Mark Grey is an American

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and

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Career

Mark Grey attended

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, where he studied

electroacoustic music Electroacoustic music is a genre of popular and Western art music in which composers use technology to manipulate the timbres of acoustic sounds, sometimes by using audio signal processing, such as reverb or harmonizing, on acoustical instrumen ...

and

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with Pablo Furman and

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. Grey received a

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and

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in composition. Several years of teaching at the

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allowed Grey to meet and establish ties with several contemporary composers and performers, including

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. Through Adams, Grey was introduced to

Kronos Quartet The Kronos Quartet is an American string quartet based in San Francisco. It has been in existence with a rotating membership of musicians for almost 50 years. The quartet covers a very broad range of musical genres, including contemporary classic ...

in 1993. Kronos later recruited Grey to be one of their live performance sound designers.

Career as Composer

Grey made his

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debut as a composer with Kronos Quartet in 2003. His solo, ensemble and orchestra music has been performed in many venues including the Sydney Opera House Concert Hall,

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in Paris,

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, Carnegie Hall's

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, Philharmonie Hall in

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, UNESCO

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, Symphony Hall in

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, as well as at the Ravinia
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, and

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festivals. Grey was commissioned by The National Opera of Belgium La Monnaie de Munt Opera to write an evening length grand opera that premiered during the spring of 2016 in Brussels. The subject of the opera was Mary Shelley's ''

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'' – to commemorate the novel's 200 year anniversary. The libretto was written by Júlia Canosa i Serra with stage direction by

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(

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). In 2013–14, commissions were awarded from The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and The Los Angeles Philharmonic, among others. During a two-month period in the spring of 2011, Grey received three world premieres in three of the world's great concert halls. The first work was for soprano

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and The MEME Ensemble, titled ''Ātash Sorushān (Fire Angels)'', a Carnegie Hall,

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and

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co-commission, which premiered at Carnegie's Zankel Hall. The libretto for this work was created by poet

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. The second work, titled ''Mugunghwa (Rose of Sharon)'', for violinist

Jennifer Koh Jennifer Koh (born 1976) is an American violinist, born to Korean parents in Glen Ellyn, Illinois. Life and career Koh earned a B.A. in English Literature from Oberlin College, as well as a Performance Diploma from the attached Oberlin Conservat ...

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, and chamber orchestra premiered at

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in Los Angeles. Finally, Mr. Grey was commissioned by The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra to write a fanfare for orchestra celebrating Robert Spano's Tenth Anniversary as music director and Donald Runnicles’ Tenth Anniversary as Principal Guest Conductor. Grey was The Phoenix Symphony's Composer In Residence for their 2007/08 season. He composed a 70-minute oratorio, ''Enemy Slayer: A Navajo Oratorio'', for baritone, chorus of 130 singers, and full orchestra, which premiered in February 2008. The story of the oratorio was based on a Navajo creation mythology story. The residency was funded by Meet The Composer and ASOL's program Music Alive! The oratorio was recorded for

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and released March 2009. ''Enemy Slayer'' was also performed at the

Colorado Music Festival The Colorado Music Festival is a classical music festival in Boulder, Colorado. It was founded in 1976 by the Vienna-born conductor and violinist, Giora Bernstein and presents an annual summer season of concerts in Boulder's Chautauqua Auditoriu ...

in July 2008 and in

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in May 2009 with the Salt Lake Choral Artists. In September 2007, a 10-minute full orchestra work was premiered during the residency period, titled ''The Summons''. Other recent commissions include works for The Los Angeles Philharmonic's Minimalist Jukebox Festival, Kronos Quartet, Colorado Music Festival Orchestra,

Leila Josefowicz Leila Bronia Josefowicz ( ; born October 20, 1977) is an American-Canadian classical violinist. Biography Josefowicz was born in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. When she was a young child her family moved to Los Angeles, California, where she sta ...

, Paul Dresher Ensemble, The California EARUnit, and

Joan Jeanrenaud Joan Jeanrenaud ( Dutcher; born January 25, 1956) is an American cellist. A native of Memphis, Tennessee, she played with the LLP Kronos Quartet from 1978 until 1999, when, after a sabbatical, she left to pursue a solo career and collaborations ...

