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Jeremy Turner (composer)

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{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Jeremy Turner

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1975|06|18}}

| birth_place = Sewickley, Pennsylvania, United States

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| occupation = Composer, musician

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| instrument = Cello, piano, guitar, voice

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| associated_acts = Low City, yMusic, S. Carey, Sufjan Stevens, The National

| website = {{URL|jeremyturnerstudio.com}}

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Jeremy Turner (born June 18, 1975 in Sewickley, Pennsylvania) is an American composer and multi-instrumentalist living in California.

Biography

Jeremy Turner began playing the piano and the cello as a young child. After his family moved to Michigan where his father was Director of Admissions at Michigan State University, Turner attended East Lansing High School.{{cite web |title = East Lansing Orchestra | url=http://eastlansingorchestra.weebly.com/alumni.html | accessdate = 2015-07-13 }} He then furthered his musical studies at The Juilliard School as a pupil of Harvey Shapiro. In 1997, before graduating Juilliard, Turner joined The Metropolitan Opera{{cite web |title = The Front Row | publisher= Houston Public Media|date= November 23, 2009| url=http://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/news/1259014149/ | accessdate = 2015-08-06 }} Orchestra at just 21 years old, becoming one of the youngest members ever to join{{cite web |publisher = 1985 |last=Mayor |first=Jonathan |title=The Cellist | url=http://www.1985artists.com/artist/jeremy-turner | accessdate = 2015-08-05 }} the ensemble. At the end of his first season Turner was invited to join the Met Chamber Ensemble{{cite web |title = The Met Opera Archives | url=http://archives.metoperafamily.org/archives/scripts/cgiip.exe/WService=BibSpeed/fullcit.w?xCID=350301&limit=500&xBranch=ALL&xsdate=&xedate=&theterm=Turner,%20Jeremy%20%5BCello%5D&x=0&xhomepath=&xhome== | accessdate = 2015-07-13 }} in its inaugural year. In 2005 he took a leave of absence from the Met to be the interim Principal Cellist of The Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra{{cite web |title =Auckland Philharmonia at Aotera Centre | publisher= New Zealand Herald |date= October 16, 2005|last=Dart|first=William |url= http://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/news/article.cfm?c_id=6&objectid=10350542 | accessdate = 2015-08-06 }}{{cite web |title = "NOT a Silent Night" now a three-concert event| publisher= Scoop|date= November 24, 2005| url=http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0511/S00190.htm | accessdate = 2015-07-13 }}{{cite web |title =Auckland Philharmonia Silver Jubilee Concert at Auckland Town Hall | publisher= New Zealand Herald |date=November 23, 2005| last=Dart|first=William|url= http://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/news/article.cfm?c_id=6&objectid=10356476 | accessdate = 2015-08-06 }} in New Zealand. After returning to the Met in 2006, Turner played his final season in 2011 before leaving the orchestra to pursue composition.{{cite web |title = Strike Up the Band: Big Foote Signs New Composer | publisher= SourceEcreative| date= October 28, 2010| url=http://sourceecreative.com/news-or-feature-story.php?type=news&ID=5026 | accessdate = 2015-08-05 }}

