November 2025: Composer of the Month

Jasmine Arielle Barnes 

Jasmine Arielle Barnes is an Emmy award winning composer and acclaimed vocalist who has performed and had her music performed worldwide. Her music has been described as “precisely imagined” by the Washington Post, “refreshing..,engaging…,exciting” by San Francisco Classical Voice, "memorable" by Houston Press, and “the best possible blend of Billie Holiday and Claude Debussy” by Boston Globe. She is a multifaceted composer who embraces any writing style of music using a variety of instruments and specializes in writing for the voice. A full-time composer, Barnes is managed by UIA talent for her work as a composer and is a resident artist for Opera Theater of Saint Louis' New Works Collective. She has held residencies  with American Lyric Theater's Composer Librettist Development Program 2021-23 season, as a composer fellow at Chautauqua Opera 2021 season, and a residency with All Classical Portland 2021. Barnes has been privileged to be commissioned by numerous organizations such as NY Philharmonic and Juilliard Pre College, The Washington National Opera (in celebration of the Kennedy Center's 50th anniversary), Chicago Symphony Orchestra,  Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Aspen Music Festival and School, Baltimore Choral Arts, Aural Compass Projects, Resonance Ensemble, Tapestry Choir, CityMusic Cleveland, LyricFest Philadelphia, Burleigh Music Festival, Symphony Number One, Baltimore Musicales, Anima Mundi Productions, amongst others.

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Listen to 'Peace' performed by Lawrence Brownlee