Cullyn D. Murphy (b.1993) is a composer, conductor, vocalist, and educator from Champaign, Illinois. His music has been performed and commissioned by the JACK Quartet, MIVOS Quartet, Longleash, Line Upon Line Percussion, the Thompson Street Opera Company, New Music Gathering, New Music On the Point Festival, Illinois State University’s Symphonic Wind Ensemble, Louisville University Symphony Orchestra, Wm. Riley Leitch, and many others. Murphy’s music has been described as “theatrical,” “riveting and inventive,” and “push[ing] the idea of what music and musical organization is.” (Composer’s Toolbox) His music draws from his experiences in absurdity, theater, education, and current events. Murphy received his B.M.E. in Music Education-Choral and his B.M. in Theory/Composition from Illinois State University, M.M. in Music Composition at the University of Louisville where he was a recipient of the Bomhard Fellowship, and is currently pursuing his doctorate at the University of Pittsburgh where he received the Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences Fellowship. In the fall of 2017, he co-founded AmiEnsemble (an experimental trio/composer collective) for whom he regularly composes, directs, and performs. His private studies include Roy Magnuson, Carl Schimmel, Martha C. Horst, Steve Rouse, Krzysztof Wolek, Eric Moe, and Mathew Rosenblum.
