Jason Cady is a composer of experimental vocal and chamber music. The Wire described his one-act opera, Post-Madonna Prima Donna, as, “thoughtful satire, sharp composition.” WQXR’s Operavore portrayed his two-act opera Happiness is the Problem as keeping “the energy hovering at 11 consistently, fusing the stilettoed [sic] coloratura of Mozart’s ‘Queen of the Night’ with Glass at his most hyper-caffeinated; you’re left gasping at the end for a reprieve, while admiring the psychological underpinnings of Cady’s work.” New Music Box described his recent one-act opera, The Mother, as, “colorful scoring, sassy rhythms, and sweetly angular melodies.”

Cady’s CDs have been released on Lockstep records and Peacock recordings. He has received funding for his projects from the Brooklyn Arts Council, New Music USA, free103point9, and the American Music Center. His music has been performed at Roulette, Issue Project Room, The Stone, (le) Poisson Rouge, Tonic and in many other venues in New York City and throughout the US from Arizona to Alaska. He has lectured on his music at New York University, New School University, and Arizona State University. He has been interviewed by WBEZ, WNYC, WPIR, and East Village Radio. He was featured in NPR’s “The Mix: 100 Composers Under 40.”

Cady co-founded Experiments in Opera (EiO) with composers Matt Welch and Aaron Siegel, which has presented the music of Robert Ashley, John Zorn, Ruby Fulton, Gabrielle Herbst, Mary Kouyoumdjian, Leaha Maria Villarreal, Joe Diebes, Georges Aperghis, et al. EiO will be in residence at Abrons Art Center with several performances for the 2013-2014 season.

Cady has an M.A. in composition from Wesleyan University, where he studied with Alvin Lucier and Anthony Braxton. His undergraduate degree is in Interdisciplinary Arts and Performance from Arizona State University, where he studied composition with Richard Lerman and Harold Budd, in addition to training in visual art. He was born in 1974 in Flint, Michigan and has lived in Brooklyn, New York since 2001.