Sam Krahn
Composer
| Years at Source: | 2014 |
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| Biography: | Sam Krahn is a composer, guitarist, and teacher. His works have been performed by members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Zeitgeist New Music Ensemble, TAK Ensemble, Fidelio Trio, Ensemble Dal Niente, Duo Gelland, the Cascade Quartet, Artemis Vocal Ensemble, Strains New Music Ensemble, the Gregorian Singers, Benjamin Cold, Bill Solomon, and many others. He has received numerous commissions to compose new works for Ed Harrison of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra (Maraca Concerto), Duo Gelland (Butoh Study #1, Resistance/Resonance), Nexus Duo (Moon Forms), Bill Solomon (Cascade/Noise Generator), Great Falls Symphony (Sounds for Silent Film), Benjamin Cold (flux-mirror), and the Anaphora Contemporary Ensemble (String Quartet No. 1). In December of 2015, his first musical comedy, An Evening with Krampus was premiered in a 5-show run at the Phoenix Theater in Minneapolis. He participated in the 17th World Saxophone Congress and Festival, the MATA Festival in New York City, the 2015 Root Signals Electronic Music Festival, and the 70th annual Cheltenham Music Festival. He received a grant from New Music USA for a 35-minute work for saxophone and electronics and was a recipient of the 2017 Montana Arts Council Artist’s Innovation Award. He currently teaches at Green River College in Auburn, WA. |
| Website: | www.samkrahn.com |
| Source Moment: | There are so many great things about my experience at Source. If I had to choose a favorite part of the festival, it would be the culminating concert of works by the Source composers. It was an honor to be among such a wide range of talented composers and experience the broad scope of text setting demonstrated. Although we all had different aesthetics and approaches to composition, the mutual respect was palpable. It was a seriously positive evening. Source was a unique way to share music with the local MN community, and the connections I made at Source have led to more performances of Missed Connections across the United States. |
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