Jordyn Gallinek is an American composer, educator, and performing musician based in New York. She began studying music at the age of eight, discovering a passion for composition soon after exploring every instrument she encountered. She is currently a doctoral candidate at the Juilliard School, serving on the faculty for the Juilliard Pre-College and Extension Divisions, as well as teaching musicianship online at the EAMA Academy and Bader College of Queen’s University.
Jordyn’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 received the Charles Ives Scholarship from the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 2023. She was the winner of the 2018-19 Juilliard Orchestra's Composition Competition and the 2018 Texas A&M Chamber Music Symposium's Composition Competition, and she has received commissions by both secondary schools and universities in the Northeastern United States. Jordyn has been awarded Composer Fellowships at the Aspen Summer Music Festival in 2021, the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival in 2019, and the Seal Bay Festival in 2017. While pursuing her degrees, she also studied with Christopher Rouse, Justin Dello Joio, and Joseph Church.
As an educator, Jordyn teaches Ear Training to adults and high school students for the Juilliard Extension Division, as well as students under the age of 18 for the Juilliard Pre-College Division. She is also currently a Teaching Fellow at The Juilliard School in the Ear Training and Music Theory departments. She runs the Musicianship Program as a Musician in Residence at the Bader International Study Center at Queens University, and is also 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.
Jordyn’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 received the Charles Ives Scholarship from the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 2023. She was the winner of the 2018-19 Juilliard Orchestra's Composition Competition and the 2018 Texas A&M Chamber Music Symposium's Composition Competition, and she has received commissions by both secondary schools and universities in the Northeastern United States. Jordyn has been awarded Composer Fellowships at the Aspen Summer Music Festival in 2021, the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival in 2019, and the Seal Bay Festival in 2017. While pursuing her degrees, she also studied with Christopher Rouse, Justin Dello Joio, and Joseph Church.
As an educator, Jordyn teaches Ear Training to adults and high school students for the Juilliard Extension Division, as well as students under the age of 18 for the Juilliard Pre-College Division. She is also currently a Teaching Fellow at The Juilliard School in the Ear Training and Music Theory departments. She runs the Musicianship Program as a Musician in Residence at the Bader International Study Center at Queens University, and is also 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.
Recent Performances
"The barren darkness of his heart"
for Tenor and Chamber Orchestra
with Alan Truong and AXIOM, featuring Tenor, César Andrés Parreño
Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center, NY
Saturday, December 10th at 7:00 pm (EDT)
"Yellow Wallpaper"
for the Aspen Contemporary Ensemble
Harris Hall at the Aspen Music Festival
Thursday, August 12th at 2:30 pm (Mountain Time)
"Psalm 18, Death's cords were wrapped around me"
for soprano and piano
Wheeler Opera House at the Aspen Music Festival
Saturday, August 14th at 10 am (Mountain Time)
"The barren darkness of his heart"
for Tenor and Chamber Orchestra
with Alan Truong and AXIOM, featuring Tenor, César Andrés Parreño
Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center, NY
Saturday, December 10th at 7:00 pm (EDT)
"Yellow Wallpaper"
for the Aspen Contemporary Ensemble
Harris Hall at the Aspen Music Festival
Thursday, August 12th at 2:30 pm (Mountain Time)
"Psalm 18, Death's cords were wrapped around me"
for soprano and piano
Wheeler Opera House at the Aspen Music Festival
Saturday, August 14th at 10 am (Mountain Time)
Eroica premier of "Luchresi," November 2019