KATHERINE BERGMAN

Katherine Bergman is a Minnesota-based composer who draws on environmentalism, literature, and found materials to create work that has been described as hypnotic and visceral. She has received commissions and performances from leading ensembles throughout the United States, including the U.S. Coast Guard Band, Encore Wind Ensemble, The Gustavus Wind Orchestra, Duke University Wind Symphony, Zeitgeist, The Minnesota Percussion Trio, and many others. Katherine holds degrees from the University of Northern Iowa and Gustavus Adolphus College, and her composition instructors have included Mary Ellen Childs, Jonathan Schwabe, and Samuel Adler.

WORKS

• OVER WILD SOLITUDE recorded by the St. Olaf Norseman Band and Arthur Haecker

• TURBINIA recorded by University of the Incarnate Word Wind Ensemble and Dr. Brett Richardson

WEBSITE
https://www.katherinebergman.net

MATHEW CAMPBELL

A native of Deep South Texas, Mathew Campbell graduated with a BM-Education from the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley and a double MM-Composition and Conducting from Oklahoma City University. As an award-winning composer, his works have been performed at national conventions and across the United States. As a percussionist, Mathew enjoys playing many different styles including world music, classical art music, contemporary music, and jazz. As a conductor, he has conducted orchestras, wind ensembles, choirs, and chamber ensembles in world premieres of his and his colleagues’ music at regional, state, and international events.

WORKS

• FROM A HIGHER PLACE recorded by the Trade Winds Recording Ensemble and Dr. Daniel J. Schmidt

• MOONSHOT recorded by Oklahoma Youth Winds and Dr. Matthew Mailman

• A THOUSAND INNER VOICES recorded by South Sound Symphonic Band and John Wetherington

WEBSITE
http://www.matcampbell.com

NICOLE CHAMBERLAIN

Atlanta composer and flutist Nicole Chamberlain (b. 1977) has composed numerous works for flute and has won NFA's 2017 Flute Choir Composition Competition, 2016-2018 Newly Published Music Awards, The Flute View Composition Competition, Areon Flutes International Composition Competition, finalist in the Flute New Music Consortium Competitions, and finalist for the Kappa Kappa Psi's 2018 Female Band Composition Competition. She has been commissioned by the Atlanta Opera, Georgia Symphony Orchestra, Gonjiam Music Festival, Oklahoma Flute Society, Atlanta Flute Club, and many others. An album of her music, "Three-Nine Line", released in 2018 by MSR Classics.

WORKS

• BYZANTIUM recorded by Ashland High School Wind Ensemble and Travis Moddison

• UNFETTERED recorded by the St. Cloud State University Wind Ensemble and Dr. Catharine Sinon Bushman

WEBSITE
https://www.nikkinotes.com

KATAHJ COPLEY

Georgia native, Katahj Copley (b. 1998), holds a Bachelor’s degree in Music Education and Composition from the University of West Georgia. 
Copley’s first work, Spectra, premiered on November 14, 2017 by the University of West Georgia’s Saxophone Ensemble. Since 2017, Copley has written over sixty pieces, including over twenty-five for Wind Band, which have been performed by many local high schools including Mt. Zion High School (under the direction of Scott Jones) and Carrollton High School (under the direction of Chris Carr). At the University of West Georgia, Copley has written pieces for UWG’s Brass Ensemble, Concert Choir, Saxophone Ensemble, Symphonic Band, Jazz Ensemble and Wind Ensemble. His compositions have been performed and commissioned by colleges, organizations, universities and professional ensembles, including the 1st Infantry Brass Choir, Rhode Island Recording Ensemble, Axos Saxophone Quartet, the Admiral Launch Duo and the Nu Alpha chapter of Kappa Kappa Psi at Georgia State University.
In February of 2020, Copley’s Sunshine was featured at the Georgia Music Educators Association’s District XIII’s performance and NOVA was premiered by the University of West Georgia’s Wind Ensemble at the College Band Directors National Association Southeast Division Conference.
Aside from composing, Copley is an excited educator who teaches young musicians the joy of discovering music and why music is a phenomenal language.

WORKS

• HAYWIRE recorded by the University of South Carolina Symphonic Winds and Dr. Jay Jacobs

• UNSPOKEN recorded by the Denison University Wind Ensemble and Dr. Chris David Westover

WEBSITE
https://www.katahjcopleymusic.com/

KEVIN DAY

Kevin Alexander Day (b. 1996) is an American composer, conductor, multi-instrumentalist, and native of Arlington, Texas. Day is currently pursuing a Master of Music in Music Composition degree at the University of Georgia. He currently studies with composer Peter Van Zandt Lane and conductor Cynthia Johnston Turner. Day earned his Bachelor of Music Degree from Texas Christian University, where he studied with euphonium/tuba with Richard Murrow and composition with Neil Anderson-Himmelspach, Till Meyn, and Blaise Ferrandino. He currently is the Composer-In-Residence for the Mesquite Symphony Orchestra (2019-2021) and a current composer fellow for Cycle 8 of the Gabriela Lena Frank Creative Academy of Music. A winner of the BMI Student Composer Award, Day has composed 142 compositions to date and has had numerous premieres and performances by groups across the United States, Austria, and South Africa. Mr. Day was also the winner of the 2nd Annual Philadelphia Youth Orchestra Young Composers Competition, the Tribeca New Music Young Composers Competition, and the Dallas Winds Fanfare Contest, as well as being a finalist twice for the ASCAP Morton Gould Young Composer Award. Day has also been mentored by composers Gabriela Lena Frank, Julie Giroux, John Mackey, William Owens, and Frank Ticheli. Kevin Day is a member of BMI, TMEA, ITEA, Kappa Kappa Psi, and Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia. He is also a member of the Millennium Composers Initiative. Day's works have been recorded/distributed by Mark Records (Naxos) and are published by Murphy Music Press, LLC, Cimarron Music, and Kevin Day Music.

