Bio

Jadie Reeves (they/she) is a Chicago-based composer and vocalist who recently completed a Bachelor’s degree in Music Composition and Vocal Performance at Western Michigan University. They are currently pursuing a Master of Music in Composition at Roosevelt University, where they serve as the program’s graduate assistant. Through the careful creation, performance, and instruction of new music, they hope to substantively contribute to their communities by realizing projects that highlight vulnerability and underrepresented perspectives in the contemporary classical concert space

During their undergraduate studies at WMU, Reeves composed for and received performances from many ensembles, including the University Chorale ("Shores of Peace" - 2021, "I want to tell you" - 2023), Anima ("glory be to all" - 2022), and Wind Symphony (Reflections - 2024), among others. Their works have been featured in readings with the University Symphony Orchestra and visiting ensembles/performers like Splinter Reeds and Between Feathers. Reeves also received performances by ensembles outside of WMU, including the Indiana University All-Campus Choir and the West Michigan Choral Lab, with whom they were a founding board member and composer/vocalist. Jadie held leadership roles within the Western Student Composers Alliance, serving as both treasurer and vice president. In their composition studies, they worked with Dr. Christopher Biggs, Dr. Lisa Coons, Dr. David Colson, and Dr. Keith Kothman, and studied voice under Dr. Karen Kness. As a vocalist, Reeves performed with University Chorale, Gold Company II, Amphion, various chamber ensembles, and performed in multiple opera productions (most recently as Nemorino in Donizetti’s L’elisir d’amore). Throughout their undergraduate career, they earned numerous accolades, including the Global Ambassador Scholarship, Harper C. Maybee Scholarship, 2023 Large Ensemble Composition Contest (winner), and Presidential Scholar in Music (2024).

Jadie has greatly enjoyed their time at Roosevelt’s Chicago College of Performing Arts, and they are incredibly excited to be a part of Chicago’s new music scene. Current projects include a commission for the Young New Yorkers’ Chorus Treble Ensemble to be premiered on May 10th, 2025 (as a finalist in the Young Composer Competition); a piece for the 2025-2026 MSVMA SSA Honors Choir (7-8-9) to be directed by Dr. Jacob Berglin; and an electro-acoustic song cycle featuring poetry from Elsa Gidlow’s On a Grey Thread (1923), among others. Recent performances include babysbreath & Ghosts That Swirl (arr. for/commissioned by Lovesliescrushing), performed by the Roosevelt University Contemporary Ensemble, and “Home,” by the Kalamazoo College Singers.