A proud native of Louisville, KY, Jeremy Podgursky is a composer of chamber, orchestral and electronic music. His music has been featured in venues and festivals in the United States, Europe and Japan, and has been performed, premiered and read by professional groups such as ALARM WILL SOUND, COLORADO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA (Delta David Gier – Conductor), LOST DOG NEW MUSIC ENSEMBLE, NewEAR NEW MUSIC ENSEMBLE, CONTEMPORANEOUS, ARSENAL TRIO, JUVENTAS! NEW MUSIC ENSEMBLE, CSUN SYMPHONY and the NORTH/SOUTH CONSONANCE CHAMBER ORCHESTRA. Recent awards and honors include a 2011 FROMM MUSIC FOUNDATION COMMISSION, honorable mention in the national FINALE/AMERICAN COMPOSERS FORUM/EIGHTH BLACKBIRD composition contest, participant in the inaugural MIZZOU NEW MUSIC FESTIVAL 2010, participant in the 2009 AMERICAN COMPOSERS ORCHESTRA/EARSHOT readings, winner of the 2009 NORTHRIDGE PRIZE (Cal State University Northridge) for orchestra, honorable mention in the 2008 MINNESOTA ORCHESTRA COMPOSERS INSTITUTE, and first-place winner of the 2007 NATIONAL SCI/ASCAP COMMISSIONING AWARD.
Jeremy received his B.M. and M.M. in music composition and piano from the University of Louisville where he studied composition privately with Steve Rouse, Marc Satterwhite, and John Gibson and piano with Brenda Kee. He taught music theory/aural skills and private composition lessons at the University of Louisville, and created and taught multiple after-school composition programs in Louisville area public high schools. Currently located in Bloomington, IN, Jeremy has a Jacobs School of Music Doctoral Fellowship (D.M.) at Indiana University where he studies with Claude Baker, Don Freund, John Gibson, Alicyn Warren, Marianne Kielian-Gilbert and Jeffrey Hass. As an Associate Instructor, his teaching duties include Instrumentation, Counterpoint, Notation/Calligraphy, and private composition lessons.
Jeremy is the founder/singer/songwriter/guitarist of the psychedelic/indie rock band THE PENNIES. Having shared the stages with the likes of My Morning Jacket, Mike Watt, The Grifters, Superchunk, Archers of Loaf, and the Apples in Stereo, THE PENNIES have entertained audiences all over the U.S. and Europe.
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