"CREATIVE HORIZONS": PARTNERS: MICHAEL L. RICCIARDI and JOHN D. NUGENT: Photos
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- WALT DISNEY & ED WYNN: MR WYNN IS A CHARACTER IN OUR MUSICAL "THE GHOST WHO SAVED BROADWAY"

- ANTHONY DREWE AND THE SHERMAN BROTHERS

- MELODY TIME

- BENNY GOODMAN: ONE OF OUR IDOLS

- BROADWAY CAST OF "YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN"

- MICHAEL IS A PROUD MEMBER OF ASCAP

- MIKE'S CURRENT MUSICAL IS AN ADAPTATION OF HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN'S "THE TRAVELING COMPANION" HIS WRITING PARTNER IS TIMOTHY DORAN

- CD COVER FOR OUR LATEST MUSICAL, "THE TRAVELING COMPANION" NOW IN RE-WRITE. NEW VERSION AVAILABLE SOON.

- DANNY AND NEIL SIMON "THE BROTHERS LAUGHTER" MICHAEL STUDIED COMEDY WRITING WITH DANNY FOR FOUR YEARS

- LOUIS M. RICCIARDI, MICHAEL'S FATHER-- A TRUE ARTIST

- OUR FAVORITE MUSICAL "MACK AND MABEL"

- TIM DORAN, ARRANGER, CONDUCTOR AND INCREDIBLE ORCHESTRATOR. TIM CAN PROVIDE LEAD SHEETS, ARRANGEMENTS AND COMPLETE SCORES. CONTACT HIM AT WWW.TIMDORAN@AOL.COM. TIM HAS BEEN IN THE MUSIC BUSINESS FOR OVER THIRTY YEARS!

- "FROM OUR PIANO TO YOURS"

- "FROM OUR PIANO TO YOURS"

- OUR FIRST CD RELEASED IN 2001 "HIGHWAY TO A DREAM" FEATURING THE VOCAL TALENTS OF TONY WESTBROOK. MUSIC AND LYRICS BY MIKE RICCIARDI, RANDY LOUIS AMES, AND J. ERIC SCHMIDT. MUSICAL DIRECTOR TIMOTHY DORAN

- OUR SECOND CD RELEASE IS "THE ROADS I LEFT BEHIND" FEATURING THE VOCAL TALENTS OF WESTBROOK & SNYDER, JOSHUA KRANZ, GREG LASTRAPES, BILL LEWIS, RACHEL SCOTT, TERRY SNYDE. . MUSIC AND LYRICS BY MIKE RICCIARDI. ARRANGED BY TIM DORAN.

- OUR THIRD CD RELEASE IS "FLY ME HOME FOR CHRISTMAS" FEATURING THE TALENTS OF WESTBROOK & SNYDER, JOE SETTERNI, ADAM SIMMONS. MUSIC AND LYRICS BY MIKE RICCIARDI AND RANDY LOUIS AMES. RECORDED AT SMOOTH SOUND STUDIOS, VAN NUYS, CA.

- OUR FOURTH CD IS A DELIGHTFUL CHILDREN'S CHRISTMAS STORY CALLED "MRS. MILLIGAN, THE CHRISTMAS MOUSE" STORY BY MICHAEL RICCIARDI. CHRISTMAS SONGS ARE WRITTEN BY MICHAEL RICCIARDI, RANDY LOUIS AMES AND ERIC J. SCHMIDT. RECORDED AT SMOOTH SOUND STUDIOS.

