to Serve as Film Music Panelist

Local 655 Director Steve Roitstein will serve as moderator and panelist for the free seminar, All You Need to Know About Music in Films, a presentation of  the Miami International Film Festival. The seminar will be held Wednesday, February 4, 2004 at Tower Theater, 1508 SW 8 Street in Miami.

Sponsored by the Miami Dade College School of Entertainment and Design Technology, the seminar will address topics such as music scoring and licensing. Other panelists include Michael Cumbermack (Warner Music Group), Leslie José Zigel (entertainment attorney at Greenberg Traurig and former Vice President of business and legal affairs with BMG’s Latin American regional office and U.S. Latin operations), and Iván Alvarez (Senior Vice President, Universal Music Latin America). Director Roitstein, songwriter, producer, composer, arranger, and musician, was awarded a Latin Grammy in 2001 for his arranging work with Celia Cruz.

For more information on the seminar, please call (305) 237-3456.