Nomi Epstein

The music of composer Nomi Epstein centers around her interest in sonic fragility, where structure arises out of textural subtleties. Her works have been performed throughout the U.S. and Europe by ensembles such as SurPlus, ICE, Wet Ink, Mivos Quartet, Wild Rumpus, Dedalus, Southland, and counter)induction. In 2020, she released her first solo composer album, Nomi Epstein: sounds (New Focus Recordings), which featured Reinier van Houdt and Collect/Project; and her piece "Collections for Juliet" was included on Juliet Fraser's release Spilled Out from Tangles (HCR). An active practitioner and advocate of experimental music, she is the founder/director of the critically acclaimed experimental music ensemble a•pe•ri•od•ic, in which she also performs. Her curatorial work includes large-scale festivals such as A John Cage Festival (2012), the Chicago Wandelweiser Festival (2014), and the Galina Ustvolskaya Festival (2017), as well as experimental music concerts in the U.S. and abroad involving composers from across the globe. She continues to research, write, and lecture on post-Cagean notated, experimental music. Epstein has served on the faculties of Northwestern University, Roosevelt University, the University of Illinois Chicago, DePaul University, and the University of Iowa.