NOAH JENKINS
Noah Jenkins is a composer and violinist/violist from Oregon, now living in Chicago. His music is inspired by tuning, field recordings, synthesizers, acoustic phenomena, and experiences of deep sound in deep time.
In 2022 Wild Up premiered Spirits Hover as part of the LA Phil’s Noon to Midnight festival. In 2023 Jenkins developed and premiered After Life (a 40-minute piece with original text for vocalist and ensemble) in Chicago with Après L’Histoire. In 2024 he released Without Persistent Environments (Sawyer Editions), an album of two electroacoustic trombone pieces recorded by Chicago trombonist and composer Riley Leitch. Peter Margasak (Bandcamp) praised the music’s “sustained lines awash in luxurious overtones” and its “focus on the dynamic interaction of sound drifting into eternity.”
In 2025 Nois saxophone quartet and Varo string quartet will premiere a new work in Chicago and John Adams will conduct the LA Phil New Music Group in the premiere of Not a dream sound, but a sound which sleeping we had really heard, a work for string orchestra, keyboards, and antiphonal percussion.
He holds a PhD in Composition and Music Technology from Northwestern University where he now teaches classes in composition, music theory, and aural skills.
In 2022 Wild Up premiered Spirits Hover as part of the LA Phil’s Noon to Midnight festival. In 2023 Jenkins developed and premiered After Life (a 40-minute piece with original text for vocalist and ensemble) in Chicago with Après L’Histoire. In 2024 he released Without Persistent Environments (Sawyer Editions), an album of two electroacoustic trombone pieces recorded by Chicago trombonist and composer Riley Leitch. Peter Margasak (Bandcamp) praised the music’s “sustained lines awash in luxurious overtones” and its “focus on the dynamic interaction of sound drifting into eternity.”
In 2025 Nois saxophone quartet and Varo string quartet will premiere a new work in Chicago and John Adams will conduct the LA Phil New Music Group in the premiere of Not a dream sound, but a sound which sleeping we had really heard, a work for string orchestra, keyboards, and antiphonal percussion.
He holds a PhD in Composition and Music Technology from Northwestern University where he now teaches classes in composition, music theory, and aural skills.
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UPCOMING WORKS
UPCOMING EVENTS
November 3, 2024
Trails Bright Phantoms (open workshop)
Aptera Strings
Classical Revolution Chicago
Access Contemporary Music,
Chicago, IL
January 28, 2025
World Premiere:
Not a dream sound, but a sound which sleeping we had really heard
(LA Phil commission)
LA Phil New Music Group conducted by John Adams
Walt Disney Concert Hall,
Los Angeles, CA
Upcoming projects include a large ensemble piece for the LA Phil Green Umbrella series and the premiere of a piece for saxophone quartet and string quartet, and a solo album release.
UPCOMING EVENTS
November 3, 2024
Trails Bright Phantoms (open workshop)
Aptera Strings
Classical Revolution Chicago
Access Contemporary Music,
Chicago, IL
January 28, 2025
World Premiere:
Not a dream sound, but a sound which sleeping we had really heard
(LA Phil commission)
LA Phil New Music Group conducted by John Adams
Walt Disney Concert Hall,
Los Angeles, CA