Dear Steven Mackey, Daniel Trueman, Dmitri Tymoczko, Donnacha Dennehy, Barbara White, Juri Seo, Tyondai Braxton, Nathalie Joachim, Jeffrey Snyder, and Andrew Lovett:
Though I have trained as a notation-based, sound-oriented composer for many years…
…my work encompasses other fields, including video, theateric, comedic, and conceptual art.
I think about perceptual boundaries, transparency, referentiality, and communal meaning.
excerpt mvt 2 [1:01-2:42], excerpt mvt 1 [0:27-1:52] | commissioned by Nadar Ensemble | no score available
I now seek to integrate these ideas in inseparable ways, both in medium and message.
commissioned and performed by Orkest de Ereprijs
commissioned and recorded by Khemia Ensemble
Your faculty have the expertise to guide this inquiry, and the environment at Princeton University is ideal to nurture my mixed artistic practices. Thank you for your consideration, and I look forward to answering any questions you may have about my work.
– Niko Schroeder, 31 Dec 2024
Here is a sample of my academic writing,
and two of the moments where I decided Princeton was the best fit for me.
Niko D. Schroeder 