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{{short description|American composer of classical music (born 1984)}}
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{{COI|date=December 2010}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Walt Ribeiro
| image =
| background = non_vocal_instrumentalist
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1984|01|25}}
| instrument = Guitar, piano
| genre = [[Classical music|Classical]], [[jazz]]
| occupation = Composer, [[Arrangement|arranger]], musician, teacher
| years_active = 2000–present
| website = {{URL|fororchestra.com}}
}}
'''Walt Ribeiro''' (born January 25, 1984) is an American composer of [[classical music]]. He was born in [[New Jersey]]. His work has been primarily distributed via the internet. His symphony ''I.I'' was written for an 80-piece orchestra, but produced using orchestral sampling software.<ref name="cosmik">{{cite web|url=http://www.cosmik.com/aa-april-july07/reviews/review_walt_ribeiro.html|title=Review - Walt Ribeiro: I.I (www.waltribeiro.net)|publisher=cosmik.com|accessdate=2016-06-14}}</ref> Ribeiro is also notable for his music tutorials available via web sites such as [[YouTube]],<ref name="guardian">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2008/jul/14/digitalmedia.youtube?gusrc=rss&feed=networkfront|title=Leonie Cooper on YouTube's amateur instruction videos | Media | The Guardian|newspaper=The Guardian |date=13 July 2008 |publisher=guardian.co.uk|accessdate=2016-06-14|last1=Cooper |first1=Leonie }}</ref> which he ended in October 2009. That same year he launched For Orchestra<ref name="fororchestra">{{cite web|url=http://fororchestra.com|title=For Orchestra|publisher=fororchestra.com|accessdate=2016-06-14}}</ref> where he arranged pop songs for orchestra. He has arranged covers of songs by [[Lady Gaga]], [[Radiohead]], [[Pearl Jam]], [[Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov|Rimsky-Korsakov]], [[MGMT]] and [[PSY]], along with others. It has since been featured on Comedy Central Tosh. O,<ref name="comedycentral">{{cite web|url=http://www.comedycentral.com/tosh.0/2009/06/25/pop-songs-arranged-for-an-orchestra/|title=Pop Songs Arranged for an Orchestra | Tosh.0 Blog|publisher=comedycentral.com|accessdate=2016-06-14}}</ref> [[Perez Hilton]] (for his Lady Gaga arrangements),<ref name="perezhilton">{{cite web|url=http://perezhilton.com/2009-06-27-gaga-gets-choral|title=GaGa Gets Choral | PerezHilton.com|publisher=perezhilton.com|accessdate=2016-06-14}}</ref> Green Plastic (for his Radiohead arrangement)<ref name="greenplastic">{{cite web|url=http://www.greenplastic.com/2009/07/22/for-orchestra-does-reckoner/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090727124459/http://www.greenplastic.com/2009/07/22/for-orchestra-does-reckoner/|url-status=usurped|archive-date=July 27, 2009|title=For Orchestra! does Reckoner — Green Plastic Radiohead|publisher=greenplastic.com|accessdate=2016-06-14}}</ref> and more. Currently, Ribeiro is producing one song per week.{{Citation needed|date=December 2014}}
He suffered an accident on October 10, 2015, at which point he decided to take a break from his YouTube and composing activities in order to recover.<ref name="fororchestra2">{{cite web|url=http://fororchestra.com/post/130843018734|title=For Orchestra|publisher=fororchestra.com|accessdate=2016-06-14}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{Official website|http://www.fororchestra.com}}

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