Composer/performer

Turner has recorded with musicians such as Paul McCartney, David Byrne, Sufjan Stevens, and The National,{{cite web |title = Jeremy Turner Credits |publisher= AllMusic| url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/jeremy-turner-mn0002225655/credits | accessdate = 2015-07-13 }} has performed with various artists that include Renee Fleming, Joshua Bell,{{cite web |title = Medici TV | url=http://www.medici.tv/#!/joshua-bell-and-friends-musical-gifts | accessdate = 2015-07-13 }} and Arcade Fire{{cite web| title= Low City Premieres First Music Video| publisher= New Noise Magazine| date= December 10, 2014| last= Shrum| first= Tony| url= http://newnoisemagazine.com/city-premieres-music-video/| accessdate= 2015-07-13| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150403164731/http://newnoisemagazine.com/city-premieres-music-video/| archive-date= April 3, 2015| url-status= dead| df= mdy-all}} and as a conductor has appeared twice at the LACMA Art + Film Gala.{{cite web |title = First Lacma "Art + Film" Gala Brings Gucci as Sponsor, Raises $3 Million | publisher= BizBash| date= November 8, 2011| last= Dubin| first= Alesandra | url=http://www.bizbash.com/first_lacma_art_film_gala_brings_gucci_as_sponsor_raises_3_million/los-angeles/story/21784/#.VaSZD8ZVhBd | accessdate = 2015-07-13 }} In 2013, he collaborated on original music with James Murphy for the Broadway revival of Harold Pinter's Betrayal,{{cite web|title=Betrayal Playbill |url=http://www.playbillvault.com/Show/Detail/Whos_who/14006/49224/Betrayal |accessdate=2015-07-13 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924131023/http://www.playbillvault.com/Show/Detail/Whos_who/14006/49224/Betrayal |archivedate=September 24, 2015 }}{{cite episode|title = James Murphy On 'Betrayal,' Producing Arcade Fire, And Despacio |url=http://soundcheck.wnyc.org/story/james-murphy-betrayal/ | accessdate = 2015-08-05| series= Soundcheck | station= WNYC| location= New York City| date= September 26, 2013}} directed by Mike Nichols. As a composer, Turner has been nominated for two Emmy Awards, won the Music & Sound Award (UK), won the International Documentary Association award{{cite web |title = 'The Square' Nabs Best Feature at IDA Documentary Awards; 'Inside Man' Best Limited Series |publisher=Deadline|date= December 6, 2013| url=https://deadline.com/2013/12/ida-doc-awards-leave-in-drafts-648555/ | accessdate = 2015-07-13 }}{{cite web |title='The Square' Takes Top Trophy at International Documentary Awards|date=December 6, 2013|last=McNary|first=Dave|publisher = Variety | url=https://variety.com/2013/film/awards/the-square-takes-top-trophy-at-international-documentary-awards-1200927067/ | accessdate = 2015-08-05 }} for best music, was a 2015 Sundance{{cite web |title = Sundance Institute unveils Music and Sound Design Lab fellows |publisher=ScreenDaily|date= June 30, 2015| last=Lee|first=Angela| url=http://www.screendaily.com/festivals/sundance/sundance-news/sundance-institute-unveils-music-and-sound-design-lab-fellows/5089969.article | accessdate = 2015-08-03 }} fellow, and was named in NPR Music's Favorite Songs of 2014.{{cite web |title = NPR Music's Favorite Songs of 2014 |publisher=NPR|date=December 10, 2014 |last= Huizenga|first=Tom| url=https://www.npr.org/2014/12/10/369652480/npr-musics-favorite-songs-of-2014#genre-classical | accessdate = 2015-07-13 }}{{cite web|title=Backtracking with yMusic's Balance Problems |publisher=Textura |date=October 2014 |url=http://textura.org/archives/interviews/backtracking_ymusic.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160913002147/http://textura.org/archives/interviews/backtracking_ymusic.htm |url-status=live |archive-date=2016-09-13 |accessdate=2015-08-06 }} He received the AICP Award{{cite web |title = AICP | url=http://www.aicpshow.com/show/parisian-love | accessdate = 2015-07-13 }} for best original music for his score to Google's first ever television commercial,{{cite web |title = Super Bowl ad breaks Google's TV silence |publisher= CNN| date= February 8, 2010|last=Goldman|first=David| url=https://money.cnn.com/2010/02/08/technology/google_superbowl_ad/ | accessdate = 2015-08-03 }} "Parisian Love", which debuted during the broadcast of Super Bowl XLIV .{{cite web |title = Music Sync of the Week: How Jeremy Turner's piano track wound up in a Super Bowl ad | publisher= Music Revolution| date= May 14, 2010|last=Bielenberg |first=Mike| url=http://www.musicrevolution.com/production-music-blog/2010/05/14/excellence-in-matching-music-to-video-chapter-1-how-jeremy-turners-piano-track-wound-up-in-a-super-bowl-ad/ | accessdate = 2015-08-05 }}{{cite AV media |title = Parisian Love| location=YouTube| url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnsSUqgkDwU | accessdate = 2015-08-05 }} He has performed on Saturday Night Live with My Morning Jacket,{{cite web |title = My Morning Jacket-'Evil Urges' Live on Saturday Night Live| url=http://idobi.com/video/my-morning-jacket-saturday-night-live-evil-urges/ | accessdate = 2015-08-03 }} the Late Show With David Letterman with Dirty Projectors,{{cite web |title = Dirty Projectors-'About to Die' Live on David Letterman | url=http://en.musicplayon.com/play?v=277820 | accessdate = 2015-08-03 }} and performed with Renee Fleming at the opening of Carnegie Hall's Zankel Hall. In 2015 he composed music for Chris Doyle's exhibition "Night Lights at Wave Hill",{{cite news |title=Wave Hill Puts Spotlight on Art to Celebrate Its Gardens and Lure Visitors|work = New York Times|date=May 13, 2015|last=Wu|first=Winnie | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/14/nyregion/outdoor-installation-at-wave-hill-celebrates-its-history-of-art-shows.html?_r=0 | accessdate = 2015-08-05 }} featuring the Brooklyn Youth Chorus. Turner was a member of Low City,{{cite web |title = Low City Grooves Hard in Skyline Video Premiere|publisher= Earmilk|date= December 10, 2014| last=Brewington |first= Winston | url= http://www.earmilk.com/2014/12/10/low-city-grooves-hard-in-skyline-video-premiere/ | accessdate = 2015-08-06 }}{{cite web |title = indie/classical duo Low City working w/ members of Bon Iver and Dirty Projectors, have a new single|publisher= Brooklyn Vegan|date= January 26, 2015|last= Sacher|first=Andrew | url=http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2015/01/indieclassical.html | accessdate = 2015-08-03 }}{{cite web |title = Stitchers Music Guide: Full Stop | publisher= Disney Playlist|date= August 6, 2015 | url=http://blogs.disney.com/disney-playlist/2015/08/06/stitchers-music-guide-full-stop/ | accessdate = 2015-08-06 }}{{cite web |title = Get Up on Low City: Exclusive Premiere of Race Up Race Down Video | work= HitFix |department=Immaculate Noise |date= February 18, 2015| last= Hasty |first=Katie |url= http://www.hitfix.com/immaculate-noise/get-up-on-low-city-exclusive-premiere-of-race-up-race-down-video/%20Hit%20Fix | accessdate = 2015-08-06 }}{{cite web |title =yMusic Remixed: Weekly World Premieres |publisher=WXQR |date=December 22, 2014| url=http://www.wqxr.org/#!/story/ymusic-remixed-world-premieres/ | accessdate = 2015-08-06 }} a musical duo based in Brooklyn. In 2014 he appeared with Simon Spurr in the September issue of Vanity Fair{{cite web |title = Cut to the Future | publisher= Vanity Fair |date= September 2014 | last= Diehl | first= Jessica |url= https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2014/09/young-fashion-designers-jason-wu-joseph-altuzarra | accessdate = 2015-08-06 }}