. ''Bertoia I and II'', a two-movement composition, was included as part of Kronos' evening length program
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' which has been performed at Theatre de la Ville (

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Opera House,

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International Music Festival (Australia), Barbican Centre (London), Het Muziktheater (Amsterdam), Carnegie Hall (

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), Royce Hall (Los Angeles), Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (San Francisco), and several others. During her 2005/2006 season, violin prodigy Leila Josefowicz toured Grey's ''San Andreas Suite'' for unaccompanied violin as part of her recital program. Performances have been worldwide, including Barbican Centre in London, Warsaw Philharmonic Hall, Carnegie Hall in November 2005 and Ravinia Festival in the summer of 2006. As well, she recorded the recital program for Warner Classics, released April 2005. In the summer of 2006, Ms. Josefowicz premiered Grey's violin concerto titled ''Elevation''. At the Colorado Music Festival with conductor Michael Christie, and then at the Cabrillo Music Festival with conductor

Marin Alsop Marin Alsop ( �mɛər.ɪn ˈæːl.sɑːp born October 16, 1956) is an American conductor, the first woman to win the Koussevitzky Prize for conducting and the first conductor to be awarded a MacArthur Fellowship. She is music director laureate ...

. In April 2009, Molly Morkoski premiered a new solo piano work titled ''A Rax Dawn'' at

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in New York City. In August 2009, Areon Flutes premiered a flute quartet titled ''The Alluring Wave'' at the 2009 U.S. National Flute Convention. In July 2005, Michael Christie premiered Grey's new work for orchestra titled ''Pursuit'' as part of the Colorado Music Festival. Grey's music can be heard on Naxos (''Enemy Slayer''), Joan Jeanrenaud's debut album ''Metamorphosis'' on New Albion Records,

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/Carnegie Hall radio series Creators at Carnegie, and

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(Josefowicz, ''San Andreas Suite''). During his tenure at San Jose State University, Grey performed with an

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ensemble called the Gas Chamber Orchestra,Metroactive Music , Gas Chamber Orchestra
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that the gas chamber is cruel and unusual punishment and therefore unconstitutional. Grey was listed in the Los Angeles Times ''Faces to Watch'' 2006 by classical music writer Mark Swed.

Career as Sound Designer

Over two decades as a sound designer, professional relationships have led Grey to work with such organizations and artists as Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers, John Adams,

Steve Reich Stephen Michael Reich ( ; born October 3, 1936) is an American composer known for his contribution to the development of minimal music in the mid to late 1960s. Reich's work is marked by its use of repetitive figures, slow harmonic rhythm, a ...

Philip Glass Philip Glass (born January 31, 1937) is an American composer and pianist. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential composers of the late 20th century. Glass's work has been associated with minimal music, minimalism, being built up fr ...

Terry Riley Terrence Mitchell "Terry" Riley (born June 24, 1935) is an American composer and performing musician best known as a pioneer of the minimalist school of composition. Influenced by jazz and Indian classical music, his music became notable for it ...

Péter Eötvös Péter Eötvös ( hu, Eötvös Péter, ; born 2 January 1944) is a Hungarian composer, conductor and teacher. Eötvös was born in Székelyudvarhely, Transylvania, then part of Hungary, now Romania. He studied composition in Budapest and Colog ...

, Kronos Quartet and The Paul Dresher Ensemble. He has premiered major concert and opera works for these composers. Grey was the first sound designer in history to design for The New York Philharmonic at

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in 2002 (Adams’ ''On the Transmigration of Souls''), The

Lyric Opera of Chicago Lyric Opera of Chicago is one of the leading opera companies in the United States. It was founded in Chicago in 1954, under the name 'Lyric Theatre of Chicago' by Carol Fox, Nicola Rescigno and Lawrence Kelly, with a season that included Maria ...

in 2007, Walt Disney Concert Hall in 2003 and was the first to design for

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in New York City, for Adams' ''Doctor Atomic'' in October 2008. His sound design creations have been seen and heard throughout most major concert halls, theatres and opera houses worldwide. Grey continues to work as sound designer for John Adams. He was the

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on Adams' '' Hoodoo Zephyr'', and was the sound designer for ''

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'', ''

Doctor Atomic ''Doctor Atomic'' is an opera by the contemporary American composer John Adams, with libretto by Peter Sellars. It premiered at the San Francisco Opera on October 1, 2005. The work focuses on how leading figures at Los Alamos dealt with the gre ...

