Wes York is an award-winning American composer who studied at the New England Conservatory of Music and at MIT. York has earned distinction through awards and fellowships from, among others, the National Endowment for the Arts Composer's Fellowship, the Jerome Foundation, MacDowell, and the Massachusetts Artists Foundation. He has composed for dance, theater, television and film as well as for the concert stage and is a respected writer on contemporary music.
York's music has been performed throughout the US at venues including the Bang on a Can Festival and Danspace Project in New York City, the North American New Music Festival, Monadnock Music Festival, Skaneateles Festival and the Seattle Spring Festival. Among those who have performed his work are Susan Botti, soprano, Sanford Sylvan, baritone, and Kathleen Supove, piano. Commissions have included works for Mr. Sylvan, The Bermuda Triangle, Anthony de Mare, piano, Alea III Ensemble of Boston, and Kloppenberg Dance in New York, among others.
A complete CD of his work, released by New World Records and funded in part by a grant from the Andrew Mellon Foundation, was featured on National Public Radio's "Performance Today" program.
Recently, he completed his second feature-length film score, Losing It, for New York director Sharon Greytak. Losing It received its New York premiere at the Film Society of Lincoln Center. York co-developed the opera Henry & Clara, which was chosen for showcasing during the spring of 2001 by New York City Opera. During the 2002-2003 season, two concerts of his music were presented at Roulette in Tribeca.
