Drew Sperry - Composer


Events



Upcoming Events



​Music at Butler: JCA Composers' Orchestra Concert - April 3, 2025

Program to include the world premiere of "Nocturnal Bells" (2025)

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Duckwall Artist Series: Polina Nazaykinskaya, Guest Composer -

April 8, 2025

Program to include a performance of "Nocturnal Bells" (2025)

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Jenna Small's Senior Viola Recital - April 13, 2025

Program to include a performance of "Nocturnal Bells" (2025)

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Sound Ecologies: Charissa Garrigus & Brenna Green Present and Evening of Piano Music - July 13, 2025

Program to include select movements from "Antique Amusements" (2024)



2025



JCA Students Present: The Last Days of Louis Capet - Virtual Premiere - March 23, 2025

Live-streamed premiere of "The Last Days of Louis Capet" (recorded Sunday, January 26, 2025).


Sound Ecologies: Charissa Garrigus & Brenna Green Present an Evening of Piano Music - February 25, 2025

Program included the world premiere of "Elegy" (2024)



JCA Students Present: The Last Days of Louis Capet

January 25, 2025 - 7:30pm

January 26, 2025 - 2:30pm​


Presented as part of the JCA Student Collaboration Projects, Drew Sperry's original score was brought to life by Nathan Matthews as Louis Capet, and members of the Butler University School of Music under the baton of Tori Thomas. The talents of Butler Theatre and Butler Ballet were also be featured, with original staging by Samie New and choreography by Astrid Ariana.



2024



​​Annie Donato's Senior Violin Recital - April 27, 2024

Program included a performance of "Soliloquy" (2023)


Composition Recital - April 6, 2024

Program included world premieres of the following works:

- "Soliloquy" (2023)

- "Vignette Suite" (2022)

- "Double Sonata" for Two Cellos (2024) - Partial premiere

- "Comforts From a Place We Call Home" (2022)


Butler University Composers' Orchestra Concert - April 4, 2024

Program included the partial world premiere of "Comforts From a Place We Call Home" (2022)



2023



​Butler University JCA Student Collaboration Projects - April 5, 2023

Program included the world premiere of "But a Breath Amongst the Wind" (2023)


Butler University Composers' Orchestra Concert - March 30, 2023

Program included the world premiere of "As They Might Have Done" (2022)



2022



​Butler University 24-Hour Concert - December 11, 2022

Program included the world premiere of "Various Connotations" (2022)


Butler University Composers' Orchestra Concert - September 29, 2022 Program included a performance of the third movement of "Cello Sonata" (2022)


Butler University Duckwall Artist Series: Schelle, Sasaki, and Friends - New Chamber Music - September 27, 2022

Program included the world premiere of "Feronia Dissolved" (2022)


Butler University Cello Studio Recital - April 21, 2022

Program included the world premiere of the third movement of

"Cello Sonata" (2022)


Butler University Composers' Orchestra Concert - March 31 2022

Program included the world premiere of "Still Out There" (2021)​



2021



Butler University Composers' Orchestra Concert - September 31, 2021

Program included the world premiere of "Disquiet Drizzle" (2021)



Drew Sperry - Composer