BIOGRAPHY
Jared Steven Coffin is a composer and sound artist, who’s music is representative of and influenced by specific place, space, and time. He takes influence from people and places, then infuses the cultural, social, and political context of the time, to create music and sounds that represent, reflect, and examine. This process forms structures, atmospheres, and experiences for future audiences and performers to find meaning and understanding through organized sound.
His recent projects engage the interconnection between nature and humanity. This takes place in the metaphorical (humanity’s place in nature), the tangible (the management of nature and its resources), and the sonic (the polyphony of natural and human-made sounds).
In the mediums of notated music and recorded sound, Jared’s work is characterized by minimalist textures, ambient soundscapes, overlapping rhythms, lopsided groove, and Post-Modern eclecticism.
Jared has been awarded or participated in the Anchorage Museum Sound Residency, Eric Stokes Earth's Best in Tune Award, Nautilus Music Theater Composer Librettist Studio, Lehigh & ACDA Choral Composers Forum, Grace University Lutheran Composer in Residence, & Hinge Arts Residency.
Jared holds a MA in Composition from the University of Minnesota and a MM in Music Education from Boston University.
Jared is based in the Twin Cities of Minnesota.
His recent projects engage the interconnection between nature and humanity. This takes place in the metaphorical (humanity’s place in nature), the tangible (the management of nature and its resources), and the sonic (the polyphony of natural and human-made sounds).
In the mediums of notated music and recorded sound, Jared’s work is characterized by minimalist textures, ambient soundscapes, overlapping rhythms, lopsided groove, and Post-Modern eclecticism.
Jared has been awarded or participated in the Anchorage Museum Sound Residency, Eric Stokes Earth's Best in Tune Award, Nautilus Music Theater Composer Librettist Studio, Lehigh & ACDA Choral Composers Forum, Grace University Lutheran Composer in Residence, & Hinge Arts Residency.
Jared holds a MA in Composition from the University of Minnesota and a MM in Music Education from Boston University.
Jared is based in the Twin Cities of Minnesota.