NEWS
BBC Proms Debut
Jake Runestad's music will have its BBC Proms Debut this week with a performance of "Let My Love Be Heard" by superstar choral ensemble Voces8. The BBC Proms, one of the largest and most renowned festivals of classical music in the world, reaches millions of listeners...
“Earth Symphony” Wins EMMY® Award!
“Earth Symphony,” the monumental new work for chorus and orchestra composed by Jake Runestad, with a libretto by Todd Boss, has earned a 2022 EMMY® award in the category musical composition. “Earth Symphony,” a 35-minute work for chorus and orchestra, is a 5-part...
New Music for 2022-2023
Many new works are now available for the 2022-2023 concert season: 𝗔 𝗦𝗜𝗟𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗘 𝗛𝗔𝗨𝗡𝗧𝗦 𝗠𝗘 (*𝙉𝙚𝙬 𝙤𝙧𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣* - 11:00 - choir & orchestra) 𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗛 𝗦𝗬𝗠𝗣𝗛𝗢𝗡𝗬 (35:00 - choir & orchestra) 𝗘𝗟 𝗨́𝗟𝗧𝗜𝗠𝗢 𝗛𝗜𝗟𝗢 (19:00 - choir, string quartet, & marimba) 𝗙𝗜𝗥𝗘𝗙𝗟𝗜𝗘𝗦 (5:30 - SATB choir)...
EARTH SYMPHONY Complete!
"Earth Symphony," my first choral symphony and 9th collaboration with poet Todd Boss, is complete! The world premiere will be February 25, 2022 with True Concord Voices and Orchestra. "Earth Symphony," the ground-breaking choral symphony from GRAMMY-nominated composer...
American Record Guide praises “Sing, Wearing the Sky”
The American Record Guide praised Kantorei's recording, "Sing, Wearing the Sky," -- a collection of music by Jake Runestad. RUNESTAD: Choral Pieces Secret of the Sea; Alleluia; Let My Love Be Heard; Sing, Wearing the Sky; Live the Questions; We Can Mend the...
Jake Runestad interview on Composition Podcast
Jake Runestad was interviewed on composer Josh Rist's podcast "Composition." Listen to their conversation about art, life, the composition process, the business of music, and other surprises! Listen here. Josh Rist · Composition: Episode 1 - Jake Runestad -...
New Classical Tracks Feature
Classical MN Pubic Radio featured Kantorei's new album, "Sing, Wearing the Sky," on their radio program New Classical Tracks. Check out this interview with MPR's Julie Amacher [button link="http://bit.ly/new-classical-tracks-swts" color="silver"...
Kantorei Album Now Available!
The second full album of Jake Runestad's award-winning choral music has been released! "Sing, Wearing the Sky," recorded by Denver-based ensemble Kantorei, is a collection of some of Jake's most popular works. Renowned record label Naxos writes: "The prolific young...
GRAMMY Nomination for “The Hope of Loving”
The Recording Academy just accounted the nominees for this year’s GRAMMY® awards: included in the honorees for “Best Choral Performance” is GRAMMY®-winning professional choir Conspirare for their album “The Hope of Loving” — the first full-album dedicated to the music...
American Record Guide lauds “The Hope of Loving”
RUNESTAD: Choral Pieces Conspirare/ Craig Hella Johnson Eriks Esenvalds, Ola Gjeilo, and Eric Whitacre might have to slide down the bench a little to make room for a newcomer. He is Jake Runestad, a Peabody-trained American composer who was born in 1986 and is...
Gramophone praises “The Hope of Loving”
Gramophone Magazine October 2019 - Awards Issue RUNESTAD: The Hope of Loving ‘To be calm, to be serene!’ writes Henry David Thoreau at the end of his poem ‘Reflections’, the first text set by Jake Runestad in his American Triptych (the other poems are by Wendell Berry...
Conspirare Album Now Available
Conspirare, the American, GRAMMY®-winning choir, has released the first full album of my choral music. Led by conductor Craig Hella Johnson, Conspirare is a powerhouse of depth and artistry. Listen now on your preferred platform: iTunes/Apple Music Spotify Amazon...
Runestad Awarded 2019 ACDA Brock Commission
I'm honored to have been awarded the 2019 Raymond W. Brock Memorial Commission from the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA). Since 1991, ACDA awards the Raymond W. Brock Memorial Commission to "a recognized composer to write a choral composition in an effort...
Grammy-Winning Conspirare Records All-Runestad Album
GRAMMY-winning professional choir, Conspirare will be recording the first full album of my music! Led by conductor Craig Hella Johnson, Conspirare is one of the finest professional choirs in the world. I will be in Austin, Texas in rehearsals with Craig and...
“The Secret of the Sea” Video from Sydney Opera House Premiere
The official video from the world premiere of "The Secret of the Sea" at the Sydney Opera House is now live! Watch the performance here: