Jamie and Emily Erekson’s work ranges from a large-scale musical deconstruction of Shakespeare’s Richard II at Carnegie Hall, to an algorithmically evolving visual and sound installation at the Church History Museum, to a 12′x12′x6′ interactive, kinetic sound sculpture at the base of the Rocky Mountains. Heralded by the The New York State Council on the Arts as “vital work,” their current projects include creating a ballet for Ballet West, an opera for the Barlow Endowment, and an interactive installation to be exhibited on the Manhattan Bridge in 2024. They have recently been awarded commissions and grants from the New York State Council on the Arts, the Albany Symphony Orchestra, Ballet West, The Barlow Endowment for Music Composition, the Utah Division of Arts and Museums, the Salt Lake City Arts Council, and the Center for Latter-day Saint Arts.
Between the two of them, they have performed their contemporary classical compositions at Carnegie Hall and their art-rock at Lincoln Center; their punk-rock band opened for Neon Trees; they had solo classical appearances at The Philadelphia Opera House, The Kimmel Center, and various venues throughout Germany, Austria, France, Italy, and the Czech Republic. They live in Washington Heights with their three children.