Eric Sessler

Eric Sessler’s compositions are an accessible and engaging blend of classical music infused with elements drawn from popular music. His novel creative methods utilize the guitar as a conduit for creativity—the result being adapted and manipulated to form music ranging in genre from solo to chamber, 直言不讳的, and orchestral works. Among the performers and ensembles who have commissioned Sessler are Jason Vieaux, 艾伦•莫里森, the Dover Quartet, the Bonita Boyd and Nicholas Goluses duo, the Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra, the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia, and the Curtis Institute of 音乐. Sessler’s works have been premiered throughout the U.S. and he has received numerous awards, including the ASCAP Foundation Award, the Charles E. Ives Scholarship from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the Theodore Presser 音乐 Foundation Award, and grants from American Composers Forum, Meet the Composer, and the Philadelphia 音乐 Project.

Sessler’s music is recorded on ACA Digital Recording, New Focus Recordings, and 音乐aphon Records, and is published by Silver Sun Press, Verlag Neue Musik, and Les Productions d’OZ. His 器官 Concerto was recorded on Opus 76—a showcase CD of the Fred J. Cooper Memorial 器官 in Verizon Hall at the Kimmel Center in Philadelphia. Born in New Jersey, Sessler holds degrees from Manhattan School of 音乐 (BM), the Curtis Institute of 音乐 (Diploma), and Juilliard (MM and DMA). Sessler teaches at Curtis and in the Juilliard 预科.