Biography
Trevor Gureckis, a native of Austin Texas, studied composition and piano performance at the Yale School of Music and the University of Texas at Austin. His teachers have included Kevin Puts, Ezra Laderman, Dan Welcher, Martin Bresnick, and Aaron J. Kernis. He has received numerous awards for his music including a Charles Ives Scholarship from the American Academy of Arts and Letters and Young Composer Awards from both BMI and ASCAP Foundations.
Trevor’s orchestral work entitled “Very Large Array”, had its professional orchestra premiere by the Minnesota Orchestra under the direction of Osmo Vänskä. The performance was part of the orchestra’s renowned Composer Institute. In May 2009, the New York Youth Symphony, led by Ryan McAdams, commissioned and premiered a new work, “Recurrent Dream”, for soprano Jennifer Zetlan and orchestra at Carnegie Hall. Most recently the American Brass Quintet commissioned “Fixated Nights”, which they will premiere at the Aspen Music Festival and tour this summer. He has had his music released on Notenuf Records and Philip Glass’ Orange Mountain Music.
Trevor is a co-owner of Found Objects Music Productions with colleagues Bryan Senti and Jay Wadley. Found Objects, formed in 2007, produces music for film, tv, ads and other media. He continues to work with Philip Glass as an editor and copyist for his film and concert music. He has worked with Mr. Glass on films such as the Academy Award Nominated Notes on a Scandal, Woody Allen’s Cassandra’s Dream, and Mr. Nice directed by Bernard Rose. Trevor provided a number of additional arrangements of Mr. Glass’ music for the Brazilian film Nosso Lar directed by Wagner de Assis, which will premiere in Rio de Janeiro in September.