WORKS

• GALACTIC VOYAGE recorded by the CSU Fullerton Symphonic Winds and Dr. Dustin Barr

• SHIMMERING SUNSHINE recorded by the San Jose State Wind Ensemble and Dr. David Vickerman

• A SONG FOR TOMORROW recorded by Langley High School Wind Ensemble and Doug Martin

WEBSITE

https://www.kevindaymusic.com

ERIS DEJARNETT

Eris DeJarnett (ey/they) is an interdisciplinary narrative artist and educator working with music, text, and movement to examine power structures, community, and queerness within and beyond the performing arts and academia. Hailed as having “a keen affinity for vulnerability, in both eirself and others,” eir musical catalog explores sexual assault, rape culture, trauma, gender, and recovery, often centering the human voice amidst soundscapes of experimental and noise-based practices. Eris’ work also emphasizes the importance of personal development at the performer’s own pace—musically and in life—and as such, they regularly work with student musicians and developing performers to craft pieces that suit their individual needs.

WORKS

• strength in all things (coming soon)

WEBSITE
https://erisdejarnett.com

FRANK DUARTE

A native of Metropolitan Los Angeles, Duarte earned an Associate of Arts degree in Music from Fullerton College, a Bachelor of Music degree in Composition from California State University, Northridge, and a Master of Music Degree in Composition from Butler University. In 2020, he entered the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in composition program at Texas Tech University, studying under Jennifer Jolley. He was an instructor of record, teaching composition at Texas Tech. In Fall 2021, he will continue his doctoral studies at Michigan State University. His previous mentors have included Anthony Mazzaferro, Michael Colburn (Conducting), and Liviu Marinescu, Milen Kirov, Michael Schelle, and James Mulholland (Composition). Duarte is a member of ASCAP, ACF, SCI, Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, and Beta Theta Pi. He is also a member of Landscape Music and ADJ•ective Composers’ Collective. His works are also published by Tolliver Music Company and Murphy Music Press, LLC.

WORKS

• *FLEX* SONG FOR MOTHER GAIA recorded by the Texas Tech University Symphonic Band and Lisa Tatum

WEBSITE
http://frankduarte.com

AMY DUNKER

Dr. Amy Dunker is a Professor of Music at Clarke University where she teaches music theory, composition and trumpet. Her compositions have been performed throughout the United States, Mexico, Colombia, Brazil, Germany, Czech Republic, Italy, Ukraine, India, France, Spain, and Great Britain. Her works are published by Alliance Publications, Inc., (Hal Leonard).

WORKS

• FOR GOD AND COUNTRY recorded by the Trade Winds Recording Ensemble and Dr. Daniel J. Schmidt

• JULIEN’S DREAM recorded by the University of Nebraska at Omaha Symphonic Wind Ensemble and Dr. Karen Fannin

WEBSITE
http://www.amydunker.com

KELIJAH DUNTON

Kelijah Dunton (b. 1999) is a New York-based composer who has enjoyed a short but prolific musical background starting in his high school years. He studied alto saxophone through school and continues to be an active performer with NYC’s own Metropolitan Music Community. Without formal composition training, Kelijah has only recently embarked on his composition career, persevering as he learns from his musical peers and experiences. A native of Brooklyn, New York, Kelijah has called the neighborhoods of Williamsburg, Bushwick, and Crown Heights home. Moving from place to place has helped him learn what it means to be around people of all backgrounds, ages, and walks of life, as well as exposed him to many genres of music in different communities. Kelijah’s significant musical moments include performing in NYC honor bands, competitive NYSSMA festivals, traveling to prestigious music colleges, sitting in with various award-winning jazz bands, and most recently, performing with an MMC community band for all ages and music education levels.

WORKS

• STILLWATER recorded by the Brooklyn Wind Symphony and Jeff W. Ball

WEBSITE
https://kelijah.com/

JOSIAH GARZA

Josiah is a composer, percussionist, and recorder player hailing from South Texas. He currently attends the University of Texas at Austin as a biology major while preparing himself to start an undergraduate program in music for the fall of 2021. Josiah currently studies composition with Dr. Michael Mikulka and has an immense passion for education and learning. When not caught up in a book or trying something new, he can often be found behind a marimba or working on his latest score. Josiah loves collaborating with other artists and draws inspiration from the emotional outlets in the world surrounding him.

