Kevin Joest

February 25, 2018

Kate Amrine, Trumpet player and badass extraordinaire, preforms the brand-new work Thoughts & Prayers for trumpet and tape, composed 2018. WAY OUT! Music Series at Wayward Social, Brooklyn!

May 15, 2017

Back-to-back performances this month! 5/24: Groupmuse in Boston by the unparalleled Anna Seda, and 5/25: a world premiere by the fantastic Duo Harpverk in Iceland! Check the calendar soon for info!

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September 05, 2016

I just opened my store on Etsy - Handwritten musical scores. Tell me what song or piece or hymn or carol or...anything, really...and I write it out for you! Check it out with the link below!

August 11, 2016

Hi loves. This recording is  the fantastic Boston Modern Brass performing Seven Shades of Blue at the Equilibrium Concert Series in 2015. Check it out! Also check out the history and score of the piece under the Chamber Music section of the site.

August 06, 2016

I'm opening up a store for all you lovely humans to acquire things from me! The page is up on the site as a teaser - more details to come! Feel free to message me with questions or ideas you'd like to put forth!

July 15, 2016

Just completed a new work for solo piano and optional soloist! It's called "3x3," as it is 3 short pieces, each in a 3-based time. Check it out - score sample link below!

March 21, 2016

Mothertongue Ensemble (Charlie Larson and Emily Cox) performs Look at the Harlequins! at Muhlenberg College in Allentown, PA. Workshop at 1:30 and concert at 8!

March 15, 2016

This is day 1 of my new website! Feel free to explore at your leisure, and feel free to contact me! I'd love to hear from you!

February 25, 2016

Sharan Levanthal and students perform a recital of world premieres, including Icarus Still Flew. 

January 27, 2016

Objective and perceptive review from the Marion Sentinel:

...this piece also disappeared at the end – into whispers of wind. That set up the world premiere of “Dust” by Kevin Joest, the winner of Sine Nomine’s composition contest last fall. Inspired by the Phil Hellenes video “Dust That Sings”, Joest’s work is characterized by rich, polyphonic writing and downward-sliding harmonies, ending with a quiet, chordally set “somnia” (meaning “dreams”). It was beautifully performed...

The performance was Friday, Jan 15, 2016, in New Bedford, MA.

That referenced video is one of my all time favorites. Check it out!