Troy Herion
Troy Herion is a Philadelphia-based composer, sound designer, musical director and improviser. His music brings together interests in fields relating to biology, metaphysics, traditional cultures, drama, and improvisation. Compositions include two Italian operas performed in Italy, symphonic and chamber works, and improvised scores. Dramatic collaborations have included music for International Opera Theater, Pig Iron Theatre, The Wilma Theater, The Arden Theatre, and Azuka Theater. His work has garnered numerous awards and recognitions including American Composers Forum grants and two Barrymore Award nominations. In the summer of 2008 Troy was awarded an Independence Foundation Fellowship to study and perform gamelan music in Bali, Indonesia with the world-renowned Cudamani ensemble. He is a finalist for the F. Otto Haas Emerging Artist Award and the NEA/TGC Career Development Fellowship. Most recently he has accepted a Roger Sessions Fellowship to attend Princeton University where he will earn a Ph.D. in music composition.
Mr. Herion composed International Opera Theater’s 2006 production of “La Tempesta”, an operatic adaptation of William Shakespeare’s “The Tempest”, with libretto by Maestro Antonio Fava, and IOT’s 2005 production of “Il Racconto D’Inverno” with libretto by Karen Saillant and Romina Minucci.
Listen to clips from "Il Racconto D'Inverno".
