Bard College Conservatory of Music Presents

Degree Recital: Zeke Morgan, composer, presents his new opera, "Requiem"

Free and open to the public.
Zeke Morgan is a composer, violinist, and violist from Jackson,
Mississippi; and a student at the Bard Conservatory of Music. He has
performed and written music in ensembles/music groups of varying type
and genre— from rock bands to free improv groups. His inspirations often
materialize from improvisation, folk music, electronica, philosophy, the
natural world, and very occasionally; his personal life. In his music, he is
most interested in the reconciliation of different stylistic genres and art-
forms. He will be graduating Bard with double degrees in composition and
the written arts, and through his studies in poetry and poetic forms, has
developed a special interest in composing vocal music, resulting in the composition of multiple
art songs and two operas. This fall, he will begin his masters degree at the Manhattan School of
Music.
Zeke is passionate about the performance and curation of new music. At Bard, he runs the
Sinfonietta Project, a student-run new music initiative designed to provide ample opportunity
for living composers and performers to engage together in music-making. His music has been
performed at an incredibly high level— including by members of ICE and the Da Capo Chamber
Players. In May, his piece for solo baritone and orchestra, PAX, will be premiered by soloist
Garrick Neuner and The Orchestra Now under the baton of Maestro Leon Botstein. His teachers
and mentors include Joan Tower, Missy Mazzoli, George Tsontakis, and Jorge Variego.

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For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].

Time: 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm EDT/GMT-4

Location: Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space

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