'', and ''

On the Transmigration of Souls ''On the Transmigration of Souls ''is a composition for orchestra, chorus, children's choir, and pre-recorded tape by the American composer John Adams (born 1947). It was commissioned by the New York Philharmonic and Lincoln Center's Great Per ...

''. His design work with Adams has been viewed as "cutting edge" for the world of traditional Classical music; the sound design for ''Doctor Atomic'' marked the first time house amplification was used in concert halls such as the

or the

New York Metropolitan Opera The Metropolitan Opera (commonly known as the Met) is an American opera company based in New York City, resident at the Metropolitan Opera House at Lincoln Center, currently situated on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. The company is operat ...

. In 2011 Grey provided the sound design for The Chicago Lyric's production of Jerome Kern's ''

Show Boat ''Show Boat'' is a musical with music by Jerome Kern and book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II. It is based on Edna Ferber's best-selling 1926 novel of the same name. The musical follows the lives of the performers, stagehands and dock worke ...

'' with co-productions at

Houston Grand Opera Houston Grand Opera (HGO) is an American opera company located in Houston, Texas. Founded in 1955 by German-born impresario Walter Herbert and three local Houstonians,Giesberg, Robert I., Carl Cunningham, and Alan Rich. ''Houston Grand Opera at ...

San Francisco Opera San Francisco Opera (SFO) is an American opera company founded in 1923 by Gaetano Merola (1881–1953) based in San Francisco, California. History Gaetano Merola (1923–1953) Merola's road to prominence in the Bay Area began in 1906 when he ...

, and

Washington National Opera The Washington National Opera (WNO) is an American opera company in Washington, D.C. Formerly the Opera Society of Washington and the Washington Opera, the company received Congressional designation as the National Opera Company in 2000. Performa ...

in D.C. In 2008 Grey provided the sound design for

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's opera '' The Bonesetter's Daughter'' when it premiered at the San Francisco Opera. From 1990 to 1996 Grey worked as the first ever editorial intern at ''

Keyboard Magazine ''Keyboard'' is a magazine that originally covered electronic keyboard instruments and keyboardists, though with the advent of computer-based recording and audio technology, they have added digital music technology to their regular coverage, inc ...

'', publishing technical materials and a monthly column.

Compositions (Stage Works)

Frankenstein :Opera :Premiere: Le Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie , de Munt, Brussels, Belgium :Spring 2019 :Co-commsionners to be announced :Music by Mark Grey :Libretto by Júlia Canosa i Serra :Stage Direction by Àlex Ollé Gol (La Fura dels Baus) :Set Design by Alfons Flores :Costume Design by Lluc Castells :Conducted by Bassem Akiki

Othello :for electronic surround soundscapes :Full-length theatrical production :Peter Sellars, director :Featuring Philip Seymour Hoffman, John Ortiz, and Jessica Chastain. :Premiered at the Wiener Festwochen (Vienna, Austria) in June 2009 German Premiere: June 2009, K15 Festival in Bochum, Germany :U.S. Premiere: September 2009, Public Theater in New York City :

Compositions (Orchestra)

Leviathan :Overture for Orchestra :Premiere: The Green Bay Symphony Orchestra :Donato Cabrera, conductor :Date: March 9, 2013 : AHSHA :Fanfare for Orchestra :Commissioned by The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra :Robert Spano, Music Director :In celebration of Robert Spano’s 10th Anniversary as Music Director and Donald Runnicles’ 10th Anniversary as Principal Guest Conductor :Atlanta Symphony Orchestra - Donald Runnicles, conductor :January 27–29, 2011, Atlanta Symphony Hall : The Summons :for orchestra :Premiered September 2007 :The Phoenix Symphony :Michael Christie, conductor : Elevation :for solo violin and orchestra :Premiered on July 9, 2006 :The Colorado Music Festival Orchestra :Leila Josefowicz, violin :Michael Christie, conductor :West coast premiere on August 12, 2006 :The Cabrillo Music Festival Orchestra :Leila Josefowicz, violin :Marin Alsop, conductor Pursuit :for orchestra :Premiered on July 3, 2005 :The Colorado Music Festival Orchestra :Michael Christie, conductor

Compositions (Voice and Orchestra)