WORKS

• *FLEX* FOLK SONG recorded by the University of Delaware Wind Ensemble and Dr. Lauren Reynolds

WEBSITE

http://www.jgarza.com

BOBBY GE

Bobby Ge (b. 1996) is a Baltimore-based composer whose works have been performed across four continents by groups including the Harbin Symphony Orchestra, the Concerto Chamber Orchestra, the Future Symphony Competition Orchestra, the Atlantic Music Festival Symphony Orchestra, Pique Collective, and celli@berkeley. His works navigate tensions between the timeless and the well-defined, often in a cross-disciplinary, multimedia setting. Ge is a composer-in-residence at the Millay Colony for the Arts in October 2020. He was shortlisted for the 2019 Zemlinsky Prize, and has further received recognition from various competitions and organizations including the Kaleidoscope Chamber Orchestra, the Chelsea Symphony Orchestra, Calliope, the International Music Competition of Harbin, the RED NOTE Composition Competition, the Metropolitan Youth Symphony, and the Future Symphony Competition. As a collaborator, Ge has worked to create multimedia projects with painters collective Art10Baltimore, the Space Telescope Science Institute, the Baltimore Rock Opera Society, and writer/poet Jenny C. Lares. Ge holds a master’s degree in composition from the Peabody Conservatory, studying with Professors Kevin Puts and Harold Meltzer.

WORKS

• Minutes Between recorded by Peabody Conservatory Strings and Jebat Kee

WEBSITE

http://www.bobbygemusic.com

BRITTANY J. GREEN

Brittany J. Green (b. 1991) is a North Carolina based composer whose creative and scholarly work is centered around facilitating collaborative, intimate musical spaces that ignite visceral responses. The intersection between sound, movement, and text serves as the focal point of these musical spaces, often questioning and redefining the relationships between these three elements. Her music has been featured at New York City Electronic Music Festival, Bowling Green State University Graduate Conference, West Fork New Music Festival, and the Crossing Borders: Women Composers Around the World Concert Series. She has presented research and demonstrations on gestural mapping at East Carolina University’s Research and Creative Arts Week, Intersection@ Art and Science Symposium, and the 2018 North Carolina Music Educators Association Conference. Brittany holds a BM in Music Education from the University of North Carolina at Pembroke and a MM in Music Composition and Theory from East Carolina University. She is a member of Pi Kappa Lambda Music Honors Society, Sigma Alpha Iota, and Society of Composers, Inc (SCI).

WORKS

• EDGE OF THE SACRED RAINFOREST recorded by the Indiana University Concert Band and Dr. Jason Nam

WEBSITE

http://www.brittanyjgreen.com/

HOLLY HARRISON

Holly Harrison is a young composer from Sydney, Australia. Holly’s music is driven by the nonsense literature of Lewis Carroll, embracing stylistic juxtapositions, the visceral energy of rock, and whimsical humour.

Holly’s music has been performed in Australia, Asia, Europe, and the USA.  She has recently been announced as the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra’s composer in residence across 2020 and 2021. Her work Lobster Tales and Turtle Soup featured on Eighth Blackbird’s (USA) Australian tour as part of Musica Viva’s 2017 International Concert Season. Eighth Blackbird’s performance was later awarded Performance of the Year at the 2018 Art Music Awards. In 2019, the Australian Youth Orchestra toured Frumious internationally, while the rock-inspired Balderdash was the set string quartet work for the 2018 Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition. Upcoming projects include new works for Coriole Music Festival, Australia Ensemble, and Sydney Symphony Orchestra.

WORKS

• SPLINTER recorded by San Jose State University Wind Ensemble and Dr. David Vickerman

WEBSITE
www.hollyharrison.net

JOSHUA IDIO

Joshua Alexander Idio (b. 1995) is a Filipino-American composer, educator, and trumpeter from New Jersey. He writes exciting music for chamber groups, concert bands, and orchestras and his music continues to captivate audiences with thought-provoking and relative music in a programmatic style, including composers like Aaron Helgeson, Patrick J. Burns, and Michael Daugherty.
In April of 2018, Joshua conducted his premiere work Overture for Education with the Union Middle School Concert Band from Rutherford, New Jersey. His works have been performed by several ensembles, including the University of Texas in El Paso Symphonic Band, the Arrowhead Union High School Wind Ensemble, and the Westchester Symphonic Winds. He received an honorable mention and world premiere from the United States Naval Academy Band for his composition for brass ensemble Fanfare and Anthem for The Titans.
Joshua holds a B.M in Music Education from William Paterson University and a M.A in Music Composition from Montclair State University. In 2022 he served as a band director at Readington Middle School in Whitehouse Station, New Jersey. He is currently a member of the National Association for Music Education, the New Jersey Music Educators Association, and the Association of Concert Bands. He is also a member of ASCAP (the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers) and the American Composers Forum as an active composer in the New York City/NJ area.