Selected film and television scores

Main titles/themes

  • Marvel's 616 (2020)
  • Immigration Nation (2020)
  • Strokes of Genius (2018)
  • A Year in Space (2015){{cite news |title = Time | url=http://time.com/space-nasa-scott-kelly-mission/ | accessdate = 2015-08-04 }}
  • Independent Lens (2014–){{cite web |title = Independent Lens |publisher= PBS| url=https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/about/ | access-date = 2015-08-06 }}

Concert works

  • Shorebirds (2022) written for solo violin
  • Six Mile House (2021) written for piano, clarinet, violin, and cello
  • Suite of Unreason (2017) written for clarinet, cello, piano and percussion
  • Swell (2017) written for The Flux Quartet
  • The Inland Seas (2016) written for James Ehnes and Chris Thile
  • The Lightening (2015) written for the Brooklyn Youth Chorus
  • The Fluid (2014) written for woodwind ensemble, cello, and piano
  • The Bear and the Squirrel (2014) written for yMusic

Selected album appearances

References

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External links

  • [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3461195/ IMDB], Turner's film credits
  • [http://jeremyturnerstudio.com/ Turner's official website], where his music can be heard
  • [https://modernworksmusicpublishing.com/ Turner's publishing company], where his music can be licensed

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Category:1975 births

Category:Living people

Category:American multi-instrumentalists

Category:Musicians from Pennsylvania

Category:East Lansing High School alumni