Joe Jordan
A native of New York City, Joseph Jordan is both an oboist dedicated to the instrument’s prominence and longevity for future eras of music and a composer keenly interested in close encounters with the unique capabilities and phenomena of acoustic instruments. In 2023, he earned a master’s degree in oboe performance from The Juilliard School, where he studied with Elaine Douvas and received additional instruction from Linda Strommen, Nathan Hughes, and Scott Hostetler. Joe was praised for his “substantial musicality” (New York Classical Review) following a performance of Varèse’s Octandre with Joel Sachs and the New Juilliard Ensemble as part of the 2022 Focus Festival.
Before his graduate studies, Joe studied oboe at Juilliard as part of the Columbia-Juilliard Exchange. He received his bachelor’s degree from Columbia University, where he majored in philosophy and was privileged to study composition with Georg Friedrich Haas, George Lewis, Eric Wubbels, Zosha Di Castri, and others. During his studies, his work received premiere performances by the International Contemporary Ensemble, the Wet Ink Ensemble, loadbang, and counter)induction. The Columbia Department of Music awarded him the Douglas Moore Prize for outstanding work as an undergraduate composer following his junior year. As part of his fellowship with Ensemble Connect, Joe teaches at Edward R. Murrow High School in Brooklyn.