WORKS

• THE CRUISE LINE DREAM recorded by Curt Ebersole and Westchester Symphonic Winds

• LUMEN DE LUMINE CAELUM recorded by Jacob Polancich and Arrowhead Union High School

• OVERTURE FOR EDUCATION recorded by Dr. Andrew Hunter and the University of Texas at El Paso Symphony Band

WEBSITE
https://joshuaaidiomusic.squarespace.com

SALVADOR ALAN JACOBO

Salvador Alan Jacobo (b. 1997) has composed music for an array of musical settings from wind ensembles to brass ensembles to marching bands and everything in between. His compositions have acquired attention from notable composers such as John Mackey. Salvador has also been the guest conductor for various public school bands such as the Portales Junior High Band, the Portales High School Band, and the 30th Annual Eastern New Mexico University Alumni Band. He credits his mentors: Benjamin Fairfield, John Mackey, and Mark Dal Porto as being pivotal to his progressive success as a composer, conductor, and performer. Salvador is also a brother of the Kappa Sigma Fraternity (Theta-Zeta chapter).

WORKS

• COLORS EVER SO VIBRANT recorded by Seattle Pacific University Wind Ensemble and Danny Helseth

• FOR WHAT IS PRECIOUS IS NOT FOREVER recorded by John Holt (Flugelhorn), University of North Texas Wind Ensemble and Dr. Daniel Cook

• VUELO recorded by University of Akron Symphony Band and Dr. Andrew Feyes

• *FLEX* VUELO recorded by Purdue University Fort Wayne Symphonic Wind Ensemble and Dr. Daniel Tembras

WEBSITE
https://www.musicjacobo.com

EMILY KOH

Emily Koh (b.1986) is a Singaporean composer based in Atlanta and Athens, GA. Her music is characterized by inventive explorations of the smallest details of sound. In addition to writing acoustic and electronic concert music, she enjoys collaborating with other creatives in projects where sound plays an important role in the creative process. Described as ‘the future of composing’ (The Straits Times, Singapore), she is the recipient of awards such as the Yoshiro Irino Memorial Prize, ASCAP Morton Gould Young Composer Award, Prix D’Ete, and PARMA competitions, commissions from the Barlow Endowment for Music Composition, Composers Conference at Wellesley College, Singapore Symphony Orchestra, Left Coast Chamber Ensemble, Dinosaur Annex Music Ensemble and grants from New Music USA, Women’s Philharmonic Advocacy and Paul Abisheganaden Grant for Artistic Excellence. Emily graduated from the National University of Singapore (BM Music Composition), Johns Hopkins University (MM Music Composition and Music Theory Pedagogy), and Brandeis University (Ph.D. graduate in Music Composition and Theory). She is currently Assistant Professor of Composition at the Hugh Hodgson School of Music, University of Georgia in Athens, GA.

WORKS

• diver[city] (coming soon)

WEBSITE
https://emilykoh.net

CATHERINE LIKHUTA

Catherine Likhuta (b. 1981) is an Australian-based composer, pianist and recording artist. Her music exhibits high emotional charge, programmatic nature and rhythmic complexity. Catherine’s works have been played throughout the United States, Europe and Australia, as well as in Canada, Mexico and Brazil. Her music has enjoyed performances by prominent symphony orchestras, chamber ensembles and soloists. Catherine’s recent residencies include the University of Connecticut, the University of Georgia and North Carolina NewMusic Initiative. She was the winner of the International Horn Society Composition Contest (virtuoso division) and the 4MBS Kawai Composition Contest, as well as the recipient of several awards, including two grants from the Australia Council for the Arts.

WORKS

• HOME AWAY FROM HOME recorded by Murray State University Wind Ensemble and Dr. Trae Blanco

WEBSITE
http://www.catherinelikhuta.com

ALLISON LOGGINS-HULL

Allison Loggins-Hull is a “powerhouse” (The Washington Post) flutist, composer, and producer whose work defies classification and has been described as “evocative” by The Wall Street Journal. She has been associated with acts across the spectrum of popular and classical music including Flutronix, Hans Zimmer, Lizzo, Imani Winds, Alarm Will Sound, the International Contemporary Ensemble, Alicia Hall Moran, and Jason Moran. Her music is resonant with social and political themes of the current moment, encompassing motherhood, Blackness, and cultural identity. Loggins-Hull and Nathalie Joachim co-founded the critically acclaimed duo Flutronix, which has been praised by The Wall Street Journal for being able “to redefine the instrument” and for “redefining the flute and modernizing its sound by hauling it squarely into the world of popular music” (MTV).

WORKS

• THE LOOP recorded by Denison University and Dr. Chris David Westover-Muñoz

WEBSITE
https://allisonloggins.com

JOSE IGNACIO BLESA LULL

Jose I. Blesa Lull was born in Llíria, Valencia in Spain. He completed his studies at the Conservatorio Municipal de Valencia and Conservatori Superior de Música de Castelló where he earned degrees in Composition, Conducting, Clarinet, Musicology, and Music Education and the Special Prize in Composition Studies. As a multi-award winning composer, his music has been performed internationally in Spain, the United States, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, the Philippines, Japan, Belgium, Brazil, France, Italy, Colombia, Argentina, Portugal, and Mexico. His works have received play by soloists and ensembles including José Franch-Ballester, Spanish Brass Luur Metals, Dario Sotelo, Alberto Roque, Manuel Galduf, Council Bands of Valencia, Mallorca, Bilbao, Santiago de Compostela, Córdoba (Argentina), Banda Sinfonica do Estado do São Paulo (Brazil), and Orquesta de Sopros ESML (Lisboa). Recently, Jose has conducted his own music with Tainan Wind Ensemble (Taiwan), Drexel University Concert Band, MusikVerein Heitersheim (Germany), Banda de Música de Pontevedra, Orquesta de Sopros do Medio Tejo and Academia de Musicos de Abrantes (Portugal), Pihalni Orkester Zelezarjev (Slovenia), Banda del Conservatori de Tortosa, and Banda de Música de Felanitx. Currently, Jose lives in Amherst, Massachusetts where he pursues a Masters in Wind Conducting at University of Massachusetts with Dr. Matthew Westgate.

