ABOUT
Ty Bloomfield 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 jazz derivatives, micro-variations, and the sonic mimicry of group dynamics.
Upcoming projects for his 2025/26 season includes new commissions for vocal chamber music by New Music Chicago and the George Shirley Vocal Competition, a trombone concerto for soloist Marlia Nash as part of Dajuan Brooks’ DMA Recital at the University of Michigan, and a piece for the newly-formed Terracotta Duo. His works have been presented at festivals and venues such as the Ear Taxi Composer Festival, the McNally Museum, the Composers Conference at the Avaloch Farm Music Institute, Lake George Music Festival, the Suncoast Composer Fellowship Program, the Dublin International Chamber Music Festival, the International Clarinet Association New Music Weekend, and the RED NOTE New Music Festival. He has collaborated with artists such as the JACK Quartet, the Conference Ensemble, One Found Sound, The Rhythm Method, the KAIA String Quartet, Unheard-Of//Ensemble, PART, Lati2de, the Cincinnati Song Initiative, the National Association of Teachers of Singing, Inc, the University of Michigan Philharmonia Orchestra, New Music Chicago, the Sing Me a Story Foundation, the Prison Creative Arts Project, conductor Matilda Hoffman, clarinetist Berginald Rash, and oboist Jillian Kouzel among many others. He is a 2025 Fromm Foundation Fellowship recipient, a two-time ASCAP Morton Gould Award Finalist (2025, 2023), the winner of the the Karen Slack Prize at the George Shirley Vocal Competition and the One Found Sound Emerging Composer Award, a 2024 - 25 NATS Mentorship Program for Composers participant, a Dorothy Greenwald Fellowship recipient, a 2022 - 23 JACK Studio Workshop participant, and a Harlan W. Peithman Award recipient. He has received additional recognition from Third Coast Percussion, Louisiana State University, and the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. Bloomfield has served on the composition faculties at New Music New Communities, the Music Creators Academy, and the Community School for the Arts.
Bloomfield holds degrees from the University of Michigan and Illinois State University.
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Ty Bloomfield 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 jazz derivatives, micro-variations, and the sonic mimicry of group dynamics.
His 2025/26 season includes numerous large projects, including a fifteen-minute song cycle for the George Shirley Vocal Competition, a new work for Grace Ryan and the KAIA String Quartet for the Ear Taxi New Music Festival, a trombone concerto for soloist Marlia Nash and conductor Dajuan Brooks’ DMA recital, and a piece for the newly formed Terracotta Duo.
In 2024/25 season, Bloomfield was the recipient of a Fromm Foundation Fellowship to attend the Composers Conference out of 425 international submissions. In addition, Bloomfield was the winner of the Karen Slack Prize from the George Shirley Vocal Competition, the One Found Sound Emerging Composer Award after being named a finalist in the year prior, was selected for the NATS Mentorship Program for Composers, and was selected to write a new piece for the upcoming Ear Taxi Festival. In addition, he was named a finalist for both the 2025 and 2023 ASCAP Morton Gould Awards, was admitted to the 2022 - 23 JACK Studio cohort from over 500 submissions, and received recognition from ASCAP, the Louisiana State University Inclusive Repertoire Initiative, and the Big Black Blotch Project.
His works have been presented at festivals and venues such as the Ear Taxi Composer Festival, the McNally Museum, the Composers Conference at the Avaloch Farm Music Institute, Lake George Music Festival, the Dublin International Chamber Music Festival, the International Clarinet Association New Music Weekend, and the RED NOTE New Music Festival. He has collaborated with artists such as the JACK Quartet, the Conference Ensemble, One Found Sound, The Rhythm Method, the KAIA String Quartet, Unheard-Of//Ensemble, PART, Terracotta Duo, Lati2de, the Cincinnati Song Initiative, the George Shirley Vocal Competition, the National Association of Teachers of Singing, Inc, the University of Michigan Philharmonia Orchestra, New Music Chicago, the Sing Me a Story Foundation, the Prison Creative Arts Project, clarinetist Berginald Rash, and oboist Jillian Kouzel among many others.
Additional ventures includes education and curation. He has served on the composition faculties at New Music New Communities, the Music Creators Academy, and the Community School for the Arts and 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.
Bloomfield completed his undergraduate studies in Composition at Illinois State University and his master’s at the University of Michigan. His primary instructors include Bright Sheng, Carl Schimmel, and Roger Zare. He has also received additional instruction from composers such as Donnacha Dennehy, Alyssa Weinberg, Missy Mazzoli, and Martin Bresnick.
He resides in Ann Arbor, MI.