CHRIS NEINER, composer
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    • Chamber >
      • Aurora Fanfare & Dance
      • Brevity is the Soul of Wit
      • Burlesquing Movement
      • Elegy
      • Groove Passing
      • Infinite Spinning
      • Liquidus
      • Music with Oliver
      • Playtime
      • Quadraphonics
      • Ripple Cycles
      • Serenade for the Ghosts
      • Suite
      • To Rose
      • Toy Chest
    • Solo >
      • Mes Amis
      • Mikroczellos
      • Petite Suite
      • Rhapsodie
      • Shades of Green
      • Spiral Suite
    • Orchestral >
      • Jest
      • Many Universes
    • Solo and Ensemble >
      • Loneliness and Imaginations
      • Morceau pour Sill
    • Band/Wind Ensemble >
      • Rocky River Counterpoint
      • The Hinz Waltz
      • The Hinz Waltz 2
    • Vocal/Choral >
      • All You Need
      • Lacquer Prints
      • To See a World
      • Untitled Meditation
    • Electronic >
      • Artificial Rainstorm
      • Gasp Grids
      • Requiem
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"Living in the post-John Adams universe and incorporating the ​zazzy colors of the current new music dialect, Neiner’s spiraling, ​perpetual motion piece ​offers pleasant shocks and melting cadences." 
Cleveland Classical

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        Chris Neiner (b. 1994) is a Cleveland-based composer of contemporary classical music with colorful harmony, diverse influences, and engaging energy. Neiner’s style derives from his passion to foster collaborative works with instrumentalists. His recent commissions include Aurora Fanfare & Dance for the Aurora School of Music; Serenade for the Ghosts for Musical Upcoming Stars in the Classics; Playtime for a consortium of collegiate horn professors across the United States; and an upcoming new work for NO EXIT New Music Ensemble. Neiner’s work has been praised by Cleveland Classical for "incorporating the zazzy colors of the current new music dialect," and "pleasant shocks and melting cadences." 
        The music of Chris Neiner has appeared on programs by the Grammy award-winning Cleveland Chamber Symphony, Duluth Superior Symphony Orchestra, Minnesota Sinfonia, American Modern Ensemble, Boston New Music Initiative, Cochran Chamber Commissioning Project, Copper Street Brass Quintet, Red Hedgehog Trio, loadbang, Minnesota Symphonic Winds, Greater Twin Cities Youth Symphonies, Rocky Ridge Music Center, Sewanee Summer Music Festival, faculty of the MacPhail Center for Music, and more.
        Beyond his collaborative work as a composer, Neiner is a producer and coordinator for several music events. In 2019, he served as the associate director, composer-in-residence, and conductor for Music in the Circle, a summer concert series facilitating collaboration between international artists and students, faculty, and alumni of the Cleveland Institute of Music. Other projects include New Music for Horn, a multidisciplinary project that facilitated music making between hornists, composers, conductors, and recording artists studying at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music.
        Neiner has also gained a reputation as a highly sought-out arranger and music editor, working with organizations such as Reimagining Opera for Kids, Vietnamese American Society for Creative Arts and Music (VASCAM), The Brickhouse Network, and internationally recognized composer and trumpeter Anthony Plog.
        Neiner completed a master's degree at the Cleveland Institute of Music, studying with Keith Fitch. Previously, he studied composition and horn performance at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music with composers Claude Baker, Aaron Travers, P. Q. Phan, Don Freund, and hornist Richard Seraphinoff. He is an alumnus of the Mostly Modern Festival, Impulse New Music Festival, New Music on the Point Festival, RED NOTE New Music Festival, and the Oregon Bach Festival Composers Symposium.

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Sample Resumes
Composition Resume
Neiner, Composer Resume (July 2022).pdf
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Music Administration Resume
Neiner, Music Administration Resume (July 2022).pdf
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Music Editing Resume
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List of Works and Performances 
Neiner, List of Works and Performances (July 2022).pdf
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  • About
  • Music
    • Chamber >
      • Aurora Fanfare & Dance
      • Brevity is the Soul of Wit
      • Burlesquing Movement
      • Elegy
      • Groove Passing
      • Infinite Spinning
      • Liquidus
      • Music with Oliver
      • Playtime
      • Quadraphonics
      • Ripple Cycles
      • Serenade for the Ghosts
      • Suite
      • To Rose
      • Toy Chest
    • Solo >
      • Mes Amis
      • Mikroczellos
      • Petite Suite
      • Rhapsodie
      • Shades of Green
      • Spiral Suite
    • Orchestral >
      • Jest
      • Many Universes
    • Solo and Ensemble >
      • Loneliness and Imaginations
      • Morceau pour Sill
    • Band/Wind Ensemble >
      • Rocky River Counterpoint
      • The Hinz Waltz
      • The Hinz Waltz 2
    • Vocal/Choral >
      • All You Need
      • Lacquer Prints
      • To See a World
      • Untitled Meditation
    • Electronic >
      • Artificial Rainstorm
      • Gasp Grids
      • Requiem
  • Blog
  • Performances
  • Engraving
  • Contact