WORKS

• ABOVE THE GROUND recorded by the Trade Winds Recording Ensemble and Dr. Daniel J. Schmidt

• MALTESIA SUITE recorded by University of Toronto Wind Symphony and Pratik Gandhi

WEBSITE
https://www.jiblesalull.com

QUINN MASON

Quinn Mason is currently a student at the SMU Meadows School of the Arts where he studies composition with Dr. Lane Harder. A multiple prize winner in composition, he has worked one on one with distinguished composers David Maslanka, Libby Larsen and Robert X. Rodriguez and David Dzubay. He has written for groups such as loadbang, Atlantic Brass Quintet, Voces Intimae, the New Texas Symphony Orchestra, the Dallas Symphony Orchestra and principal players of the Berlin Philharmonic. He is also the recipient of awards from the American Composers forum, the Philadelphia Youth Orchestra, Voices of Change and Texas A&M.

WORKS

• SOUL TO SOUL recorded by Purdue University Symphonic Band and Dr. Jonathan Sweet

WEBSITE
https://www.masonianmusic.com

YAN PANG

Yan Pang is a composer, choreographer, and scholar. She is currently an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Music at St Olaf College. She received her Ph.D. in Music with a minor in Theater Arts & Dance at the University of Minnesota. Her work focuses on inter-cultural music composition and performance. As part of this interest, she has been commissioned to compose and invited to perform in music festivals throughout the world. She considers both her music composition and dance choreography as a means to build multicultural understanding and tolerance. A selection of her varied publications includes the album Glory Times (as songwriter and music director) by the China Scientific & Cultural Audio Video Publishing Company, the score “Solis Ortus” (winner of the SunRiver International Composition Competition) by China People’s Cultural Publishing Company, the paper “Scene of Sichuan Opera” (co-author with Mingzhu Song), and the books Cool Math for Hot Music, All About Music, and Basic Music Technology, and The Future of Music - Towards a Computational Musical Theory of Everything (co-authored Guerino Mazzola et. al.) by Springer.

WORKS

• FOR ARCHIE recorded by The Desert Winds and John Seaton

WEBSITE
https://www.yanpangcomposition.com

 JOSEPH C. PHILLIPS JR.

Joseph C. Phillips Jr. composes for and conducts his large ensemble Numinous, a collection of some of NYC's finest musicians. Joe, along with the latest recording from Numinous, Changing Same (2015, New Amsterdam Records), has been interviewed and featured on NPR's Weekend Edition, the Brooklyn Rail, WNYC’s New Sounds as well as lauded on a number of year-end Top Classical Recordings Lists for 2015. His next project will be to record with Numinous in 2019 The Grey Land, a 70-minute monoopera that explores "humanity and identity through the intractable triumvirate of race, class, and power" which premiered in October 2018. Phillips has received a Jerome Foundation J Fund grant, New Music USA project grant, a Meet the Composers Creative Connections grant, an American Music Center Composer Assistance Program grant, two Live Music for Dance commission grants, and was a finalist for both the Sundance Institute Film Composers Lab Fellowship and the Opera Company of Philadelphia Composer-in-Residence. In addition to the worldwide performances of his works, including the Steve Reich Festival in The Hague, Netherlands, new works have been commissioned by the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) Next Wave Festival, the Kaufman Center and Ecstatic Music Festival, pianist Lara Downes, the NextNow Fest for the Invoke String Quartet, Simone Dinnerstein and the Neighborhood Classics Concert Series for Face the Music, Dave Douglas and the Festival of New Trumpet Music (FONT), Concrete Temple Theatre Company, St. Olaf College, University of Maryland, University of Denver, Edisa Weeks and the Delirious Dance Company, Take Dance Company, Maffei Dance Company, and a number of other musicians and ensembles.

WORKS

• The Long Now recorded by Leigh High School Wind Ensemble and Alex Christensen (coming soon)

WEBSITE
https://www.numinousmusic.com

NICOLE PIUNNO

Nicole Piunno (b. 1985) holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in composition and a Master of Music degree in theory pedagogy at Michigan State University. Her composition teachers were Ricardo Lorenz and Charles Ruggiero. She earned a Master of Music degree in composition at Central Michigan University, studying with David Gillingham. She has also worked with Jason Bahr, David Ludwig, and Tony Zilincik. Nicole earned a Bachelor of Music degree in Music Education and her emphasis was on trumpet.  Her music has recently been performed by the Principal Brass Quintet of the New York Philharmonic, Athena Brass Band, Columbia University Wind Ensemble, and the Michigan State University Symphony Band. Her music has also been performed at the Orvieto Musica TrumpetFest in Orvieto, Italy, the International Trombone Festival, and multiple International Trumpet Guild Conferences.