Ātash Sorushān (Fire Angels) :for soprano, tenor and full orchestra :The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra :Robert Spano, conductor :Premiere: March 2014, Atlanta Symphony Hall : Enemy Slayer: A Navajo Oratorio :for baritone, full chorus and large orchestra :Premiered February 2008 :The Phoenix Symphony :Scott Hendricks, baritone :Michael Christie, conductor : Harvest of Rage :Three pieces for tenor, small choir and orchestra for John Duykers, 2000

Compositions (Voice or Chorus and Chamber Orchestra)

Ātash Sorushān (Fire Angels) :for soprano and chamber orchestra :A Carnegie Hall co-commission with Cal Performances and others :World Premiere: March 29, 2011, Carnegie Hall's Zankel Hall, New York West Coast Premiere: April 03, 2011, Cal Performances, Hertz Hall, Berkeley, CA :Music by Mark Grey :Libretto by

:Jessica Rivera, soprano :Molly Morkoski, piano and the MEME ensemble :Donato Cabrera, conductor : Mugunghwa: Rose of Sharon :for solo violin, double chorus and chamber orchestra :A Los Angeles Master Chorale commission :Premiere: March 06, 2011, Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles :Los Angeles Master Chorale :Grant Gershon, conductor :Jennifer Koh, violin

Compositions (Solo Instrumental Music)

A Rax Dawn :for solo piano :World Premiere on April 20, 2009 :Symphony Space, Cutting Edge Concerts, New York, NY :European Premiere in February 2010, Le Concours International de Piano d'Orléans, Orléans, France :Molly Morkoski, piano : San Andreas Suite :for solo violin :Premiered October 2004 (performances worldwide) :Leila Josefowicz, violin : HÖLLENTAL (Hell's Valley) :for violin and piano :to premiere in London 2013 :by Mili Leitner, violin : Sands of Time :for four celli and live computer processing :Premiere at OtherMinds Festival and recorded by Joan Jeanrenaud, 2002 : Blood Red :for cello and live computer processing :Premiere at Opus415 Festival and recorded by Joan Jeanrenaud, 2001 : Left for the Dogs :for solo violin :Premiered at The New World Symphony - Inside the Music Series, Miami 2007 (with several performances in the U.S.) :Piotr Szewczyk, violin : Hammerhead :for solo piano :Premiered by Marja Mutru, 2000 :

Compositions (Chamber Music)

New Work for Violin and Piano :To be recorded in Vienna, Austria, November 2010 – supporting international performance dates will follow :Christian Scholl, violin :Eduard Kutrowatz, piano : The Alluring Wave :for flute quartet :Areon Flutes :May 2009, performances and recording to follow : Sparrow's Echo :for string quartet :Premiere recording (2004) by Leila Josefowicz (violin), Airi Yoshioka (violin), Nokuthula Ngwenyama (viola), Nina Lee (cello) : Grinder :for violin, cello, percussion and electronics :Premiered by The California EarUnit, 2001 premiere recording (2004) by Leila Josefowicz, violin; Sophie Shao, cello; David Cossin, percussion : Bertoia I and Bertoia II :for string quartet, eight infra-red sensors and live computer processing :Premiered by Kronos Quartet, 2003 : The Sleepless Dream :for flute, bass clarinet, percussion, piano, violin and cello :Premiered on March 27, 2006 :commissioned by the California EarUnit for the Los Angeles Philharmonic's Minimalist Jukebox Festival 2006 : Kemi :for violin, bass clarinet, guitar, sampler, electronic percussion and MIDI marimba :Premiered by The Paul Dresher Ensemble, 2003 : Spadefoot :for string quartet and live computer processing :Premiered by Kronos Quartet, 1999 :

Sound Designer Projects (Opera Stage Productions)

Oklahoma! :Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II :Lyric Opera of Chicago, May 2013
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: Show Boat :Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II :Houston Grand Opera, January 2013
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: Nixon in China :John Adams :San Francisco Opera, June 2012
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: Show Boat :Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II :Lyric Opera of Chicago, February 2012
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Sound Designer Projects (Concert Productions)

Nixon in China :John Adams :Concert Version :BBC Symphony Orchestra, The BBC Proms, Royal Albert Hall, London, September 2012
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Nixon in China :John Adams :Concert Version :BBC Symphony Orchestra, Berlin Festspiele, Berlin Philharmonie, September 2012
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References

External links

Official Website for Mark Grey Music
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