Cary Boyce

Cary Boyce (born October 1955) is artistic co-director and composer-in-residence of Aquavá New Music Studio — a musical production company and ensemble he developed with conductor Carmen-Helena Téllez and producer/flutist Alain Barker— which specializes in producing projects involving contemporary music. Boyce's music has been heard around the world on nationally syndicated public radio and television, in concerts and festivals, and in two films by Prix-de-Rome-winning director Evelyne Clavaud—Aria ou les rumeurs de la Villa Medicís and her artistic documentary, André Pieyre de Mandiargues: L'amateur d'imprudence about the French Surrealist author. Boyce’s credits include the cycle for chorus and string quartet, A Garden of Roses, about which the newspaper The Spokesman Review stated, “The work is important because it is good in every way music can be good and it can provide pleasure to audiences of every age, cultural background, and level of sophistication ...”  He also provided original music and the soundtrack for the PBS documentaries Harp Dreams (Emmy Award, 2011) and  American Horizons: The Photography of Art Sinsabaugh, part of this exhibit at the Art Institute of Chicago. Boyce’s oratorio, Dreams within a Dream, the subject of a public radio special released in 2004, was awarded a 2006 ASCAP-Rudolf Nissim "Special Distinction" Prize.  Boyce’s music has been featured on the Dale Warland Singers’ Cathedral Classics radio special.  His music performed by his Aquavá ensemble has been featured on such syndicated programs as Harmonia, Center Stage from Wolftrap, and in Europe on Deutsche Welle. His cantata, Ave Maris Stella, was premiered by Aguavá New Music Studio at the International Cervantino Festival in Mexico, and subsequently broadcast throughout Latin America. His Hodie Christus natus est premiered at Washington National Cathedral's 50th anniversary holiday concert.