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Jordan Isaiah Whitney Dykstra
Origin
Sioux City, Iowa
Genres
experimental, microtonal, ambient, drone, film music
Occupation(s)
composer, performer, film composer
Instrument(s)
viola
Labels
Important Records, elsewhere, New World Records, Milan Records, Marriage Records, Editions Verde, Shatter Your Leaves, Modern Documents
Website
jordandykstra.com
Musical artist
Jordan Dykstra is an American film music and chamber music composer and violist from Sioux City, Iowa.[1]
Academically, Dykstra studied composition at CalArts with Michael Pisaro, Wolfgang von Schweinitz, and Ulrich Krieger; privately with Daníel Bjarnason,[2] Chiyoko Szlavnics, and at Wesleyan University with Alvin Lucier.[3] Dykstra contributed to the score of the 2017 psychological thriller/horror film It Comes At Night (dir. Trey Edward Shults), which received the NYT Critic's Pick from A.O. Scott, film critic at the New York Times.[4] He has also worked as a composer on film music for Gus Van Sant's 2011 film Restless,[5] Penny Lane's 2019 documentary Hail Satan?,[6] and the 2019 narrative film Blow the Man Down[7] which was directed by Bridget Savage Cole and Danielle Krudy. His composition work with Frontline documentaries includes Mstyslav Chernov's 20 Days in Mariupol (which won the Audience Award for Best World Cinema Documentary[8] at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival and won the 2024 Academy Award for Best Documentary[9]) and Plot to Overturn The Election, while his work as a music consultant includes the 2023 Peabody Award Winning[10]Michael Flynn's Holy War, American Insurrection,[11] and the Documenting Hate[12] series. Dykstra was a session violist and string director for Dirty Projectors' 2009 album Bitte Orca and has performed at venues worldwide including MOCA, Los Angeles, CA,[13] the RISD Museum in Providence, RI,[14] the Portland Art Museum in Portland, OR,[15] Harpa Concert Hall in Reykjavik, Iceland,[16] and at the Syros Institute in Ano Syros, Greece.[17]
While in Val Verde, CA in 2015, Jordan Dykstra founded Editions Verde, which publishes art and musical objects.[18]
^"Stream Jordan Dykstra's Audition - New Music - Impose Magazine". Imposemagazine.com. Retrieved January 4, 2015.
^"Bethany violist heads to Iceland to study with composer Daniel Bjarnason". OregonLive.com. February 22, 2014. Retrieved January 4, 2015.
^"Thomas Buckner sings Robert Ashley and Alvin Lucier - Center for the Arts - Wesleyan University". www.wesleyan.edu. Retrieved August 28, 2019.
^Scott, A. O. (June 8, 2017). "Review: Mom, Dad, the Kid and the Dog. What Could Be Scarier?". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved June 10, 2017.
^"RESTLESS". Library of Congress. Retrieved August 28, 2019.
^"Magnolia Pictures: Hail Satan?". www.magpictures.com. Retrieved August 28, 2019.
^"Blow the Man Down | 2019 Tribeca Film Festival". Tribeca. Archived from the original on May 7, 2019. Retrieved August 28, 2019.
^"Program Guide | Sundance Film Festival". festival.sundance.org. Retrieved July 14, 2023.
^"Oscar nomination for '20 Days in Mariupol,' AP's first, comes as bombs fall on filmmaker's hometown". AP News. January 23, 2024. Retrieved February 4, 2024.
^"FRONTLINE: Michael Flynn's Holy War". The Peabody Awards. Retrieved July 14, 2023.
^"American Insurrection". FRONTLINE. Retrieved July 14, 2023.
^"Documenting Hate: Charlottesville". FRONTLINE. Retrieved July 14, 2023.
^"MOCA show's gentle jab at departed artist-trustee John Baldessari". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on September 15, 2012. Retrieved March 17, 2018.
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