JACK FRERER
Described as “exciting…combining boom-crash orchestration with woozy portamenti and jazz elegance” by The New York Times, and “a force to be reckoned with” by Observer, the music of Australian composer Jack Frerer (b. 1995) blends influences from a diverse array of musical languages to craft dynamic and evocative works. His music combines bold, expressive gestures with vivid storytelling, crafting pieces that are both deeply personal and narratively compelling.
Jack’s work has been commissioned and performed by the New York City Ballet, the Albany, Nashville, Sarasota and New Jersey Symphony Orchestras, the Kennedy Center, Musica Viva Australia, Tanglewood, and the wind ensembles of UT Austin, UNT, Michigan and Cornell, among others. Jack is the recipient of a Charles Ives Scholarship from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, a Morton Gould Composers Award from ASCAP, the Suzanne and Lee Ettelson Composers Award, and the Brian Israel Prize from the Society for New Music. He was a fellow at the Tanglewood Music Center, and Composer-in-Residence with the Arapahoe Philharmonic.
Jack currently resides in New York City and serves on the composition faculty of Rutgers University. He holds degrees from The Juilliard School and Yale School of Music.