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Nathan Wilks is an American composer and pianist living in Dallas. Nathan has been teaching for almost a decade in both private lessons and college classes. He is a graduate of the University of Utah (Ph.D) and Texas Christian University (MM).
He has been the recipient of numerous awards including the Durington Composition Award, The Salty Cricket Audience Choice Award, and the Marvolene Bowe Speed Award in Composition.
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11/1/2016
Successfully defended doctoral dissertation: Hello Dr. Wilks :) 7/15/2016 Finished the first draft of my doctoral dissertation on repetition in verse-chorus forms. 3/18/2016 Guest lecturer at Texas Christian University, discussing the business of being a composer. 3/11/2016 Premiere of Vague Recollections at Salty Cricket's Living Masters Concert featuring Samuel Adler. Performance by Miaomiao Wang and Alex Martin. 3/9/2016 Guest lecturer at Utah Valley University presenting research on repetition in popular music. 11/2/2015 Premiere of String Quartet No. 2 by the Fry Street Quartet at the University of Utah in SLC. 10/15/2015 Disco Lung won the Audience Choice Award. 10/15/2015 Premiere of Disco Lung, at Urban Arts Gallery presented by the Salty Cricket Composers Collective. Performed by Jed Moss, Erin Voellinger, and Mercedes Smith. |
