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WELCOME

Nathan Wilks is an American composer and pianist living in  Dallas.  He has been teaching for over 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), and currently teaches composition and theory at A&M-Commerce.

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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EVENTS

6/15/17
Happy to be presenting my dissertation research at MACRO musicians workshop in Madison, WI

5/4/2017
Graduated from the University of Utah

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 at Urban Arts Gallery, presented by Salty Cricket Composers Collective.