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John Henry Kreitler, also credited as John Henry, is an Emmy-winning American composer of contemporary classical, film, television and theatre music. He is a songwriter, producer and publisher, and co-founder of contemporary chamber music ensemble Virtuosos de Cámara and founder and Creative Director of Clear Choice Entertainment, LLC.


Biography & Credits

He holds a B.A. in Composition from Lewis and Clark College, Portland, Oregon, where he studied violin, composition and conducting before continuing his studies in Composition at the College-Conservatory of Music, University of Cincinnati where he also taught theory. His concert compositions include ''Symphony No. 1 – the Psalms'' for orchestra, chorus & schola cantorum, the two-act opera, ''Stefan-the Young,'' premiered in Portland, Oregon, two string quartets, and numerous works for chamber orchestra, chamber ensembles, chorus, mixed-media and electronics. His recent commissions include “''Canciones de Vallarta''” a suite for cello and orchestra commissioned and premiered by retired Chicago Symphony Orchestra cellist Don Moline; and “''Behold My Servant''” for choir, organ, brass & percussion, commissioned by First Christian Church of N. Hollywood, CA. His ''“Perpetua”'' for a cappella chorus was a finalist in the 2019 Tokyo International Choral Competition. His ''Conversations Beyond the Stars'' for violin, flute and electronics - inspired by an astronomical phenomenon known as ‘fast radio bursts’ - was premiered in December, 2019, by American violinist Karen Bentley Pollick and German flautist Klaus Liebetanz at the XIV Festival International de Arte in San Pancho, Mexico and was recently performed as part of Stanford University’s CCRMA series. He is composer-in-residence for ''Virtuosos de Cámara'', an international chamber ensemble composed of performers from Mexico, Germany, Switzerland, Romania, Canada and America. The ensemble’s home base is Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, and is focused on presenting new chamber music, cross-cultural performances and music by Mexican composers.  2020 performances by members of the ensemble included premieres of several new works by Kreitler, including ''Sonata Andalusia'' for two violins; ''“Poets End Up Living Their Madness”'' a suite for piano, two violins, flute, clarinet/sax, percussion and electronics inspired by poems from Mexico; ''Fragility of Culture:Culture of Fragility;'' and his arrangement for the ensemble of the classic Mexican ballad by Manuel Ponce, ''Estrellita.'' Kreitler’s film/TV music has been heard by audiences in over thirty countries internationally. His credits for underscore, songs and/or source music include numerous U.S prime-time series such as ''Law and Order'', ''Friends, Homicide'', and ''Saturday Night Live;'' daytime dramas including ''Passions'' (NBC) and ''Guiding Light'' (CBS); the French drama ''Riviera;'' and films such as ''Material Girls'' (MGM) and ''Tribute'' (Lifetime). He has won ten EMMYs, and has been awarded the prestigious BMI TV/Film Award ten times. He and his wife, percussionist/vocalist Patsy Meyer, divide their time between Los Angeles, Northern Kentucky and Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.


Credits


Composer

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Awards and nominations

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BMI congratulates the Daytime Emmy winners of 2003Soap Opera Digest article on Passions' tribute to ''Wicked''
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kreitler, John Henry Year of birth missing (living people) Living people American male composers 21st-century American composers Place of birth missing (living people) Emmy Award winners Lewis & Clark College alumni 21st-century American male musicians