WORKS

• BEAUTY BROKEN recorded by the Wind Symphony of Clovis and Christine Keenan

• ETERNITY IN AN HOUR recorded by Rowan University Wind Ensemble and Dr. Joseph Higgins

• *FLEX* POSTCARD FROM SEQUOIA recorded by the University of Delaware Wind Ensemble and Dr. Lauren Reynolds

• SHIFTING SHADOWS recorded by Minnesota Junior Winds and Dr. Charles Weise

• *FLEX* YOU DECIDE recorded by the Langley High School Wind Symphony and Doug Martin

WEBSITE
www.nicolepiunno.com

LEANNA PRIMIANI

Leanna Primiani is an award-winning composer who aims to bring together the collective experiences of the many for greater understanding. Her music asks listeners to consider deep issues and ideas related to the female experience, as she believes that connection and thoughtful participation can catalyze powerful change. Leanna writes music that changes how listeners see themselves and the world around them. Using electronics as well as orchestral instrumentation, she explores the limits of musical form, sound, and time.
Taking her story-telling further, she composes for film and television. Credits include the WIF/Fox Searchlight production of Signal, the feature documentary Altitude Not Attitude, as well as the remake of the cult classic The Bad Seed, directed by and starring Rob Lowe. Variety’s Jon Burlingame calls the music “one of the most remarkable… scores of the past season.” Her training as a classical composer, her fluency with large-scale orchestral scores combined with her talents in electronic sound design gives Leanna an advantage few other composers can boast when scoring film.
Leanna recently won the 2020 Toulmin Commission from the League of American Orchestra and The American Composers Orchestra to compose a work for ROCO in Houston to be premiered in February 2021. She will be a composer-in-residence at The Millay Colony for the Arts in Upstate NY summer of 2021. Recent premieres include Gaudete by the Wheeling Symphony in December 2020, Glass Ceiling by the St. Olaf Band, OMNI for Reed Trio by Trio 212 New York City, Anxiety for Violin and Electronics in NYC all in May 2021, with Anxiety for Cello and Electronics premiered by Nick Photinos at Bang On A Can at MASS MoCA in July 2021.
A native Californian, Leanna currently splits her time between Santa Monica and New York. She earned a doctorate in composition from USC and has studied with such noted composers and conductors as Leonard Slatkin, Peter Eötvös, Christopher Rouse, Steven Stucky, Morten Lauridsen, and Howard Shore. She is a member of BMI, Recording Arts Academy, Television Academy, New York Women Composers, The Alliance of Women Film Composers, and The Society of Composers and Lyricists.

WORKS

• GLASS CEILING recorded by the St. Olaf Band and Dr. Timothy Mahr

WEBSITE
https://leannaprimianicomposer.com

JENNIFER E. ROSE

Currently the band director at Wyandotte Public Schools, Jennifer E. Rose is a native of Tulsa, Oklahoma. She has been married to her husband Tim Rose, also an Oklahoma native, for 18 years and together they have two amazing children. This is Mrs. Rose’s 14th year as a music educator, all of which have been years spent in Oklahoma. Mrs. Rose holds a Master’s degree in Composition & Technology from the North Carolina School of the Arts and a Bachelor’s Degree in Music from the University of Arkansas. Several of Jennifer’s compositions have won top honors in competitions at the University of Arkansas, the Foundation Orchestra Association, and in 2014 she was honored with two awards at Boston Metro Opera’s International Contempo Festival. Her works have been performed or recorded by several local high school ensembles, the University of Arkansas Symphony Orchestra, the University of Tulsa Concert Band, the DaCapo Chamber Players, and the Tulsa Wind Symphony.

WORKS

• *FLEX* METAPHYSICAL TRAVELS recorded by the University of Delaware Wind Ensemble and Dr. Lauren Reynolds

• *FLEX* IMMINENT DANGER recorded by the Springfield West High School Wind Symphony and Eric Hoang

• THE OATH recorded by Memorial High School Wind Ensemble and Jason Nitsch

WEBSITE
https://www.composerose.com

Christina Rusnak

Passionate about composing about place and the human experience, Christina Rusnak integrates context into her music from the world around her. She composes thought provoking music that engages both the performers and the audience. Ms. Rusnak’s repertoire includes chamber, wind band, orchestra, jazz, choral and multi-media works. Future projects include composing works for Earth Day in 2020. An advocate for New Music, she serves on the board of the International Alliance for Women in Music. Her works are available from Amazon, Naxos and Parma Recordings, with her scores available through her website. Learn more: http://christinarusnak.com

WORKS

• *FLEX* ALAUDIDAE recorded by Rowan University Wind Ensemble & Dr. Joseph Higgins

• *FLEX* THE COAST IN WINTER recorded by the Western Illinois University Faculty Sextet

• *FLEX* FANFARE recorded by the National Concert Band brass and Adrian Holt

• *FLEX* HYAS TYEE TEMWATA recorded by Purdue Fort Wayne Symphonic Wind Ensemble and Dr. Daniel Tembras

• *FLEX* Small Organisms recorded by the Oregon State University Wind Symphony & Olin Hannum (coming soon)

