Jeremy Turner (composer)

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

Jeremy Turner
Background information
Born (1975-06-18) June 18, 1975
Sewickley, Pennsylvania, United States
Occupation(s)Composer, musician
InstrumentsCello, piano, guitar, voice
Associated actsLow City, yMusic, S. Carey, Sufjan Stevens, The National
Websitejeremyturnerstudio.com

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.[1] 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[2] Orchestra at just 21 years old, becoming one of the youngest members to ever join[3] the ensemble. At the end of his first season Turner was invited to join the Met Chamber Ensemble[4] 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[5][6][7] in New Zealand. After returning to the Met in 2006, Turner played his final season in 2011 before leaving the orchestra to pursue composition.[8]

Composer/performer

Turner has recorded with musicians such as Paul McCartney, David Byrne, Sufjan Stevens, and The National,[9] has performed with various artists that include Renee Fleming, Joshua Bell,[10] and Arcade Fire[11] and as a conductor has appeared twice at the LACMA Art + Film Gala.[12] In 2013, he collaborated on original music with James Murphy for the Broadway revival of Harold Pinter's Betrayal,[13][14] 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[15][16] for best music, was a 2015 Sundance[17] fellow, and was named in NPR Music's Favorite Songs of 2014.[18][19] He received the AICP Award[20] for best original music for his score to Google's first ever television commercial,[21] "Parisian Love", which debuted during the broadcast of Super Bowl XLIV .[22][23] He has performed on Saturday Night Live with My Morning Jacket,[24] the Late Show With David Letterman with Dirty Projectors,[25] 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",[26] featuring the Brooklyn Youth Chorus. Turner was a member of Low City,[27][28][29][30][31] a musical duo based in Brooklyn. In 2014 he appeared with Simon Spurr in the September issue of Vanity Fair[32]

Selected film and television scores

Main titles/themes

Concert works
  • 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
  1. "East Lansing Orchestra". Retrieved July 13, 2015.
  2. "The Front Row". Houston Public Media. November 23, 2009. Retrieved August 6, 2015.
  3. Mayor, Jonathan. "The Cellist". 1985. Retrieved August 5, 2015.
  4. "The Met Opera Archives". Retrieved July 13, 2015.
  5. Dart, William (October 16, 2005). "Auckland Philharmonia at Aotera Centre". New Zealand Herald. Retrieved August 6, 2015.
  6. ""NOT a Silent Night" now a three-concert event". Scoop. November 24, 2005. Retrieved July 13, 2015.
  7. Dart, William (November 23, 2005). "Auckland Philharmonia Silver Jubilee Concert at Auckland Town Hall". New Zealand Herald. Retrieved August 6, 2015.
  8. "Strike Up the Band: Big Foote Signs New Composer". SourceEcreative. October 28, 2010. Retrieved August 5, 2015.
  9. "Jeremy Turner Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved July 13, 2015.
  10. "Medici TV". Retrieved July 13, 2015.
  11. Shrum, Tony (December 10, 2014). "Low City Premieres First Music Video". New Noise Magazine. Archived from the original on April 3, 2015. Retrieved July 13, 2015.
  12. Dubin, Alesandra (November 8, 2011). "First Lacma "Art + Film" Gala Brings Gucci as Sponsor, Raises $3 Million". BizBash. Retrieved July 13, 2015.
  13. "Betrayal Playbill". Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved July 13, 2015.
  14. "James Murphy On 'Betrayal,' Producing Arcade Fire, And Despacio". Soundcheck. New York City. September 26, 2013. WNYC. Retrieved August 5, 2015.
  15. "'The Square' Nabs Best Feature at IDA Documentary Awards; 'Inside Man' Best Limited Series". Deadline. December 6, 2013. Retrieved July 13, 2015.
  16. McNary, Dave (December 6, 2013). "'The Square' Takes Top Trophy at International Documentary Awards". Variety. Retrieved August 5, 2015.
  17. Lee, Angela (June 30, 2015). "Sundance Institute unveils Music and Sound Design Lab fellows". ScreenDaily. Retrieved August 3, 2015.
  18. Huizenga, Tom (December 10, 2014). "NPR Music's Favorite Songs of 2014". NPR. Retrieved July 13, 2015.
  19. "Backtracking with yMusic's Balance Problems". Textura. October 2014. Archived from the original on September 13, 2016. Retrieved August 6, 2015.
  20. "AICP". Retrieved July 13, 2015.
  21. Goldman, David (February 8, 2010). "Super Bowl ad breaks Google's TV silence". CNN. Retrieved August 3, 2015.
  22. Bielenberg, Mike (May 14, 2010). "Music Sync of the Week: How Jeremy Turner's piano track wound up in a Super Bowl ad". Music Revolution. Retrieved August 5, 2015.
  23. Parisian Love. YouTube. Retrieved August 5, 2015.
  24. "My Morning Jacket-'Evil Urges' Live on Saturday Night Live". Retrieved August 3, 2015.
  25. "Dirty Projectors-'About to Die' Live on David Letterman". Retrieved August 3, 2015.
  26. Wu, Winnie (May 13, 2015). "Wave Hill Puts Spotlight on Art to Celebrate Its Gardens and Lure Visitors". New York Times. Retrieved August 5, 2015.
  27. Brewington, Winston (December 10, 2014). "Low City Grooves Hard in Skyline Video Premiere". Earmilk. Retrieved August 6, 2015.
  28. Sacher, Andrew (January 26, 2015). "indie/classical duo Low City working w/ members of Bon Iver and Dirty Projectors, have a new single". Brooklyn Vegan. Retrieved August 3, 2015.
  29. "Stitchers Music Guide: Full Stop". Disney Playlist. August 6, 2015. Retrieved August 6, 2015.
  30. Hasty, Katie (February 18, 2015). "Get Up on Low City: Exclusive Premiere of Race Up Race Down Video". Hitfix/Immaculate Noise. Retrieved August 6, 2015.
  31. "yMusic Remixed: Weekly World Premieres". WXQR. December 22, 2014. Retrieved August 6, 2015.
  32. Diehl, Jessica (September 2014). "Cut to the Future". Vanity Fair. Retrieved August 6, 2015.
  33. "Time". Retrieved August 4, 2015.
  34. "Independent Lens". PBS. Retrieved August 6, 2015.
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