Colin Kemper

Instructor of Music Composition
Co-Artistic Director of the Contemporary Ensemble

Bio

Colin Kemper is a composer, performer, and educator. His compositional interests are multifaceted; particularly, his art is concerned with matters pertaining to mental wellness, emotional intimacy and vulnerability, family dynamics, and community. He is interested in collaborative endeavors involving notated music, electronic, electro-acoustic, popular song, theatre, video games, film, dance, screendance, and multimedia installation. He is a Parma Artist on the Ravello Records Label and his music has been performed by members of the Dal Niente Ensemble, the Lunar Ensemble, the Meridian Percussion Trio, Houston’s Foundation for Modern Music, the University of Alabama Contemporary Ensemble, and the University of Alabama Department of Theatre and Dance. Kemper’s screen dances have been recognized at various festivals, including the Frame X Frame Dance Film Festival in Houston, Texas, the Modco Dance Film Festival in Atlanta, Georgia, and the Lift Off Film Festival in Los Angeles, California. His soundtrack for Earthborn Interactive’s “Flutterbombs” is released on Xbox and PlayStation American and European marketplaces.