Mark Grey Music

Mark Grey Composer and Sound Designer at Sunset Crater, Arizona

"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..

What's New

Enemy Slayer: a Navajo Oratorio Naxos recording

A Naxos recording of Grey's Enemy Slayer: A Navajo Oratorio will be available Fall 2008. The recording is of the world premiere performance featuring The Phoenix Symphony conducted by Michael Christie, the Phoenix Symphony Chorus and baritone Scott Hendricks.

Compositions

Mark Grey was The Phoenix Symphony's Composer-in-Residence during the 2007-08 season. He premiered two works during his residency: The Summons and Enemy Slayer: A Navajo Oratorio, the first-ever oratorio to be based on an indigenous creation story.

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

The Oratorio will be performed again at the Colorado Music Festival in Boulder, July 24-25, 2008. More on Compositions

Sound Design

Grey is the sound designer for John Adams' opera Dr. Atomic, which will have its Metropolitan Opera premiere in October 2008 and will be part of the popular MetHD series. More on Sound Design