JORDYN M. CARMEN
COMPOSER & EDUCATOR
Jordyn Carmen is an American composer, theorist, and educator based in Bozeman, Montana. She completed her doctorate in Music Composition at The Juilliard School in 2024 and now serves on their faculty, teaching Music Theory and Ear Training in the Extension Division. Previously, she has also served on the faculty of the Juilliard College Division, Fordham University, Juilliard Pre-College, the European-American Musical Alliance, and Bader College at Queen’s University.
As a composer, Carmen’s works have been performed in the United States and Asia, notably by the AXIOM Ensemble, the Juilliard Orchestra, the Sylvan Winds, the Oregon Wind Quintet, and the Cassatt String Quartet. She was the recipient of the Robert Craft Igor Stravinsky Grant in Composition in 2024 and the Charles Ives Scholarship from the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 2023. She has also been awarded Composer Fellowships at the Aspen Summer Music Festival, the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival, and the Seal Bay Festival.
As a theorist, Carmen finds particular interest in leveraging extended methods of analysis to explore the processes of composers. She completed her dissertation on a new theory of the atonal altered dominant as the foundation for Schoenberg's compositional exploration using a multi-tiered analytical approach.
As an educator, Jordyn currently teaches Music Theory and Ear Training to undergraduate, graduate, and adult students at The Juilliard School. She has previously taught students ages 8-18 within the Juilliard Extension and Pre-College Divisions, and ran the Musicianship Program as a Musician in Residence at Bader College at Queens University for three years. She is an adjunct professor at Fordham University teaching Music Theory and Analysis, and is on faculty at the European-American Musical Alliance Online Academy. She also holds experience teaching primary and secondary school music theory, concert band, and general music. She has an in-person and virtual private studio for theory, ear training, and composition students of all ages and levels.
As a composer, Carmen’s works have been performed in the United States and Asia, notably by the AXIOM Ensemble, the Juilliard Orchestra, the Sylvan Winds, the Oregon Wind Quintet, and the Cassatt String Quartet. She was the recipient of the Robert Craft Igor Stravinsky Grant in Composition in 2024 and the Charles Ives Scholarship from the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 2023. She has also been awarded Composer Fellowships at the Aspen Summer Music Festival, the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival, and the Seal Bay Festival.
As a theorist, Carmen finds particular interest in leveraging extended methods of analysis to explore the processes of composers. She completed her dissertation on a new theory of the atonal altered dominant as the foundation for Schoenberg's compositional exploration using a multi-tiered analytical approach.
As an educator, Jordyn currently teaches Music Theory and Ear Training to undergraduate, graduate, and adult students at The Juilliard School. She has previously taught students ages 8-18 within the Juilliard Extension and Pre-College Divisions, and ran the Musicianship Program as a Musician in Residence at Bader College at Queens University for three years. She is an adjunct professor at Fordham University teaching Music Theory and Analysis, and is on faculty at the European-American Musical Alliance Online Academy. She also holds experience teaching primary and secondary school music theory, concert band, and general music. She has an in-person and virtual private studio for theory, ear training, and composition students of all ages and levels.
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Eroica premier of "Luchresi," November 2019