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Spencer Arias
Biography
Spencer Arias (b. 11 August, 1990, Phoenix, Ariz.) is an American composer and performer.
Mr. Arias earned a B.M. in composition at Arizona State and an M.M. in composition at New York University. Previously he served as an instructor of composition at the Seattle Conservatory of Music and is currently a doctoral student at Michigan State University and has studied primarily with David Biedenbender, Alexis Bacon, and Lyn Goeringer.
Mr. Arias creates music often represented by lived experiences and social commentary. Having worked with dancers, musicians, visual artists, and poets, he enjoys collaboration, improvisation and community engagement. His work often reflects on social issues, in particular nature and climate change.
His work has had performances throughout the U.S. and Europe by musicians such as the JACK Quartet, Quartetto Indaco, the Rogue Trio, The Lotus Trio, The New Thread Quartet, and the PRISM Saxophone Quartet. He has won numerous awards, some of which include the Music Now Competition, The Jere Hutcherson Large Ensemble Competition, and the Most Inspirational Performance Art Award at the 2020 Michigan State University Social Justice Art Festival.
He is also the host of the new YouTube cooking show Cooking with Creatives, where he interviews musicians and other creatives while they cook food together.
Works for Winds
Adaptable Music
- Colorful Clouds (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
All Wind Works
- Colorful Clouds (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
- Eternal Moments (2013)
- Hourglass (2019)
- Nemean Lion (2020)
- Wind, Waves and Web (2019)
- WorldWinds Quintet (2014)
Resources
- Spencer Arias, personal correspondence, October 2020
- Spencer Arias website Accessed 11 October 2020