Ty Bloomfield

The music of internationally recognized composer Ty Bloomfield (b. 2000) is driven by the enjoyment of experimenting with new sounds and the excitement of collaborating with a wide range of performers and interdisciplinary artists.  His style is characterized by its intimate and patient soundscapes, jazzy undertones, improvisatory melodies, and emotional complexity. His recent works, focused on conveying social dynamics, have been based on topics such as companionship, love, competition, and community.

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A finalist for the ASCAP Morton Gould Award (2023), Bloomfield has received commissions from New Music Chicago, the Cincinnati Song Initiative, the Sing Me a Story Foundation, the Flute Pedagogy Project, the Illinois State University Symphonic Band, oboist Jillian Kouzel, and Lati2de. He has also been a participant in the NATS Composer Mentorship Program (2024-25), Suncoast Composer Fellowship Program (2024), and JACK Quartet Studio (2022-23). His music has been showcased at the Ear Taxi New Music Festival (2025 — upcoming), U.S. Navy Band Saxophone Symposium (2025 — upcoming), Dublin Chamber Music Festival (2024), International Clarinet Association’s New Music Weekend (2022), and RED NOTE Music Festival (2022). He has had the fortune to collaborate with and be performed by artists such as the JACK Quartet, Unheard-Of//Ensemble, clarinetist Berginald Rash, the KIMM Quartet, \newline, the Concert Music Outreach Collective, saxophonist Noah Stoker, and percussionist Xin Yi Chong among many others.

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Born and raised on the south side of Chicago, IL, Bloomfield is a Dorothy Greenwald Fellow at the University of Michigan pursuing a master’s degree in music composition. He holds a bachelor’s degree from Illinois State University. His principal teachers include composers Bright Sheng, Michael Daugherty, Carl Schimmel, and Roger Zare with additional mentorship from Marc Migó, Evan Chambers, Roshanne Etezady, Alex Stephenson, and Martha Horst. When not composing, you can find Ty cooking new recipes, playing strategy and board games, exploring the outdoors, and napping.