WEBSITE
http://christinarusnak.com

GIOVANNI SANTOS

Giovanni Santos serves as Assistant Professor of Music and Director of Wind and Percussion Studies at La Sierra University, where he directs the University Wind Ensemble, Chamber Winds, Big Band, and teaches courses in instrumental music education, popular music, and conducting. Santos is a graduate of La Sierra University (B. Mus) and earned his MM in Music Education from the University of Southern California’s Thornton School of Music, where he was also a scholarship trumpet student. He has been published by the International Trumpet Guild Journal on two occasions. Santos had the privilege of studying trumpet with Richard Hofmann, Boyde Hood, and Donald Green. Santos also enjoys composing chamber music and wind band works and has been commissioned by high schools, community bands, and universities across the United States. Professor Santos is inspired by his family. His wife Tanya, is an elementary teacher in Perris, CA. Tanya and Giovanni are proud parents of Gianna and David.

WORKS

• BLUE DANCES recorded by Seattle Pacific University Wind Ensemble & Danny Helseth

• REUNION consortium fundraiser for And We Were Heard

WEBSITE
https://giosantosmusic.com

AYATEY SHABAZZ

Alongside composing music for Concert, Jazz and Marching idioms, Ayatey Shabazz has scored music for a host of Film and TV projects for companies such as Disney and Pixar, and “bumper” music used by multiple television networks. He also composed original scores for short films. Two of the most notable of his work, Shabazz orchestrated and arranged music for the Pixar film Incredibles 2 and composed the theme for the Tournament of Roses® organization, The Power of Hope to benefit the BandCares Foundation.

WORKS

• KHRON recorded by University of Wisconsin Oshkosh Wind Ensemble and Dr. Devin Otto

WEBSITE
https://www.devmusicpublishing.com/

ALEX SHAPIRO

Composer Alex Shapiro aligns note after note with the hope that at least a few of them will actually sound good next to each other. Her persistence at this activity, as well as non-fiction music writing, arts advocacy, public speaking, wildlife photography, and the shameless instigation of insufferable puns on Facebook, has led to a happy life. Ever-boastful of her terminal degree of a high school diploma (an impressive feat having failed 8th grade algebra), Alex lives in the middle of nowhere on a small rock between the coasts of Washington State and British Columbia, and draws from a broad musical palette that giddily ignores genre. Her acoustic and electroacoustic works are published by her company Activist Music LLC, have won almost no awards, are performed and broadcast daily, have rarely been reviewed, and can be found on over thirty commercial releases from record labels around the world. No musician or audience member has yet to contact Alex to request their money back. Emphasis on yet.

In addition to lavish customer refund policies, Ms. Shapiro is noted for her seamless melding of live and recorded sounds, and for her innovative uses of multimedia in performance and music education. A widely published advocate on topics ranging from technology, copyright, diversity, music education, and the music business, and a likable person from whom you can learn details about python breeding, Alex is the Symphonic and Concert writer member of the Board of Directors of ASCAP, and serves on the Board of Directors of the ASCAP Foundation and The Aaron Copland Fund for Music. Alex's music as well as her other, sometimes unusual pursuits, can be experienced throughout this slightly-overwhelming-but-at-least-it's-well-organized website.

WORKS

• *FLEX* LIGHTS OUT as recorded by the Central Washington University Wind Ensemble and Paul Bain

WEBSITE
https://www.alexshapiro.org

RYNE SIESKY

Ryne Siesky's work as a composer explores the intersections of art and music, bringing focus to the idiosyncrasies of music creation and sonic processes. Environmentalism, aestheticism, and social justice are at the forefront of his compositional influences. His work has been performed by Hypercube, Braeburn Brass Quintet, Robert Black, Lindsay Garritson, and Laura Silva, among others. His music has been featured at several festivals and conventions including the Society of Composers, International Trumpet Guild, and SEAMUS. Siesky is currently working towards his Doctor of Musical Arts in Composition at the University of Miami, Frost School of Music.

WORKS

• REMNANTS as recorded by the Mississippi Valley Orchestra and Ho-Yin Kwok

WEBSITE
https://www.rynejsmusic.com/

SONYA LEANORE STAHL

Sonya Leonore Stahl (b. 1981), a violinist with the Gainesville Orchestra and Ocala Symphony Orchestra, graduated from Dr. Janna Lower's violin studio at the University of Florida in 2004 and also studied composition under Dr. Paul Richards. In 2011, Stahl was awarded State Fiddle Champion at the Florida Folk Festival. Since 2018, her works have been performed by the Gainesville Orchestra, the Indiana State University Wind Symphony, the Santa Fe College Wind Symphony, the Cypress Symphonic Band in Houston, the University of Florida Trombone Choir, the Gainesville Brass Quintet, the Gainesville Flute Ensemble, and the Charleston Southern University Flute Ensemble as well as at the high school level and in houses of worship. She is also a fruit scientist with the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences.

