Derek Cooper’s music has been performed worldwide by groups including Contemporaneous, Hypercube, Sonic Apricity, the Indiana University of Pennsylvania wind ensemble, Jenny Lin, Yarn/Wire, Ekmeles, the Iridium Saxophone Quartet, and Blueshift Ensemble. His piece, Kill James, was recently awarded an honorable mention for the New York Composers Circle’s 2019 John Eaton Memorial Composition Competition. In 2016, Derek joined the ICEBERG collective, a select and diverse group of emerging New York composers. His music is published through his own website as well as Knightwind Music, NewMusicShelf, and JustATheory Press. For more information and to hear samples of Derek’s work, visit: www.DerekCooperComposer.com.