Lynn Gumert
 
   

(Artistic Director, Soprano, Recorders) is a composer of modern music and a performer of early music. She holds an M.M and D.M. in Music Composition from Indiana University-Bloomington, where she studied with Claude Baker, Eugene O’Brien, and Donald Freund. She has participated in master classes with Ellen Taafe Zwilich and Shulamit Ran. Her works have been performed in the USA, Costa Rica, Peru, and the Czech Republic. She was recently awarded a residency at the Millay Colony for the Arts. Recent commissions include Roundabout, for flute, percussion, 2 trombones, and double bass, commissioned by Nell Sanders, and Milkweed, for solo voice, commissioned by dancer/choreographer Christine Colosimo for the “I’ll have what she’s having…” Dance Project. She is also active as an arranger and performer of traditional music from the Americas and Spain. She is founder and Artistic Director for Zorzal Music Ensemble, and researches, reconstructs, and arranges their repertoire. Her research areas include women composers, gender in popular culture, and early music from Spain and Latin America.

A list of Lynn's Compositions

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