Dylan Findley

Biography

Dylan Findley鈥檚 music compositions explore and express intangible truths through the convergence of heart, mind, spirit, and body without disregarding the power of irony and dry wit. His career has led him to commissioned collaborative projects premiered on three continents by top new music performers. As a clarinetist, he has performed and improvised music across the US and in Medell铆n, Colombia, and he leads an on-campus improvisation group.

Dylan has received commissions from the City of Phoenix Office of Arts and Culture, the Barlow Endowment, the Center for Latter-day Saint Arts, S茫o Paulo Contemporary Composers Festival Orchestral Commissioning Project, New American Voices, the American Guild of Organists Student Commissioning Project. His works have been featured on at festival in Italy, Brazil, Colombia, and across the United States by groups including newEar, the McCormick Percussion Group, Gal谩n Trio, Transient Canvas, members of the Cleveland Orchestra, Ensemble Mise-En,Quarteto L鈥橝rianna, Mnemosyne Quartet, Great Noise Ensemble, PULSE Trio, Frost Symphony Orchestra, and Brigham Young University鈥檚 Wind Symphony. He received his Doctor of Musical Arts at University of Missouri-Kansas City.

Courses Taught

Theory I
Theory II
Wooster Contemporary Chamber Ensemble
Composition Seminar
Theory III
Theory IV
Acoustic Composition
Theory V
Counterpoint
Orchestration
Junior Independent Study
Independent Study

Selected Publications & Presentations

Figurings for percussion quartet and clarinet (October 2023) Premiered by the McCormick Percussion Group with Calvin Falwell at the University of Southern Florida, Tampa, FL.
Cosmic Cliffs for piano, live electronics and interactive video (May 2023) Premiered by Ting Luo at Old First Concerts in San Francisco, CA
脕苍颈尘辞 for piano trio. (November 2022) Premiered by Gal谩n Trio as part of their Midwest Kinesis Tour in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois, and Indiana. To be released on their forthcoming Kinesis II album in 2024.
i2i (July 2021) Premiered by Nathan Mensink and Russ Zokaites at the 2021 International Trombone Festival at Columbus State University in Columbus, GA.
The Story of Our Journey (October 2020) Premiered by Csaba Jevtic-Somlai virtually in 2020 and live in October 2021 at Their Story is Our Story鈥檚 Lecture Series at Brigham Young University in Provo, UT. The audio and video footage central to the work was used in partnership with international refugee advocacy organization Their Story is Our Story.

Independent Study Advising

Alex Nathanson (currently working on video game soundtrack)
Robert Stark: Missing Indigo (link: )
Imzadia Conrad (made a jazz-inspired portfolio of original compositions)

Awards & Honors

2026 Kulas Foundation 91吃瓜网ing Artist, Cleveland Institute of Music for performance of Pierre Boulez鈥檚 Dialogue de l鈥檋ombre double.
2024 Resident at The Artists Residency at the Center in New York City, hosted by the Center for Latter-day Saint Arts.
2022 Keynote Speaker for the VI Seminario Internacional de Investigaci贸n en Pr谩cticas Art铆sticas at the Tecnol贸gico de Artes D茅bora Arango Instituci贸n Redefinida
2020 Grant Commission from the Barlow Endowment Fund.
2020 IN FLUX Cycle 9 Project Commision Grant from the City of Phoenix Office of Arts and Culture.
2020 Center for Latter-day Saint Arts 鈥淎rt for Uncertain Times鈥� Project Grant
2020 National Association of Composers USA Young Composers鈥� Competition, 2nd Place
2019 S茫o Paulo Contemporary Composers Festival Orchestral Commissioning Project
2019 Tribeca New Music Young Composers Competition Merit Award
2019 Johnson County Library Local Music Feature
2019 Sarasota Orchestra EarShot Residency Finalist
2017 Frost Symphony Orchestra Concerto Competition Composition Award
2017 Barlow Endowment Grant Commission for the Blue Ridge Chamber Music Festival
2017 Pi Kappa Lambda National Music Honorary Society, induction
2017 Morton Gould Young Composers Award Finalist
2016 New American Voices Competition Award
2016 American Guild of Organists Student Commissioning Project Award
2015 Barlow Student Commission Award
2014 Morton Gould Young Composers Award Finalist