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Patrick Soluri is a multi-talented composer based in New York City specializing in dramatic music for orchestra, ballet, opera, film & TV. His love of telling stories through music is evident in his large body of work and commissions for the stage, screen and concert hall. He has studied with many illustrious composers and musicians, receiving numerous honors & recognitions.

Highlights include commissions for three orchestral ballet scores, opera, chamber music, film scores, and orchestral concert works. In addition, he has written and produced hundreds of tracks of evocative music for film & TV in multiple genres ranging from orchestral, jazz and industrial to rock and world music. In addition to composing, his abilities have enabled him to work fluidly as an orchestrator and music producer in numerous styles of music.

His works have been performed, recorded and showcased by the New York City Opera, Manhattan Chamber Orchestra, Astoria Symphony, American Lyric Theater, Remarkable Theater Brigade and Manhattan Virtuosi, among others. Since 1997 Dances Patrelle has premiered four ballets with scores by Mr. Soluri, three of which they’ve commissioned, featuring world renowned dancers from American Ballet Theater and New York City Ballet.

Recent accomplishments: Commissioned by Dances Patrelle for orchestral ballet score "Murder at the Masque: From the Casebook of Edgar Allen Poe" premiered April 16-19, 2009 in NYC; Commissioned for String Trio #2 for private event; Commissioned by American Lyric Theater for a one act opera based on Edgar Allen Poe’s work to premiere in 2009/2010; Resident Artist (2007/2008) in the American Lyric Theater’s Composer Librettist Development Program mentored by Mark Adamo with a final performance at Symphony Space; numerous operatic performances by the Remarkable Theater Brigade in 2008 including semi-staged production of the 10 minutes opera "Figaro’s Last Hangover": World Premiere of Mr. Soluri’s third orchestral ballet score, “What Do We Do About Mother?” commissioned by Dances Patrelle with a cast featuring Jenifer Ringer & Stephen Hanna (principals, New York City Ballet); produced the 2007 CD release “Pas de Deux – Two Ballets by Patrick Soluri” which was recorded by the Manhattan Chamber Orchestra with conductor Richard Auldon Clark and is available on iTunes Worldwide; 2007 world premiere of “Pas de Trois” by the Astoria Symphony; 2006 & 2007 Who's Who in America as a distinguished composer; ballet score “Madame X” commissioned by Dances Patrelle in 1998, premiered in 1999, and revived in 2004 with a cast featuring Sandra Brown and Marcelo Gomes (American Ballet Theater); 2004 & 2005 ASCAP Plus Awards; performance by New York City Opera of the “Inferno of Dante: Canto V” in the VOX 2003: Showcasing American Composers; ASCAP Film Scoring Workshop 2000; certificate of merit from the 1997 National Young Composers Competition for his first ballet score, “Ngoni”; and Composer in Residence with the Manhattan Virtuosi chamber orchestra 1998-2000.

Mr. Soluri orchestrated several episodes for the third season of the acclaimed children’s TV show “The Wonderpets” which won a 2008 Emmy for best music. He has also scored several independent films (both feature length and shorts) and composed/produced 200+ tracks on a soon-to-be-released major film/TV library. In addition to composing, he returned to playing the drums after a 10 year hiatus, and has performed around NYC with an alternative indie rock band in venues such as CBGB’s, Sine’ and Galapagos Art Space. The group is currently recording their first album.

Mr. Soluri’s mentors and teachers have included Aaron Jay Kernis, Tobias Picker, Nils Vigeland, Allen Shawn, Peter Golub, Marc Satterwhite, Marc Adamo, Giampaulo Braccali, Gary Wedow, Bill Dixon, Milford Graves, and Gordon Ostrowski. Mr. Soluri began undergraduate studies at Bennington College, received a BM in Composition from the Manhattan School of Music (as a scholarship student) followed by a MM in Composition and Theory from the University of Louisville as a recipient of the Moritz von Bomhard Fellowship focusing in opera and dramatic vocal composition.

More information and music samples are available at www.patricksoluri.com.