Amelia Kaplan

Amelia Kaplan is a composer whose music reflects the riotous mix of sounds and cultures cohabiting in an increasingly fragmented world. She creates meaning by juxtaposing, filtering, and recontextualizing gestures both ordinary and extraordinary. In recent years her music has mostly responded to the ecological and political crises beseting our warming planet which we, as humans, seem to have no will to prevent.

Ms. Kaplan is a recipient of the Copland House Residency Award, and has had past residencies at MacDowell, Ucross, and the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. She has received commissions from the International Mise-En Festival, the Bent Frequency Duo Project, DoublePlay Percussion Duo, Violet, The University of Chicago, guitarist Paul Reilly, and bassoonist Benjamin Coelho, among others. Her works have been performed at festivals around the world, including the Thailand International New Music Festival, numerous national and regional SCI conferences, SICPP, International Alliance for Women in Music, Wellesley Composers Conference, Gaudeamus, Darmstadt, June in Buffalo, and others. Recordings are available on Albany, Ablaze, Centaur, and Navona Records, and her double reed compositions are published by TrevCo Music.