Bio
updated 4/9/2022
Nathan Nokes is a composer, sound artist, and performer whose work explores communication, and the relationships between the natural and the man made. Working in acoustic, and electroacoustic mediums as well as interdisciplinary mediums, he has written for concert stage, installation-performance works and multimedia installations.
Works of his have been performed and recorded by ensembles such as Tuscan Symphony Orchestra, Switch~ Ensemble, Tak Ensemble, Line Upon Line, Wet Ink, Ulysses European Ensemble, and Invoke Quartet. His string quartet and electronics work Alone Together received the 2020 Matera Intermedia Festival award in mix media. His music and sound installations have been featured in the SEAMUS, American Composers Orchestra’s EarShot 2022, International Saxophone Symposium, Oh My Ears Festival, Fusebox Festival, New Voices Festival at COA, Foot in the Door, Cohen New Works Festival, Electric LaTex, and Festival of Contemporary Art Music. His fellowships, scholarships, and residencies include the Kent Kennan Graduate Fellowship, I-Park Foundation, Nief-Norf Technology Fellowship, Hartt Talent Scholarship, and The Walden School.
Nokes is a founding member, and the technical director of the new music collective Less Than 10. He received a D.MA. in composition from the University of Texas at Austin, a M.M. in composition from Hartt School of music at the University of Hartford, and B.M. in Composition from Washington State University.
Works of his have been performed and recorded by ensembles such as Tuscan Symphony Orchestra, Switch~ Ensemble, Tak Ensemble, Line Upon Line, Wet Ink, Ulysses European Ensemble, and Invoke Quartet. His string quartet and electronics work Alone Together received the 2020 Matera Intermedia Festival award in mix media. His music and sound installations have been featured in the SEAMUS, American Composers Orchestra’s EarShot 2022, International Saxophone Symposium, Oh My Ears Festival, Fusebox Festival, New Voices Festival at COA, Foot in the Door, Cohen New Works Festival, Electric LaTex, and Festival of Contemporary Art Music. His fellowships, scholarships, and residencies include the Kent Kennan Graduate Fellowship, I-Park Foundation, Nief-Norf Technology Fellowship, Hartt Talent Scholarship, and The Walden School.
Nokes is a founding member, and the technical director of the new music collective Less Than 10. He received a D.MA. in composition from the University of Texas at Austin, a M.M. in composition from Hartt School of music at the University of Hartford, and B.M. in Composition from Washington State University.
