About Theo

Theo Trevisan (b. 1999) is a Los Angeles-based composer, bass-baritone, and conductor from New Jersey. His compositions’ influences include the Renaissance, algorithms, minimalism, and memes.

As a child, Theo sang at the American Boychoir School, performing in 30 states and South Korea with world-class conductors and ensembles. Theo received a B.A. from Princeton, studying composition, computer science and consort singing. He studied composition with Jeff Snyder, Dan Trueman, Donnacha Dennehy, and Dmitri Tymozcko; voice with Jacqueline Horner-Kwiatek; and conducting with Gabriel Crouch. He is currently pursuing his Masters in Composition at USC, studying with Ted Hearne, Donald Crockett, and Andrew Norman.

Theo’s music has been performed by many collaborators, including the International Contemporary Ensemble, TAK Ensemble, Mivos Quartet, Antioch Chamber Ensemble, Princeton University Glee Club and Chamber Choir, Princeton Laptop Orchestra, DJ Sparr, David Friend, Matthew Gold, and Soo Yeon Lyuh. He has sung with the choir of St. James in the City LA, Tonality, C3LA, Gallicantus, various USC and Princeton choirs, and the Princeton Katzenjammers acapella group. Additionally, he sings in the recently founded octet Exilio, which is dedicated to programming new music and composers from historically underrepresented groups.

Theo contributed to software development of Dan Trueman’s bitKlavier app and Jeff Snyder’s Vocodec instrument. Since 2019, Theo has spent summers working at the Walden School’s Young Musicians Program, teaching composition and conducting choirs. Since 2024, he has been teaching ear training classes for National Children’s Chorus.

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