James Romig

JAMES ROMIG (b. 1971) www.jamesromig.com

A dedicated educator, James Romig is a member of the faculty at Western Illinois University, and is a frequent guest lecturer at other music schools, including Northwestern University, Interlochen, the University of Illinois, and The Juilliard School of Music. He conducts and records with the Luna Nova New-music Ensemble, and is co-director of The Society for Chromatic Art, based in New York City. Professor Romig holds a Ph.D. in music theory and composition from Rutgers University, and undergraduate and masters degrees from the University of Iowa, and his teachers included Charles Wuorinen and Milton Babbitt. Romig says his music “celebrates dramatic balance, exuberant instrumental virtuosity, and rigorous formal integrity.”

--Intermezzo Weekend Concerts, Saturday, June 24, 2006 (UNF Percussion Quintet)