Musician/Composer/Arranger/Content Creator
Founder of RDMusicStudios (Est. June 1, 2022)
“Express Yourself Through Music and Style!”

I make music that tells stories, ranging from cinematic scores to modern arrangements, and I’m always exploring new sounds, fresh ideas, and meaningful ways to connect through music.

I’m available for commissions, collaborations, and creative projects! If you’re interested in playing some of my pieces, let me know! If you have any questions, comments, or concerns, contact me via email!

Contact: contact.rdmusicstudios@gmail.com

Joel Thompson (b.1988) is an Atlanta-based composer, conductor, pianist, and educator, best known for the choral work, Seven Last Words of the Unarmed, which was premiered November 2015 by the University of Michigan Men’s Glee Club and Dr. Eugene Rogers and won the 2018 American Prize for Choral Composition. His pieces have been performed by the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Tallahassee Symphony Orchestra, Atlanta Master Chorale, Los Angeles Master Chorale, EXIGENCE, and the San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus. Currently a student at the Yale School of Music, Thompson was also a 2017 post-graduate fellow in Arizona State University’s Ensemble Lab/Projecting All Voices Initiative and a composition fellow at the 2017 Aspen Music Festival and School, where he studied with composers Stephen Hartke and Christopher Theofanidis and won the 2017 Hermitage Prize. Thompson taught at Holy Innocents’ Episcopal School in Atlanta 2015-2017, and also served as Director of Choral Studies and Assistant Professor of Music at Andrew College 2013-2015. Thompson is a proud Emory alum, graduating with a B.A. in Music in 2010, and an M.M. in Choral Conducting in 2013.

Ezekiel Q. Webber (b.1994) is a musician based in Flagstaff, Arizona with over a decade of experience as a conductor, clinician, and band director in South Carolina Public Schools. As a freelance composer and arranger, his works have been performed by ensembles at Western Carolina University, the University of Georgia, and Northern Arizona University.

Webber has studied with esteemed teachers such as Jason Fettig, Craig Kirchhoff, Mark Scatterday, Jerry Junkin, Michael Haithcock, Kevin Geraldi, Dennis Llinás, Courtney Snyder Ng, Richard Floyd, Damon Talley, and Kevin Sedatole. He holds a Bachelor of Music from the University of South Carolina (Columbia, SC) and a Master of Music in Instrumental Conducting from Northern Arizona University where he studied with Dr. Stephen J. Meyer. Webber is a member of the  National Association for Music Education (NafME), Kappa Kappa Psi, and co-founder of "in∙spire" : A Chamber Music Collective.

Nació en Torreón Coahuila, México en 1962 . Realizó la Licenciatura en Composición en la Escuela Nacional de Música de la UNAM, como becaria del Taller de Composición del Dr. Federico Ibarra y en 1986 fue miembro del Taller Nacional de Composición del CENIDIM dirigido por los compositores Daniel Catán, Julio Estrada, Federico Ibarra y Mario Lavista. Realizó un Posgrado en Composición en el Guildhall School of Music and Drama en Londres, bajo la dirección de Robert Saxton. Posteriormente obtuvo la Maestría en Composición en la University of York  Inglaterra, con especialidad en Música Electroacústica. En 2006 obtiene el Doctorado en Composición en la University of British Columbia en Vancouver Canadá.   Sus obras abarcan todos los géneros así como música original para teatro, cine y danza y han sido interpretadas por destacados músicos como el violista Omar Hernández Hidalgo, el flautista Horacio Franco, el guitarrista Pablo Gómez, la cantante Encarnación Vázquez, el trombonista Gustavo Rosales, la oboista Carmen Thierry, el cellista Edgardo Espinosa,  la acordeonista Eva Zöllner, el coro de la UDLA , Gregg Smith Singers, el Ensamble Onix, Tambuco, Ensamble 3, la Orquesta Sinfónica Carlos Chávez , la Orquesta Filarmónica de la Ciudad de México, la Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional, la Orquesta Sinfónica del IPN, OFUNAM, La Orquesta de la Radio de Macedonia, entre otros y se han interpretado en México, USA, Canadá, Londres, Austria, Eslovenia, Dinamarca , Francia , España, Alemania, San Petersburgo y Brasil. Siendo objeto de  numerosas distinciones, como la Medalla Mozart 1996, la nominación al trofeo Ariel que otorga la Academia Mexicana de Ciencias y Artes Cinematográficas , la Beca Jóvenes Creadores que otorga el Fondo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes, la representación de México en la Tribuna Internacional de Compositores de la UNESCO y el Primer Concurso Universitario de Composición entre otros. Maria Granillo realiza por otra parte una intensa labor docente como profesora titular de composición en la Escuela Nacional de Música de la UNAM desde 1993.

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