Rhett Jaramillo is a composer from Temecula, CA and based out of New York City. His musical interests span far and wide from classical to classic rock, from world music to jazz, from musical theater to EDM.

 

He began playing the piano at the age of 15 and his interest in musical performance and composition began. He graduated from Brigham Young University - Idaho in Rexburg, Idaho with a Bachelor of Musical Arts in Music Composition in 2014. He studied Composition with Darrell Brown, Piano with Stephen Thomas, and Conducting with Dallin Hansen.

 

He received his Master of Music in Music Composition from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music in 2017. He studied with Elinor Armer and participated in master classes with Caroline Shaw, Mason Bates, and Aaron Jay Kernis.

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In 2018, he was commissioned by the Cadenza School of Music to write a work for String Orchestra title "Crossing Sunset" which will be premiered at the Summa Cum Laude Festival in Vienna, Austria in July 2019.

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His music explores the extent to which tonality can be stretched and feature playful, artistic score layouts that result in a free-flowing form, often asking on the performer to interpret and collaborate on the resulting musical ideas.