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COMPOSER-FOCUSED BIO (200 WORDS)
Carolyn Quick (b. 1994) is a composer, vocalist, and poet based in Portland, Oregon. With striking rhythms, and expressive melodies, her music bridges multiple styles through lyricism and orchestration, allowing vocalists and instrumentalists alike to converse through song.
Carolyn’s music has been performed by such ensembles as the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, the Uzmah-Upbeat International Summer School, and the Erato Ensemble; and after participating as both a composer and vocalist for the Oregon Bach Festival Vocal Fellows Program, Carolyn has been an avid composer-performer in the realm of new music and has since premiered over a dozen newly composed works. This in part inspired her to form new music collective Persisting Sound with flutist Savannah Gentry. She has written and performed for them, collaborating with Siren Nation during the Siren Nation Festival and putting-on virtual concert Vulnerability with local artists Lisa Neher and Drew Swatosh.
Carolyn’s commissions include ensembles such as Fear No Music, the Vancouver Opera’s New Works Project, Symphony 21, and, most recently, her work “To Breathe” was selected for the Eugene Opera’s call for scores: Songs for Quarantine. Carolyn holds a BMus and MMus in Music Composition and uses she/her pronouns. For more information, visit her website, www.carolynquick.com.
Carolyn’s music has been performed by such ensembles as the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, the Uzmah-Upbeat International Summer School, and the Erato Ensemble; and after participating as both a composer and vocalist for the Oregon Bach Festival Vocal Fellows Program, Carolyn has been an avid composer-performer in the realm of new music and has since premiered over a dozen newly composed works. This in part inspired her to form new music collective Persisting Sound with flutist Savannah Gentry. She has written and performed for them, collaborating with Siren Nation during the Siren Nation Festival and putting-on virtual concert Vulnerability with local artists Lisa Neher and Drew Swatosh.
Carolyn’s commissions include ensembles such as Fear No Music, the Vancouver Opera’s New Works Project, Symphony 21, and, most recently, her work “To Breathe” was selected for the Eugene Opera’s call for scores: Songs for Quarantine. Carolyn holds a BMus and MMus in Music Composition and uses she/her pronouns. For more information, visit her website, www.carolynquick.com.
SINGER-FOCUSED BIO (200 WORDS)
Carolyn Quick (she/her) is a composer, vocalist, and poet based in Portland, Oregon. Described as a “versatile young soprano” with a “pure timbre” and “haunting” voice (Opera News; Eugene Opera), with a particular love of both Early and Contemporary music, she has performed in ensembles such as Eugene Opera, Portland Symphonic Choir, and the Oregon Bach Festival Vocal Fellows Program; Carolyn was also a guest soloist for the Vivaldi Gloria with the South Puget Sound Community College Choirs and the Student Orchestra of Greater Olympia's production of Handel's Messiah.
After co-founding new music collective Persisting Sound, she has written and performed for them, collaborating with Siren Nation during the Siren Nation Festival and putting-on virtual concert Vulnerability with local artists Lisa Neher and Drew Swatosh.
Most recently, Carolyn participated in the NATS: NW Chapter Musical Theater Competition, placing 2nd, advancing to the regional competition; and is slated to perform with Resonance Ensemble and the Oregon Symphony in their world premiere of An African American Requiem by Damien Geter. Carolyn is currently a member of In Medio and Tabor Wind Ensemble and hopes to return to rehearsals when it is safe to do so. For more information, visit her website, www.carolynquick.com.
After co-founding new music collective Persisting Sound, she has written and performed for them, collaborating with Siren Nation during the Siren Nation Festival and putting-on virtual concert Vulnerability with local artists Lisa Neher and Drew Swatosh.
Most recently, Carolyn participated in the NATS: NW Chapter Musical Theater Competition, placing 2nd, advancing to the regional competition; and is slated to perform with Resonance Ensemble and the Oregon Symphony in their world premiere of An African American Requiem by Damien Geter. Carolyn is currently a member of In Medio and Tabor Wind Ensemble and hopes to return to rehearsals when it is safe to do so. For more information, visit her website, www.carolynquick.com.
WRITER-FOCUSED BIO (150 WORDS)
Poet, composer, soprano, and multi-instrumentalist Carolyn Quick (she/her) has always had a love for poetry and has been writing for well over a decade. As she began to pursue a career in music, poetry served a vital role in the raw expression of her life experiences, free of stress and constraint.
She has set several of her poems to music in works such as: Pieces, Not I Alone, Stop the Clock (which blends her words with quotations from the 2018 Kavanaugh Hearings Transcripts), and To Breathe which sets two of her poems and was recently selected for the Eugene Opera's call for scores: Songs for Quarantine. At Art Song Lab, Carolyn participated in several poetry workshops offered by Trauma Head author Elee Kraljii Gardiner. She is published in the East County Poetry Group's recent publication East County Poetry: Lent 2019 - Epiphany 2020. For more information, visit her website: www.carolynquick.com.
She has set several of her poems to music in works such as: Pieces, Not I Alone, Stop the Clock (which blends her words with quotations from the 2018 Kavanaugh Hearings Transcripts), and To Breathe which sets two of her poems and was recently selected for the Eugene Opera's call for scores: Songs for Quarantine. At Art Song Lab, Carolyn participated in several poetry workshops offered by Trauma Head author Elee Kraljii Gardiner. She is published in the East County Poetry Group's recent publication East County Poetry: Lent 2019 - Epiphany 2020. For more information, visit her website: www.carolynquick.com.