Charles Fernandez began composing for television and film in 1989. He has composed for television series such as Disney's Little Mermaid; Disney's Aladdin; Universal's Casper Cartoon Series (For which he received two Emmy and one Annie Nomination); Disney's Doug; Disney's 101 Dalmations; Dreamworks' Toonsylvania and Disney's Bonkers.

Among films he's written for are Doug's 1st Movie/Disney; Aladdin III/Disney; The Pebble and the Penguin/MGM; All Dog's Go To Heaven II/MGM; Aladdin and the King of Thieves/Disney; All Dogs Christmas Carol/MGM; Babes in Toyland/MGM; Tom Sawyer/MGM; Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet Frankenstein/Universal; The New Adventures of Tom Thumb and Thumbalina/Artisan; Jingle Bells/Artisan and The Tangerine Bear/Artisan.

Concert Works include:
Cartoon Suite for Orchestra
The Statue (Ballet)
Commissioned by Bakersfield Camerata
Concerto for Oboe and String Orchestra
Commissioned by Francisco Castillo(Redlands Symphony)

Tone Poem for Clarinet and
String Orchestra
Premier - Bayerische Philharmonie, Germany

Scherzo for Piano and Orchestra

Musical Confrontations I for Classical Woodwind Quintet and Dixieland Brass Quintet. Produced for Solar Winds Music

Musical Confrontations II for Baroque Woodwind Quintet, Mariachi
Brass and Perc.
Produced for The City of Santa Clarita

Songs from a Child's Point of View. Commissioned by C. Jean Varney(Soprano)

Soulmate Found for Tenor and Orchestra

Cartoon Suite for Orchestra. Commissioned by the Beach City Symphony

Film Credits include:
Aladdin III: Disney
Aladdin and the King of Thieves: Disney
All Dog's Go To Heaven II: MGM
All Dogs Christmas Carol: MGM
The Pebble and the Penguin: MGM
Babes in Toyland: MGM
Tom Sawyer: MGM
Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet Frankenstein: Universal
Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet The Wolfman: Universal(Ad. Music)
The New Adventures of Tom Thumb and Thumbalina: Artisan
Jingle Bells: Artisan
The Tangerine Bear: Artisan
Butterfly Effect: New Line (Orchestration/Conducting/
Additional Music)
Able Edwards: Independant
(Additional Music)
A Very Pooh New Year: Disney
(Additional Music)
Cinderella II: Disney(Source Music)
Pebble and the Penguin: MGM
(Additional Music)
Jingle Bells(Additional Composition) Artisan
Steal Big, Steal Little (Orch)

Film Trailer Orchestration:
CBS NFL Theme
Texas Chainsaw Massecre
Windtalkers
Trapped
High Crimes
Castaway
Vertical Limit
Drowning Mona
The Haunting
102 Dalmatians
What Dreams May Come
Mighty Joe Young
Man of the Century
I Dream of Africa
Sphere
Paulie
The Little Rascals
Steal Big, Steal Little

Television Credits include:
Casper Cartoon Series: Universal (2 Emmy & 1 Annie Nomination)
Little Mermaid: Disney
Aladdin: Disney
Doug: Disney
101 Dalmations: Disney
Bonkers: Disney
Toonsylvania: Dreamworks
Band of Brothers/HBO (Orchestration/Conducting)
Television Lake to Lake Cheese(commercial)
Laurel and Hardy, Big Business (Silent Film Score)Entre Acte(England)
The World of James Bond: Berkeley Group(Brass arrangements)

EDUCATION
Master of Fine Arts in Bassoon Performance, University of California, Los Angeles, 1987
Associate of the Royal College of Music(Performers' Certificate), RCM- London, England,
1986 Bachelor of Music Education, Loyola University in New Orleans, 1983
Studied with Crawford Best, John Steinmetz, Geoffrey Gambold, Kerrison Camden and Kenneth Munday.

For more information on Charles Fernandez, please go to his website at www.charlesfernandez.com