Brian D. Siewert, alternatively credited with or without his middle initial, is an American public speaker, multiple Emmy Award-winning concert and television

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, producer, songwriter, musician, arranger and visual artist. He has worked on ''

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'' (1996–2009) as Principal Composer/Songwriter, ''

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'' (1995-2010) as Principal Composer/Songwriter and Supervising Music Producer, ''

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'' - ABC (TV Series), ''

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'' (2003), '' Another World'' (1995-1999),''

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'' Syndicated, '' Sunset Beach'' (1997-1998), ''

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''. Siewert is the recipient of both

ASCAP The American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP) () is an American not-for-profit performance-rights organization (PRO) that collectively licenses the public performance rights of its members' musical works to venues, broadca ...

and BMI (

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) awards for his work in Film/TV Music. He toured with country music singer ''

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'' as her keyboardist for several hundred arena and amphitheater shows during the "Tell Me Wy" and "Black & Wy" tours (1992-1994). As a keyboardist, producer, arranger, conductor and studio musician, Siewert has contributed to albums by ''

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Jim Brickman James Merrill Brickman (born November 20, 1961) is an American pop songwriter, pianist and radio host. Brickman has earned two Grammy nominations for his albums ''Peace'' (2003) for Best Instrumental, and ''Faith'' (2009) for Best New Age Album ...

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'' and ''

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''. In 2012, he was nominated for a

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for producing the album ''Christmas Hope'' for recording artist Ben Utecht. In 2007, Siewert established the "Brian D. Siewert Artist In Motion" Scholarship at his alma mater Lakeshore High School in Stevensville, MI where he was the 2008 recipient of their Distinguished Alumni Award. The annual scholarship grants a college scholarship to a graduating senior in the field of any/all arts. Allendale (MI) Public Schools (

Allendale High School Allendale High School is located in Allendale, Michigan, in the United States, in the Allendale Public School District, serving grades 9–12. History Construction on the current school building began in late 1995 and finished in early Augus ...

) commissioned Siewert in 2011 to compose what is now the school's official alma mater "Oh Allendale."

Awards and nominations

Daytime Emmy The Daytime Emmy Awards, or Daytime Emmys, are part of the extensive range of Emmy Awards for artistic and technical merit for the American television industry. Bestowed by the New York–based National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (N ...

Awards: *WON, 1998, Outstanding Achievement in Musical Direction and Composition for a Drama Series for: "

" *Nominated, 1999, Outstanding Music Direction and Composition for a Drama Series for: "The Guiding Light" *Nominated, 2000, Outstanding Achievement in Music Direction and Composition for a Drama Series for: " Another World" *Nominated, 2001, Outstanding Achievement in Music Direction and Composition for a Drama Series for: "The Guiding Light" *WON, 2001, Outstanding Original Song for "The Guiding Light" song "Where There is Hope" (shared with Trey Bruce and

John Bettis John Gregory Bettis (born October 24, 1946) is an American lyricist. He was originally part of the band Spectrum, which also featured Richard and Karen Carpenter. He wrote the lyrics for " Top of the World", a hit for both Lynn Anderson and Th ...

) *Nominated, 2002, Outstanding Original Song for: "The Guiding Light" song "On My Own" (shared with

Leslie Mills Leslie Mills is an American actress, film producer, singer, songwriter, and record producer. Music career Originally from Kentucky and based in Nashville, Tennessee, Nashville, Mills grew up studying dance, theater, and music. She got her st ...

) *Nominated, 2002, Outstanding Original Song for "The Guiding Light" song "I Believe in the Mystery" (shared with

Billy Kirsch Billy Kirsch is an American songwriter and consultant. Early life Billy Kirsch attended Wesleyan University before leaving college to become a musician, focusing on a career as a jazz musician. After living in New York City, he moved to Nashvill ...

) performed by Laura Bell Bundy *Nominated, 2002, Outstanding Achievement in Music Direction and Composition for a Drama Series for: "The Guiding Light" *Nominated, 2003, Outstanding Achievement in Music Direction and Composition for a Drama Series for: "The Guiding Light" *Nominated, 2003, Outstanding Achievement in Music Direction and Composition for a Drama Series for: "The Guiding Light" *Nominated, 2005, Outstanding Achievement in Music Direction and Composition for a Drama Series for: "The Guiding Light" *Nominated, 2007, Outstanding Original Song for: "The Guiding Light" song "Can You Love Me (With the Lights on)" (shared with Angela Lauer and Timothy Lauer) *Nominated, 2007, Outstanding Original Song for: "The Guiding Light" song "In a Moment". Siewert performed the vocal as well. *WON, 2007, Outstanding Achievement in Music Direction and Composition for a Drama Series for: "The Guiding Light" "SHE'S A MARVEL" episode. Siewert scored and mixed the entire episode in conjunction with MARVEL STUDIOS who developed story and storyboards which were used exclusively in the episode. *WON, 2008, Outstanding Achievement in Music Direction and Composition for a Drama Series for: "The Guiding Light" Entire episode COMPOSED, ARRANGED and MIXED by Siewert on common theme executed throughout the score. ASCAP FILM & TELEVISION AWARDS: *WON, 2008, Film and Television Award for Most Performed Theme and Underscore for a series BMI FILM & TELEVISION AWARDS: *WON, 2001, and 2002 Film and Television Awards

Sources

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