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Jamie Kowalski
Joined March, 2005
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Genre: Orchestral/Soundtrack

Introduction:
Northern Virginia composer working in classical, avant-garde, and rock idioms for concert and film.

Biography:
While at the Duke Ellington School of the Arts in 1980, Jamie was selected as the sole U.S. representative for the International Youth Music Festival in Bulgaria, following the premiere of his first symphony by the DC Youth Orchestra. He received his formal training at Oberlin Conservatory, studying under Edward Miller and Richard Hoffman. His works have since received numerous performances, and his Three Koans for String Quartet is available on the CRS label. Jamie works in classical, rock, and avant-garde idioms, and released his first solo rock album Red Wire in 2003.

Recent Works:
Running Deep (Invision Films), orchestral/electronic feature film soundtrack, released 2008
Autumn Concerto, for Piano and Orchestra
Equilibrium (orchestra)
Vesuvius (orchestra)
Five Unlikely Visions (orchestra), premiered 10/15/06 with the Washington Metropolitan Philharmonic
Firefly Etudes (piano)
Eggshell Dances (piano)
The Cornell Boxes (orchestra)
Oneironauts (orchestra)