Jason Grossi is a Canadian Composer, classical guitarist and architect based in his home town of Windsor, Ontario. His works range from pieces for large orchestra to small ensembles with the majority of his works tailored, as a result of commissions, for his local chamber sized symphonic orchestra and works for local musicians. His work employs methods of transcribing architecture into music and vice versa allowing an inner dialog to develop between composing and design. He believes that a direct approach bridging relationships between various methods developed for tonal and post-tonal music and architectural principals establishes solid directions for composition devoid of arbitrary associations. The result is music that is resourceful with expressiveness and complexity, yet accessible to audiences.
Jason began his musical life very young, first studying classical guitar, then clarinet, trumpet, piano, theory, counterpoint and composition. By the age of 17 his works were being requested and performed by his local orchestra. While studying with Paul McIntyre, Jason met Iannis Xenakis and became fascinated with the interdisciplinary relationships required in Architecture. This took him to universities in the United States including a Fellowship at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign studying composition with Heinrich Taube and P.Q. Phan while completing his studies in Architecture.
He is currently an Adjunct Professor in the School of Creative Arts at the University of Windsor and runs an international architectural studio.
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