- OUR LATEST CD RELEASE IS A CD DEVOTED TO "STAGES OF LOVE: WANTED< FOUND, LOST AND FORGIVEN" ON THIS CD WE FEATURE THE VOCAL TALENTS OF BERNADETTE GEIB, TERRY SNYDER, ADAM SIMMONS AND JOE SETTERNI. RECORDED AT SMOOTH SOUND STUDIOS, VAN NUYS, CA. 91601

- MICHAEL RICCIARDI, SONG WRITER

- MICHAEL REPRESENTED THIS NOVEL "MANHATTAN TRANSFER" AND ITS AUTHOR JOHN E. STITH FOR FIVE YEARS

- WE MISS OUR FRIEND, FRED EBB, PERHAPS THE GREATEST LYRICIST ON THE PLANET SINCE OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN

- WITH MANY THANKS TO OUR FRIEND, STEPHEN SCHWARTZ

- OUR FAVORITE MOVIE MUSICAL OF ALL TIME-- THE INSPIRATION FOR IT ALL

- OUR SECOND FAVORITE MUSICAL

- OUR MOST EAGERLY AWAITED NEW BROADWAY SHOW DECEMBER 2007

- OUR SECOND FAVORITE MUSICAL "BIG RIVER" WITH SONGS BY THE LATE GREAT ROGER MILLER

- OUR FAVORITE COMPOSERS: RICHARD AND ROBERT SHERMAN ("MARY POPPINS) TAKEN IN 2007

- PERHAPS THE GREATEST COMPOSER OF THE GOLDEN AGE: COLE PORTER: BIRTHDAY JUNE 9th

- ORIGINAL SHEET MUSIC FOR "YOU MADE ME LOVE YOU"-- OUR FAVORITE TIN PAN ALLEY SONG

- TIM DORAN, ACCOMPLISHED ORGANIST. CO-WRITER PF "THE TRAVELING COMPANION" AND ARRANGER OF OVER THREE HUNDRED SONGS WRITTEN BY MICHAEL L. RICCIARDI

- KATE SMITH: ONE OF THE FINEST VOCALISTS OF THE GOLDEN AGE. TIM DORAN ACCOMPANIED KATE IN NEWPORT BEACH, CALIFORNIA FOR HER LAST RENDITION OF "GOD BLESS AMERICA" BY IRVING BERLIN IN 1976

- OUR FAVORITE EARLY ANIMATED MUSICAL FROM THE WALT DISNEY STUDIO

- WITH SYMPATHY TO ANDREW LLOYD WEBER WHO RECENTLY HAD A MISHAP WITH A CAT. THE SIX MONTH OLD KITTEN JUMPED ONTO HIS PIANO AND ITS INTERIOR COMPUTER AND WIPED OUT THE MEMORY FOR THE NEW MUSIC TO "PHANTOM IN MANHATTAN"

- JOHN NUGENT, CO-COMPOSER FOR THE MUSICAL "SEVEN"

- THE GRAND MASTER COMPOSER, RICHARD RODGERS

- MICHAEL RICCIARDI AND KENNY LOGGINS GRADUATEED FROM HIGH SCHOOL TOGETHER: SAN GABRIEL MISSION HIGH SCHOOL 1966

- ROBERT ROTH: OUR BRILLIANT ENGINEER AT SMOOTH SOUNS STUDIOS, 13649 VANOWEN AVENUE IN VAN NUYS

- MR> JERRY JACKSON: OUR FRIEND AND OWNER OF SMOOTH SOUNDS STUDIOS

- SEVENLY THE MUSICAL FEATURES THEM

- THE HAPPIEST MILLIONAIRE

- OUR HERO WALT DISNEY

- WE TRY TO DO THIS

- OUR PHILOSOPHY AT CREATIVE HORIZONS "LOOK FOR THE GREAT IN YOURSELF"

- JOHN NUGENT'S MASTER WORK

- OUR FAVORITE RESTARAUNT-- WE SPEND MANY EVENINGS HERE ENJOYING THE WONDERFUL TALENT!

- EDGAR HAS INSPIRED US TO WRITE A NEW SHOW "EDGAR ALLAN & POE"

- WITH "TOMORROW THERE'S ALWAYS HOPE

- JOHN NUGENT OUR EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT

- GEORGE AND IRA WE LOVE YOUR SONGS

- ONE OF OUR ALL TIME FAVORITE SHOWS

- CALL US TODAY AT (818) 714-4771
