The music of Jack Frederick (b. 2006) explores the intersections of environmental scenes, interdisciplinary collaboration, and the modern classical tradition, often engaging with performers across disciplines to create work that is both a call to action, as well as artistic. His 2025 season includes a performance of a guitar duet at the CWU New Music Festival, following its earlier premiere in Jordan Hall; a saxophone trio commissioned by the Trinity Trio, presented at the University of Missouri–Kansas City, the performance of an orchestral piece by the NEC Orchestra, the premiere of 2 art songs at the Boston Conservatory at Berklee and Nimoy Thalia Theater in NYC, as well as New England Conservatory, the performance of his saxophone etude book, “Trichord Studies” at the SCI Region IV Confrence, and a performance resulting from a commission from the Rivers School Conservatory. In 2025, Frederick was named a winner of the CWU New Music Festival Call for Scores and twice a winner of the Phasma-Music call for scores, as well as selected to participate in BoCo’s songSLAM as well as the 10th NYC songSLAM. He was also named a winner of the call for scores for SCI’s Region IV conference call for scores. He presented new work as part of his 1 month residency at Arts Letters & Numbers, as well as the High Score Festival in northern Italy. Since beginning his studies at the New England Conservatory with Michael Gandolfi in 2024, he has thrice been named a fellow of the school’s Entrepreneurial Musicianship departments and was selected as a winner of the Honors Ensemble Composition Competition. His work at NEC has also included performing in a choir in the American premiere of Sibelius’ The Maiden in the Tower and in productions of Brahms’ and Duruflé’s Requiems. He has participated in masterclasses with Christian Wolff, Ingrid Laubrock, Ikue Mori, and David Moliner.
Frederick’s formative training includes a year at Interlochen Arts Academy, where he composed for a wide range of ensembles, studied with Dr. Cynthia Van Maanen, and performed as Tenor Saxophone 1 in both the Wind Ensemble and Jazz Orchestra. Masterclasses participated in include: The Imani Winds, Joan Tower, Patrice Rushen, Bill Banfield, and others. He attended the Brevard Music Festival in 2023, working with Dr. Robert Aldridge, Dr. David Dzubay, and Dr. Greg Simon, composing works for solo piano, saxophone quartet, and symphonic band. Originally from Charlotte, North Carolina, Frederick’s artistic development has been shaped by a dedication to collaboration, a curiosity for diverse musical traditions such as old-time mountain music, Rock, and Jazz.