Jacob Cooper is a composer of contemporary classical music living in Brooklyn, New York in the United States.

After attending Amherst College for his bachelor’s degree in both geology and music, Cooper completed his graduate studies in composition at the Yale School of Music, and later formed the composers’ collective Sleeping Giant with several of his classmates. His works have been performed by The Calder Quartet, JACK Quartet, eighth blackbird, Minnesota Orchestra, Albany Symphony Orchestra, Ensemble ACJW, NOW Ensemble, Dither Quartet, Living Earth Show, Carmina Slovenica, Mellissa Hughes, Timo Andres, Ashley Bathgate, and Vicky Chow.

Works

Cooper’s largest projects include Timberbrit, an opera that imagines Britney Spears’ last concert and reunion with Justin Timberlake, and Silver Threads, a song cycle for voice and electronic track, released by Nonesuch Records in April 2014. These works highlight Cooper’s focus on slow development and the stretching of musical time. Many of Cooper’s compositions involve live processing and electronics, and his interest in the digital realm extends to visual media: his video series Triptych was screened at the 2012 MATA Festival, and his piece Commencer une autre mort was shortlisted for the Guggenheim exhibit YouTube Play: A Biennial of Creative Video (2010).

Jacob Cooper online

Official website and Twitter feed
Nonesuch Records artist bio
WQXR profile