Dr. Corey Chang

Dr. Corey Chang, described as “a major composer, maybe even the major composer, of his generation” by The Millbrook Independent, is an American composer, pianist, and educator currently based in Queens, New York. He is a recipient of some of the nation’s largest awards  for young composers, including a Charles Ives Scholarship from the American Academy of Arts  and Letters and two ASCAP Morton Gould Young Composer Awards. His music has been workshopped and performed by many leading musicians and ensembles both nationally and internationally. Chang holds dual degrees in Composition and Mathematics from Bard College and a master’s degree in Composition from The Juilliard School, where he was a Morse  Teaching Fellow and was awarded the Joseph W. Polisi “Artist as Citizen” prize. He recently  completed his doctorate at Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music, where he was  Associate Instructor of Composition, and continues to serve as Director of the Jacobs  Composition Academy Summer Intensive Program.