WORKS

• *FLEX* FAIRYTALE ADVENTURES recorded by the Western Illinois University Faculty Quintet

WEBSITE
http://www.gumroad.com/waterlily

INGRID STÖLZEL

Composer Ingrid Stölzel has been described as having “a gift for melody” (San Francisco Classical Voice) and “evoking a sense of longing” that creates “a reflective and serene soundscape that makes you want to curl up on your windowsill to re-listen on a rainy day.” (I Care If You Listen) Stölzel’s compositions have been commissioned by leading soloists and ensembles, and performed in concert halls and festivals worldwide, including Carnegie Hall, Merkin Concert Hall, Kennedy Center, Seoul Arts Center, Thailand International Composition Festival, Festival Osmose (Belgium), Vox Feminae Festival (Israel), Dot the Line Festival (South Korea), Ritornello Chamber Music Festival (Canada), Festival of New Music at Florida State (USA), Beijing Modern Music Festival (China), Festival of New American Music (USA), and SoundOn Festival of Modern Music (USA). Her music has been recognized in numerous competitions, among them recently the Suzanne and Lee Ettelson Composer’s Award, Red Note Composition Competition, the Robert Avalon International Competition for Composers, and the Kaleidoscope Chamber Orchestra Competition. Recordings can be found on various commercial releases including her portrait album “The Gorgeous Nothings” which features her chamber and vocal chamber music. Stölzel teaches composition at the University of Kansas School of Music.

WORKS

• MUSICA IGNOTA recorded by the Pacific Lutheran University Wind Ensemble and Dr. Edwin Powell

WEBSITE

https://ingridstolzel.com/

KATHRYN WOODARD

Acclaimed American pianist Kathryn Woodard curates and performs programs that explore cross-cultural exchange in music. She has served as an American Cultural Specialist for the U.S. Department of State, leading educational initiatives to introduce audiences abroad to new American music. As an advocate for new music, Woodard has worked with such noted composers as Karlheinz Stockhausen, Yehudi Wyner, Ge Gan-ru, Huang Ruo, and Paula Matthusen. She began researching the Turkish composer Adnan Saygun in 1997 and has since introduced numerous audiences to composers from Turkey and across Asia. She founded the initiative Sonic Crossroads with the aim of shedding light on global piano music, and her performances have been featured on the broadcasts Performance Today and The Front Row. A native of Dallas, Texas, Kathryn Woodard holds the DMA and MM degrees in piano performance from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music and earned an undergraduate diploma in music pedagogy from the Hochschule für Musik in Munich, Germany.

WORKS

• VICTORY MARCH by Leyla Saz arranged by Kathryn Woodard recorded by South Dakota State University Wind Symphony and Dr. Jacob Wallace

WEBSITE
https://kathrynwoodard.com

HALEY WOODROW

Haley Woodrow loves to partner with performers in crafting musical experiences that offer listeners an active role. Her music reflects a broad range of influences and genres, and combines styles as a primary objective. Haley’s compositions for band have received awards from the National Band Association, the International VLAMO Composition Contest and the Texas Music Educators Association. Alfred, Hal Leonard, Barnhouse and MurphyMusicPress offer published versions of several of her compositions and she also actively self-publishes through her company, Woodrow Music.

WORKS

• A New Day recorded by Texas Woman’s University Wind Symphony and Dr. Carter Biggers (coming soon)

• IN TWO PLACES recorded by Florida State University Symphonic Band and Dr. Patrick Dunnigan

• Fanfare and Song recorded by Texas Woman’s University Wind Symphony and Dr. Carter Biggers (coming soon)

• MARCH OF THE SHADOWS recorded by Manistee High School Symphonic Band and Andrea Mack

WEBSITE
https://haleywoodrow.com

ROGER ZARE

Roger Zare (b. 1985) currently serves as an instructional assistant professor of music composition and theory at Illinois State University in Normal, Illinois. He has been praised for his “enviable grasp of orchestration” (New York Times) and for writing music with “formal clarity and an alluringly mercurial surface.” Often inspired by science, nature, and mythology, Zare’s compositions have been performed across the United States and on five continents by such musicians and ensembles as the American Composers Orchestra, the Minnesota Orchestra, the Sarasota Orchestra, the Akropolis Reed Quintet, the Sinta Quartet, violinist Cho-Liang Lin, and clarinetist Alexander Fiterstein. Zare has received awards from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, ASCAP, BMI, the New York Youth Symphony, Copland House, the ACC Band Directors Association, and many others. He has served as composer-in-residence at the Chesapeake Chamber Music Festival, the Salt Bay Chamber Music Festival, the Chamber Music Festival of Lexington and the SONAR new music ensemble. Zare loves interdisciplinary collaborations and has worked closely with CERN to present music inspired by the Large Hadron Collider on programs about the intersection of music and physics in Switzerland and Bulgaria. Zare holds degrees in composition from the University of Michigan, the Peabody Conservatory, and the University of Southern California. His teachers include Bright Sheng, Michael Daugherty, Kristin Kuster, Paul Schoenfield , Christopher Theofanidis, Derek Bermel, and Morten Lauridsen.

WORKS

• *FLEX* DECEMBER LULLABY recorded by University of Texas at El Paso Symphonic Band and Dr. Andrew Hunter

• MEDITATION ON AMEN recorded by Purdue University Symphonic Band and Dr. Jonathan Sweet

WEBSITE
http://www.rogerzare.com