Joshua Saulle
Born in New York City, and raised in Yonkers, NY, Joshua Saulle began composing at age 11 after seeing the film Amadeus. He has written music for solo instruments, chamber ensembles, percussion, voice, chorus, band, orchestra, and film. His music has been performed at venues across the US, including Carnegie Hall’s Weil Recital Hall. His choral motet Ubi Caritas took second place in the San Francisco Conservatory’s Sixth Biannual Choral Composition Competition, and his piece Air for Unaccompanied Viola was featured in the April 2009 issue ofJournal of the American Viola Society.
Joshua Saulle studied composition with Gerald Shapiro at Brown University, and with Dan Becker and David Conte at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. Other teachers have included Johannes Somary, Michael Czajkowski and Chester Biscardi.
Not only a composer, Joshua has long been a proponent of contemporary music, as a founding member and president of the Original Music Group at Brown University, and as a former board member of the International Contemporary Ensemble. He also has been active as a choral singer, having sung with the New York City Master Chorale, the San Francisco Conservatory Chorus, and the San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus. He has also conducted the San Francisco Conservatory Orchestra and the Lakeside Baptist Church Choir.
Joshua currently resides in San Francisco, where he teaches piano, continues to compose, and cooks every chance he gets.