Composing Faculty
Over the course of this six month Composing Studio journey, OAcademy Fellows participate in bi-weekly seminars and workshops with master composers, arrangers, orchestrators, performers, publishers, and a wide variety of industry professionals.
Composers
Latin Grammy-nominated composer
Co-Founding Director of the Gabriela Ortiz Composing Studio by OAcademy
USC Thornton School of Music | Associate Professor
Puerto Rican-born composer and multi-instrumentalist
Grammy-nominated Composer
University of Colorado Boulder | Associate Professor of Composition
The University of Chicago | University Professor of Composition in Music
Grammy Award–nominated composer, pianist, vocalist, and educator
Princeton University | Professor
Pulitzer Prize winner & 2018 Guggenheim Fellow
Grammy Award-winning composer and conductor
Belize-born British composer
The Peabody Institute | Associate Professor in Composition, and Pulitzer Prize finalist
Two-time Grammy-nominated composer
2023 Guggenheim Fellow
Columbia University | Fritz Reiner Professor of Musical Composition
Composer
Composer
Mannes School of Music | Composition faculty
Composer
Two-time Grammy winner
London-born composer
Peabody Institute, Johns Hopkins University | Assistant Professor & 2021-22 Guggenheim Fellow
Composer
University of Southern California | Composition faculty
2018 Guggenheim Fellow
University of Pennsylvania & McArthur Genius Grant Awardee
Harvard University | Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study Fellow
Industry
Composer
Washington Post | Music Critic (former)
Yale University | Professor
Royal Northern College of Music | Head of Conducting and Director of Contemporary Music
Theodore Presser Company | Composer / Publisher
University of Oxford | Emeritus Professor of Music
21CMedia | Digital Account Manager & Features Editor
G. Schirmer, Inc. | Composer and Promotion Manager
So Percussion | Composer / Performer
Lenny's Studio | PR & Media Director
CANVAS | Director of Programs
Composer, Arts and Intellectual Property Attorney
Carlos Miguel Prieto Conducting Fellowship Director
LA Philharmonic | Chief Programming Officer, and President of the Hollywood Bowl
Australian-born composer
Chicago Philharmonic Orchestra | Composer-in-Residence
Film composer
New Music USA | President & CEO
Performers
String Quartet
International Contemporary Ensemble | Vibraphone
Philadelphia Orchestra | First Associate Concertmaster
Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia | Bassoon
Flute
Clarinet
Cello
String Quartet