Matt Marks was a composer of darkly comic opera-theater works and instrumental/electronic music that experimented with narrative and pop idioms. A founding member of Alarm Will Sound, he also performed as a French hornist, vocalist, and keyboardist with such acclaimed new music ensembles as the International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE), ACME, and the Wordless Orchestra. He recorded for Universal Music, Warp Records, Nonesuch, Cantaloupe Music, New Amsterdam, among many independent labels. Matt appeared as a soloist with the LA Philharmonic and live on This American Life at BAM. As a composer and arranger, Matt’s work has been called “staggeringly creative” by The New York Times, “obsessively detailed” by New York Magazine, and The LA Times wrote that there was “no fighting this music.” His work has been presented at Carnegie Hall, Walt Disney Concert Hall, Lincoln Center, The Barbican Center, The Bang on a Can Marathon, 21st Century Liederabend, and live on WNYC radio. He was commissioned by the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Brooklyn Philharmonic, Alarm Will Sound, HERE Arts Center, the Bushwick Starr, Hotel Elefant, and JFund.