Vince Mendoza has been at the forefront of the contemporary music scene as a composer, conductor, and recording artist for the last 30 years, writing scores of compositions and arrangements for big band, chamber, and symphonic settings. His credits read like a “who's who” of the best modern instrumentalists and singers in the world today.   He has 6 Grammy awards and 34 nominations.  Mendoza is the composer in residence with the West Deutsche Rundfunk in Köln and the Conductor Laureate of the Netherlands Metropole Orkest. Mendoza’s new recording “Freedom Over Everything” features his compositions with Antonio Sanchez, Julia Bullock, MC Black Thought, and the Czech National Symphony.