John Christopher Wineglass (born 1973) is an American

United States

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 television composer

Composer

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Biography

Wineglass was born in Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....

, in 1972. He played in the DC Youth orchestra

DC Youth Orchestra Program

The DC Youth Orchestra Program is an American instrumental music education program in Washington, D.C. Although it is well known for its Youth Orchestra ensemble, it is a 12-level, curriculum-based music education program that provides instrumental music classes for students throughout the...

 in 1984, and ten years later he received a Bachelor of Music

Bachelor of Music

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 degree in Music Composition

Musical composition

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 at the American University

American University

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. He also earned a master's degree in Music Composition: Film Scoring for Motion Pictures, Television and Multi-Media at New York University

New York University

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, 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 "All My Children

All My Children

All My Children is an American television soap opera that aired on ABC from January 5, 1970 to September 23, 2011. Created by Agnes Nixon, All My Children is set in Pine Valley, Pennsylvania, a fictitious suburb of Philadelphia. The show features Susan Lucci as Erica Kane, one of daytime's most...

". He won the award in 2002, 2003, and 2005. His first nomination was shared with Terry Walker, A.J. Gundell

A.J. Gundell

A.J. Gundell is an American musician and music director. He has won 13 Emmy awards; his favorites being three in the "Outstanding Original Song" category.-Discography:...

, Jerry Pilato

Jerry Pilato

Jerry Pilato is an American director of television shows and theatrical plays. He has worked on the ABC Daytime drama series All My Children, for which he has received four Daytime Emmy wins and fifteen nominations...

, Dominic Messinger

Dominic Messinger

Dominic Messinger is an American soap opera composer. He began his work in soapmusic on "General Hospital", and has since co-written and composed over one hundred original songs for various soaps...

, Gary Kuo

Gary Kuo

Gary Kuo is an American composer and violinist. He has worked as a composer on Another Night , As the World Turns and All My Children. He played the violin for the film The Glass Shield in 1994, and instructed on the violin for Mirror, Mirror 2: Raven Dance that same year...

, Mike Renzi

Mike Renzi

Mike Renzi is an American pianist, arranger, and musical director. He is best known for his collaborations with some of the legends of pop-jazz singing, notably Peggy Lee, Lena Horne, Mel Tormé, Cleo Laine, Blossom Dearie, and Jack Jones...

, Brian Comotto, Loris Holland

Loris Holland

Loris Holland is an American composer, record producer, synthesizer and songwriter.-Biography:Holland grew up in the British Guyana, to a family which forbade any music other than hymns and classical music, due to the deaths of his maternal grandfather and uncle on separate occasions, whilst...

, Robbie Kondor

Robbie Kondor

Robbie Kondor is an American composer, session musician, and arranger. He has worked as a composer on The Significant Other, Ball In The House, Sally Jessy Ralphael, Happiness , The Suburbans , Forever Fabulous ,Drawing Angel , Series 7: The Contenders , Home Delivery and Equality U...

, and Ron Goodman. His first win was shared with the previous, plus Peter Fish. Wineglass has also been nominated for three ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards, from 2002 to 2005.

Credits

• All My Children
  All My Children
  All My Children is an American television soap opera that aired on ABC from January 5, 1970 to September 23, 2011. Created by Agnes Nixon, All My Children is set in Pine Valley, Pennsylvania, a fictitious suburb of Philadelphia. The show features Susan Lucci as Erica Kane, one of daytime's most...
  
  
• The Making of a Film (2008)
• Doesn't Texas Ever End (2008)
• The Hunt (2008)

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