James Lavino

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Born in Philadelphia, Lavino earned a BA in English at Boston University and an MA at Yale before turning to composition at the Juilliard School, where he studied with Behzad Ranjbaran; his first professional foray was writing songs for Disney’s The Book of Pooh. After moving to London in 2002, he received commissions for major British choirs, contributed to the BBC Symphony Chorus, and saw works…