Sam Scranton is a composer/performer working at the intersection of
music, performance art, and installation. He has been described in New Music Box as
“an artist taking wholehearted risks” and in the New York Times as a “killer
drummer”. Sam has worked with ensembles and performers such as International
Contemporary Ensemble, Jack Quartet, Nadar, Mocrep, Weston Olencki, Natacha Diels,
Spektral Quartet, Gyre Ensemble, ZRL, among others. Sam has presented his work
nationally and internationally at festivals, conferences and performance series such
as the 2018 Internationales Musikinstitut Darmstadt, Indexical, Composit, NUNC! 3,
New Music Gathering, the International Conference on Music and Minimalism, Outer Ear
Festival, and Omaha Under the Radar. Sam’s music has been broadcast on BBC Radio 3,
WFMT, and released by Parlour Tapes+. As part of the band volcano!, Sam has
performed onstage in Berlin, Moscow, London, and Paris, with albums released by Leaf
Label (UK). Currently, Sam lives and works in Chicago, pursuing a PhD in composition
at Northwestern University.
