John Christopher Wineglass (born 1973) is an American television

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Biography

Wineglass was born in Washington, D.C., in 1973. He attended Langdon Elementary School. He played in the DC Youth orchestra in 1984, and ten years later he received a Bachelor of Music degree in

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at the

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.Official John Wineglass website
Retrieved on August 11th, 2008. He also earned a master's degree in Music Composition: Film Scoring for Motion Pictures, Television and Multi-Media at New York University, five years later.

Awards and nominations

Wineglass has been nominated for six Daytime Emmy awards in the Outstanding Achievement in Music Direction and Composition for a Drama Series category, from 2001 to 2008, for his work on ''

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''. He won the award in 2002, 2003, and 2005. His first nomination was shared with Terry Walker,

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, Jerry Pilato, Dominic Messinger,

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, and Ron Goodman. His first win was shared with the previous, plus Peter Fish. Wineglass has also been nominated for three

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Film and Television Music Awards, from 2002 to 2005.

Credits

* ''

'' * '' The Making of a Film'' (2008) * '' Doesn't Texas Ever End'' (2008) * '' The Hunt'' (2008)

References

External links

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