Uriah Rinzel

He is an active composer and producer and seeks to blend his popular music and classical music backgrounds whether composing music for video sync or producing a pop song. He was commissioned by violist Nadia Sirota and SYZYGY (directed by Matt Albert) to compose a piece for viola and amplified chamber ensemble. “Orca” was premiered at SMU in concert and the group made a studio recording. “Orca” was among the finalists for the ASCAP Morton Gould in 2014 and won First prize for the 2018 Breaking the Fourth Wall New Music Festival. He has also worked as a record producer, guitarist and arranger for live events and recording sessions. His original composition, “Cowtown Counterpoint” for bass clarinetist, William Hayter and was given its European Premiere in July, 2018 at Clarinetfest in Oostende, Belgium and was also selected to be performed at the 2020 SCI National Conference. “Snip,” an electroacoustic work was performed at the 2017 Region VI SCI conference in Arlington, TX. His wind symphony “Candide” was commissioned and premiered by Jack Delaney and the Meadows Wind Ensemble in 2017. Other works include an oratorio, a symphony, two piano concerti, and rock music. Dr. Rinzel is Assistant Professor of Music Theory, Composition, and Songwriting at DBU where he teaches classes including Advanced Songwriting, Critical Listening for Recording Engineers, Applied Composition, and several music theory courses. He previously taught theory at SMU, TCU, Austin College, composition at TCC, and guitar at TKU. He holds a DMA in Composition with cognates in Theory and Musicology from TCU where he studied under Neil Anderson-Himmelspach and Blaise Ferrandino, an MM – Composition from SMU where he studied under Kevin Hanlon and Robert Frank, and also an MM – Theory Pedagogy from SMU under David Mancini, and a BM in Theory and Composition from DBU where he studied with Michael Cox and Barbara Wallace. Hear his music at:

https://soundcloud.com/uriah-w-rinzel
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUE0eklXvDWn2qxz3nOYUoQ?