About Theo

Theo Trevisan (b. 1999) is a Los Angeles-based composer, bass-baritone, and conductor from New Jersey. His music balances intensity and whimsy as it puts idiosyncratic spins on unlikely combinations of old and new influences.

Theo’s music has been performed by many collaborators, including the International Contemporary Ensemble, TAK Ensemble, Mivos Quartet, Talujon, Friction Quartet, Antioch Chamber Ensemble, HEX Vocal Ensemble, DJ Sparr, David Friend, and Soo Yeon Lyuh. He has sung with the choir of St. James in-the-City LA, Tonality, Choral Arts Initiative, and Gallicantus, among others. Additionally, he is an original member of the vocal octet Exilio, which is dedicated to programming new music and composers from underrepresented groups. His music was recently programmed at Hear Now Festival in Los Angeles and Penn State’s New Music Symposium.

As a child, Theo sang at the American Boychoir School, performing in 30 states and South Korea with world-class conductors and ensembles. Theo holds a B.A. from Princeton and an M.M. in Composition from USC. His composition mentors include Ted Hearne, Andrew Norman, Donald Crockett, Jeff Snyder, Dan Trueman, Donnacha Dennehy, and Dmitri Tymozcko. He has studied voice with Reid Bruton and Jacqueline Horner-Kwiatek; and conducting with Gabriel Crouch and Tram Sparks.

Since 2019, Theo has spent summers teaching composition and conducting choir at the Walden School’s Young Musicians Program. He has been teaching musicianship for National Children’s Chorus and LA Children’s Chorus since 2024.

Other interests include reading obscure history, playing strategy games, telling bad puns, skiing, and vegetarian cooking.