Jackson A. Waters

concert & film composer

[New York University @nyuniversity]

2024 @nyusteinhardt grad Jackson A. Waters wrote a symphony, “Remembering Greenwood,” about the Tulsa Race Massacre that started on this day in 1921.

The NYU orchestra premiered the third movement from Waters’ work this spring. Learn more: https://t.co/nleh8KNvL2

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My new single: NoMad, is out on Spotify, Apple Music, and all other streaming platforms. Please take some time to check it out!
https://t.co/dtiYRPgUPk

#music #composer #piano

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When the director asks you to write the music like "'If Beale Street Could Talk'... but not", you gotta pick up your trumpet and hope for the best. @NicholasBritell @BarryJenkins

Last Day of Youth
Directed & written by Isaiah Bryant
Original Score by me @JacksonAWaters1

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A clip from my first reading of the Epilogue of my orchestral symphony: Defending Greenwood. A programmatic work about the Tulsa Race Massacre. Over 2 years working on this and I am so happy to see it performed live! #music #tulsa #nyu #Orchestra #composer

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Yesterday I was honored to play the trumpet for the Brooklyn Symphony Orchestra!
#Halloween #orchestra #trumpet

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@Sideways440 Yo where is your West Side Story video? It's one of my favs! Are you doing a new version because the Spielberg rendition is out now?

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@BarryJenkins @NicholasBritell @A24 Amazing! I need it ASAP 😂

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I started writing this work after the death of my grandmother back in late 2019. The musical ambience heard in the beginning, middle, and end of this work represents the people we miss are not truly gone. Please enjoy!

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Another piece of mine was premiered this month called 'Whispers & Wind' for trumpet & piano. It uses more extended technique to create acoustic ambience that is rarely heard in music.
Performed by Rebecca Zhang & Joey Machina.
Check it out! ⬇️

https://t.co/65MXwo134Y

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I haven't shown too much of my film scoring on this platform, but here is the trailer of a recent action/thriller film I worked on a few months ago called 'Skyline'.

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Listen to my new piano piece, 'City Walking' on Youtube! It was premiered back in February & performed by Rebecca Zhang.⬇️
I wrote this work from 2016 to 2019 and was commission by an LA Dance Co, before its NY premiere.

https://t.co/JFRxuCwtXd

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SO YOU'RE TELLING ME I WON FRONT ROW SEATS TO @freestylelove AND CANT GO BECAUSE I HAVE ORCHESTRATION CLASS?😒😭
I am DEVASTED

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Thank you VoyageLA for the interview! You can check it out on their website, link in my bio.

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Hero (2020) - Music by Jackson A. Waters. Written for film scoring competition.

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I recently found out I suffer from extreme anxiety. I usually try to count in my head to try to calm down. But from what you hear, it never really works.
I was scared that if I talked about it I was weak or people would say I reaching out for attention. So this is hard to post.

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I am excited to be working with MeCo Megill & Company Dance Studio with my new piano piece - "City Walking." Here is a small clip of Mvt. 4 called "Home."

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I invented an algorithm that turns names into musical melodies. I went to Tiktok for some inspiration and viewers would comment their name and I would turn it into a little song. Here are a few of my favorites:

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In 2018, I was the youngest composer-in-residence for the Oregon Bach Festival. Here is a short clip of the composition I wrote for this concert, called "The Cosmic Lullaby."

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Here is a short clip of my first choral piece performed in concert back in 2019. Dust was about the Woolsey that struck Southern California, destroying more than a hundred miles of land. Poem by Madeline Biggs.
#music #Tbt

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@MKouyoumdjian @icareifulisten @arcookmusic Amazing essay. Your old friend Danny Green and I were winners of this composition competition. I just moved to New York for school and he recommended that I talk to you! Just message me back whenever you can!