Drawing from themes of social dynamics and contemporary art, the “unpredictable” (Third Coast Review) music of composer TY BLOOMFIELD (b. 2000) engages audiences in immersive sound experiences with intimate, yet electric soundscapes. Through delicate tension and jittery textures, his work ultimately leads to intense emotions through heart-wrenching lyricism. Upcoming and recent collaborations include new works for Hypercube, Eighth Blackbird founding violinist Matt Albert, and vocal chamber music commissioned by the George Shirley Vocal Competition and the Ear Taxi New Music Festival.

Bloomfield is the recipient of a Fromm Foundation at Harvard University Fellowship (2025), the Karen Slack Prize (2025), two finalist mentions for the ASCAP Morton Gould Young Composer Award (2025/23), and the One Found Sound Emerging Composer Award (2024). His works have been presented internationally at festivals and venues such as the College Band Directors National Association (CBDNA) Conference (Michigan), Oberlin Conservatory (Ohio), the Ear Taxi Composer Festival (Illinois), the McNay Museum (Texas), the Composers Conference at the Avaloch Farm Music Institute (New Hampshire), Lake George Music Festival (New York), the International Trombone Festival (Canada), Peabody Institute of Music (Maryland), the Dublin International Chamber Music Festival (Ireland), the International Clarinet Association New Music Weekend (Virtual), and the Red Note New Music Festival (Illinois). He has been a participant in the Collaborative Composition Initiative (2025), the NATS Mentorship Program for Composers (2024-25), and the JACK Studio (2022-23). Devoted to collaboration, his music has been performed and commissioned by artists such as the JACK Quartet, Hypercube, One Found Sound, The Rhythm Method, the KAIA String Quartet, Unheard-Of//Ensemble, PART, Lati2de, the Cincinnati Song Initiative, the George Shirley Vocal Competition, the National Association of Teachers of Singing, Inc, the University of Michigan Philharmonia Orchestra, the Pacific Chamber Orchestra, New Music Chicago, the Sing Me a Story Foundation, the Flute Pedagogy Project, saxophonist Noah Stoker, clarinetist Berginald Rash, and oboist Jillian Kouzel, among many others.

Bloomfield is a Part-Time Lecturer in Music Theory at Eastern Michigan University, in addition to teaching music creativity and production at Ypsilanti Youth Orchestra. He has previously served on the faculties of New Music//New Communities, Music Creators Academy, and the Community School for the Arts. As an arts administrator and advocate, he serves as the Artistic Director of the Michigan-based new music collective, Syntax New Music, and curates concerts in collaboration with the LSA Prision Creative Arts Project and local ensembles FLYDLPHN and The Myriad Project.

Bloomfield holds a Master of Music from the University of Michigan where he held the Dorothy Greenwald Fellowship. Previously he attended Illinois State University as the recipient of many prizes, including the Harlan Peithman Award. His primary instructors include Bright Sheng, Michael Daugherty, Carl Schimmel, and Roger Zare. Originally from Chicago, he is based in Ann Arbor, MI and enjoys strategy and board games, stand-up comedy, and baking.