Mark Grey Music - Composer, Sound Designer

"The composer Mark Grey
is a master...

Grey is a composer as well as a sound engineer, and what he is up to has far-reaching implications for the direction that classical music will take this century."
~Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times

Mark Grey at Sunset Crater, Arizona
Photo by Deborah O'Grady

CD Release

"Mark Grey's score is perfectly crafted, impeccably paced,
beautifully scored." ~The Arizona Republic

Enemy Slayer: a Navajo Oratorio Naxos recording

The Naxos recording of Grey's Enemy Slayer: A Navajo Oratorio is available now. Recording is of the world premiere performance featuring The Phoenix Symphony conducted by Michael Christie, the Phoenix Symphony Chorus and baritone Scott Hendricks.
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Selected as a "Best Classical Release" of Q1 2009, Allmusic.com
A Naxos Direct Best Selling Album

"Musically, 'Enemy Slayer' is stunning. It moves from breathtakingly beautiful and lush passages to sections that are stringently dissonant, and finally ends peacefully and simply. Yet everything is cohesive and quite seamless. It is a hypnotic work that makes quite an impression on the listener."

~Review of Salt Lake City Choral Artists and Orchestra performance on
May 2, 2009, Deseret News

Compositions

Frankenstein Opera
Premiere: Le Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie |
de Munt, Brussels, Belgium
Spring 2016
Co-commsionners to be announced
Music by Mark Grey
Libretto by James Fenton
Stage Direction by Alex Ollé Gol (La Fura dels Baus)
Set Design by Alfons Flores
Costume Design by Lluc Castells
Conducted by Leo Hussain
Project Information

Chamber Symphony (world premiere)
for ensemble and electronics
Part of the Minimalist Jukebox Series
Los Angeles Philharmonic
John Adams, conductor
Premiere: April 8, 2014, Walt Disney Concert Hall
Details

Ātash Sorushān (Fire Angels)
for soprano, tenor and full orchestra
The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Robert Spano, conductor
Premiere: March 2014, Atlanta Symphony Hall

Heaven's Ladder
Part of the Beck Song Reader Project
The Atlantic Chamber Ensemble
Music by Beck Hansen
Arrangement by Mark Grey
March 21, 2013

Leviathan
Overture for Orchestra
Premiere: The Green Bay Symphony Orchestra
Donato Cabrera, conductor
March 9, 2013

HÖLLENTAL (Hell's Valley)
for violin and piano
to premiere in London 2013
by Mili Leitner, violin