Mark Grey is a composer and sound designer living in the San Francisco area. Grey made his Carnegie Hall debut as a composer with Kronos Quartet in November 2003. As well as being one of the featured composers during the OtherMinds 10 Festival in 2004 and The Cabrillo Festival in 2006, his music has been performed in such venues as the Sydney Opera House Concert Hall, Theatre de la Ville in Paris, Barbican Centre in London, Het Muziktheater in Amsterdam, Carnegie Hall's Zankel Hall, and Royce Hall in Los Angeles. During her 2005/2006 season, violinist Leila Josefowicz toured San Andreas Suite for solo unaccompanied violin as part of her recital program. Locations included Carnegie Hall, Barbican Hall, Warsaw Philharmonic Hall, Ravinia Festival, among others. Ms. Josefowicz premiered Grey's violin concerto Elevation in July 2006 at The Colorado Music Festival, Michael Christie conductor. The work was then performed at The Cabrillo Festival in August 2006, Marin Alsop conductor. Grey will become The Phoenix Symphony's Composer-in-Residence during the 2007-08 season and will compose a 60 minute oratorio for baritone, full chorus and large orchestra, to premiere February 2008. As a sound designer, he has premiered several major works for composers John Adams, Philip Glass, Steve Reich, Terry Riley and Paul Dresher. Grey is an artistic collaborator, sound designer and soundscape engineer for John Adams' critically acclaimed On the Transmigration of Souls which received the 2004 Pulitzer Prize in Music as well as three Grammy awards in 2005.
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