COREY STARK

World Premiere of Stark’s orchestration of Lena McLin’s “The Christmas Canata,” to be performed as part of the Dorothy Cotton Jubilee Singers end of semester concert, accompanied by a professional orchestra.

Hear the best of my 4 years of composition studies in my senior recital featuring all original works.

A full concert of premieres of new works by the Ithaca College Composition Studio. This performance featured unique works by 10 different composers, including neo-romanticism to modern jazz to contemporary timbral music. Corey Stark’s piece was “Sakura Sakura,” a spin on a traditional Japanese folk song arranged for a jazz combo.

World Premiere of the overture to the Mantis Symphony by Corey Stark. This premiere was followed by another world premiere of Jorge Grossman’s Guitar Concerto and a wonderful expression of Symphony No. 3 ‘Eroica’ by Beethoven.
Ithaca College Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Ho-Yin Kwok.

Loosely based on Anton Chekov’s The Seagull, Stupid F##ing Bird explores the timeless struggles between generations, art, love, and growing up.
This production included original music by Corey Stark.

Oskar, a bullied and lonely teenager, befriends a mysterious new neighbor Eli, a teenager stuck in time, amidst a series of sinister killings in their neighborhood. Based on the award-winning Swedish bestseller, Let the Right One In is a chilling, coming-of-age vampire myth that “will wring your heart while scaring the mortal stuffing out of you” (The New York Times).
This production included original music by Corey Stark.