ABOUT
Ty G. Bloomfield (b. 2000) is a composer and curator whose works encompass themes of social dynamics and emulations of art while engaging audiences in immersive sound experiences through electric and virtuosic soundscapes and improvised-like melodies. His latest creative interests include microtonal distortion, micro-variations, and the sonic mimicry of group dynamics.
Highlights for his 2025/26 season includes new works for Hypercube, the Ear Taxi New Music Festival (w/ mezzo Grace Ryan and the Kaia String Quartet), and the George Shirley Vocal Competition in addition to performances with the Pacific Chamber Orchestra and his new work for tenor saxophone and piano with fifteen consortium members from across the USA.
In 2025, Bloomfield was named a Fromm Foundation Fellow to attend the 81st Composers Conference at Avaloch Farm Music Institute. He has received additional awards such as the Karen Slack Prize, the One Found Sound Emerging Composers Award, and two finalist mentions for the ASCAP Morton Gould Award (2025/23) and has received recognition from the Sioux City Symphony Orchestra, Third Coast Percussion, and Louisiana State University. He has been a participant in the Collaborative Composition Initiative, the Lake George Composers Institute, and the Suncoast Composer Fellowship Program and an alumnus of the NATS Mentorship Program for Composers and JACK Studio. His music has been featured at festivals and venues, including the McNay Museum and Collaborative Composition Initiative, Avaloch Farm Music Institute, International Trombone Festival, Lake George Music Festival, the Suncoast Composer Fellowship Program, Dublin International Chamber Music Festival, International Clarinet Association New Music Weekend, and the Red Note New Music Festival.
Bloomfield has received commissions from the George Shirley Vocal Competition, the Sing Me a Story Foundation, the National Association of Teachers of Singing, the Cincinnati Song Initiative, New Music Chicago, the Flute Pedagogy Project, Illinois State University, Lati2de, and oboist Jillian Kouzel. His works have been performed by artists such as the JACK Quartet, the Unheard-Of//Ensemble, PART, the Conference Ensemble, One Found Sound, The Rhythm Method, the KAIA String Quartet, the University of Michigan Philharmonia Orchestra, conductor Matilda Hofman, and clarinetist Berginald Rash among many others.
A skilled educator, Bloomfield Bloomfield is a Part-Time Lecturer in Music at Eastern Michigan University. He has previously served as an instructor at New Music New Communities, the Music Creators Academy, and the Community School for the Arts. As a concert curator, he has formed concert series with the Prison Creative Arts Project for their annual exhibition as well as founded the new music collective, synTAX, which will enter its first full season with numerous collaborations and commissions by young composers.
He holds a Master of Music from the University of Michigan in music composition as the recipient of the Dorothy Greenwald Fellowship. Previously, he completed undergraduate studies at Illinois State University for his Bachelor of Music, receiving multiple prizes such as the Harlan Peithman and Russell B. Bedford Scholarships. His primary instructors include Bright Sheng, Michael Daugherty, Erik Santos, Carl Schimmel, and Roger Zare. He has also studied with conductors Jayce Ogren, Tony Marinello III, and F. Mack Wood. Originally from Chicago, Bloomfield resides in Ann Arbor, MI.
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