Career
Groupé has composed and orchestrated music for dozens of films and television programs. His most popular works include the score for Rod Lurie"s movies Deterrence and The Contender. In 2004, he was nominated for an Emmy for the best original score for the television series Lincolnshire of Fire.
In 2001, Groupé composed and orchestrated music in a collaboration with the British progressive rock band Yes for their Magnification album.
He also toured with Yes and conducted a 60-piece orchestra as part of their promotional tour for the album, Yessymphonic. He received a Masters in Music Composition at the University of California at San Diego where he studied with Roger Reynolds, Bernard Rands, Toru Takemitsu.
He also studied computer generated music at Sanford with John Chowning and Leland Smith. Groupé has composed, conducted and produced over eighty Civil Defense recordings.
His music has been performed by a number of symphony orchestras, including Water Unfolding, a fantasy for orchestra commissioned by the San Diego Symphony, and Menagerie, a suite for solo organ, commissioned by the Spreckels Organ Society for its 85th birthday.
