 Quinn Collins (b. 1983) grew up in Eastern Pennsylvania
and currently resides there. Graduating in 2005 with a B.M. in Composition from the College-Conservatory of Music at the University
of Cincinnati, Collins studied with Ellen Ruth Harrison, Darrell Handel, Frederic Rzewski, Christopher Bailey, and (primarily)
Michael Fiday. He completed his M.M. in Composition from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2009 where
he studied composition with Zack Browning and Erik Lund and electroacoustic music with Scott Wyatt. Two Hour Ride, composed for the orkest
"de ereprijs" for the 12th Annual Young Composers' Meeting in Apeldoorn, The Netherlands, was performed at
the International Gaudeamus Music Week 2006 in Amsterdam. Other music has been featured in dance pieces at the University
of Wisconsin at Milwaukee; as part of Trimpin's Klavier Nonette
Project in Seattle; in plays at the Bloomsburg Theatre Ensemble, Bloomsburg, PA; in collaboration with artist Aaron
Kent at the Semantics Art Gallery in Cincinnati; and in short films. His works have also been performed in venues such
as Music 03-05 and '08 at the University of Cincinnati; the 2006 Bang on a Can Summer Music Institute at MASS MoCA; the 2007 and 2008 f (x) marathons in Miami; the University of Miami; William Paterson University in Wayne,
NJ; the Art Academy of Cincinnati; the University of Illinois; the University of California at Fresno; the Manhattan School
of Music; the 2009 Oregon Bach Festival Composers' Symposium; and others. Collins has been commissioned by musicians
and ensembles such as Absolute Percussion, the f (x) ensemble, Kyklos, percussionist Justin Wolf,
trumpeter Andrew Kozar, and Cadillac Moon Ensemble.
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