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Jake Runestad

Jake Runestad

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  • First Name Jake
  • Last Name Runestad
  • Gender Male

Location

  • Country United States
  • State Minnesota
  • City Minneapolis

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  • Musical Activities Conductor, Composer

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  • Website jakerunestad.com
  • About Me Award-winning composer Jake Runestad (b. 1986) is noted for his versatility and wide range of expressive capabilities with music driven by soaring melodies, driving rhythms, and lush textures. Considered “highly imaginative…with big ideas” (Baltimore Sun) and “stirring and uplifting” (Miami Herald), Jake has received commissions and performances from leading ensembles such as Seraphic Fire, the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra, VocalEssence, the Master Chorale of Tampa Bay, the Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra, the Cincinnati Vocal Arts Ensemble, Cantus (Minnesota), and the Rockford Symphony Orchestra.

    Jake Runestad holds a Master’s degree in composition from the Peabody Conservatory of the Johns Hopkins University where he studied with Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Kevin Puts. He has also studied extensively with acclaimed composer Libby Larsen. Mr. Runestad currently lives in Minneapolis, MN and his music is published by Boosey & Hawkes and JR Music. Find out more at jakerunestad.com
  • 4:55 Spirited Light - Jake Runestad
    Spirited Light - Jake Runestad
    Tags: A cappella, Classical, Contemporary
    1248 views
  • 0:11:23 Come to the Woods - Jake Runestad
    Come to the Woods - Jake Runestad
    Tags: Classical, Contemporary
    1173 views
  • 5:44 Let My Love Be Heard - Jake Runestad
    Let My Love Be Heard - Jake Runestad
    Tags: A cappella, Classical, Contemporary
    1782 views
  • 0:07:22 Climb - Jake Runestad
    Climb - Jake Runestad
    Tags: Classical, Contemporary
    1285 views
  • 0:08:22 Ave Verum - Jake Runestad
    Ave Verum - Jake Runestad
    Tags: Classical
    1407 views
  • 0:16:26 The Hope of Loving - Jake Runestad
    The Hope of Loving - Jake Runestad
    Tags: A cappella, Classical, Sacred, Contemporary, secular,
    1895 views
  • 5:13 Spirited Light by Jake Runestad
    Spirited Light by Jake Runestad
    Tags: A cappella, Classical, Sacred, Contemporary
    1646 views
  • 5:30 Sing, Wearing the Sky
    Sing, Wearing the Sky
    Tags: Pop/Rock, Classical, Folk/Ethnic, Contemporary, World
    2028 views
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  • Jake Runestad
    Jake Runestad posted a new video:
    7:19Reflections - Jake Runestad
    Reflections - Jake Runestad
    "Reflections" by Jake Runestad. Text adapted from writings by Henry David Thoreau. Santa Fe Desert Chorale. Joshua Habermann, conductor. Debra Ayers, piano. Live performance - July 19, 2016.
    June 8, 2017
  • Jake Runestad
    Jake Runestad posted a new video:
    4:55Spirited Light - Jake Runestad
    Spirited Light - Jake Runestad
    The "Choir of the World," Bob Cole Conservatory Chamber Choir, performs "Spirited Light" by Jake Runestad during the finals of the competition.
    June 8, 2017
  • Jake Runestad
    Jake Runestad posted a new video:
    11:23Come to the Woods - Jake Runestad
    Come to the Woods - Jake Runestad
    "Come to the Woods" by Jake Runestad. Performed by the Georgia State University Singers -- Deanna Joseph, conductor. Commissioned by Conspirare -- Craig Hella Johnson, conductor.
    June 8, 2017
  • Jake Runestad
    Jake Runestad posted a new video:
    5:44Let My Love Be Heard - Jake Runestad
    Let My Love Be Heard - Jake Runestad
    "Let My Love Be Heard" by Jake Runestad. Performed by the Bob Cole Conservatory Chamber Choir. Dr. Jonathan Talberg, conductor. Presented in memory of Nohemi Gonzalez. Full story: http://bit.ly/29o0M2p
    June 8, 2017
  • Jake Runestad
    Jake Runestad posted a new video:
    7:22Climb - Jake Runestad
    Climb - Jake Runestad
    "Climb" by Jake Runestad. Poem by Todd Boss. Performed live by the Larimer Chorale and Orchestra. Michael Krueger, artistic director. Jake Runestad, guest conductor.
    June 8, 2017
  • Jake Runestad
    Jake Runestad posted a new video:
    8:22Ave Verum - Jake Runestad
    Ave Verum - Jake Runestad
    "Ave Verum" by Jake Runestad. Original text by Todd Boss. Performed live by The Choral Arts Society of Washington D.C. at the Kennedy Center. Scott Tucker, conductor.
    June 8, 2017
  • Jake Runestad
    Jake Runestad posted a new video:
    16:26The Hope of Loving - Jake Runestad
    The Hope of Loving - Jake Runestad
    "The Hope of Loving" by Jake Runestad. SATB choir, soloists, & string quartet. Performed by Seraphic Fire and The Sebastians -- Patrick Dupré Quigley, conductor. October 16, 2015. Soloists: Patrick Muehleise, tenor Sarah Moyer, soprano James...
    December 18, 2015
  • Jake Runestad
    Jake Runestad posted a new video:
    5:13Spirited Light by Jake Runestad
    Spirited Light by Jake Runestad
    "Spirited Light" by Jake Runestad. Text by Hildegard von Bingen translated into English.
    February 5, 2015
  • Jake Runestad
    Jake Runestad posted a new video:
    5:30Sing, Wearing the Sky
    Sing, Wearing the Sky
    "Sing, Wearing the Sky" by Jake Runestad. 2014-15 MN All-State Women's Choir. Mary Kay Geston, conductor. Lalla, a 14th century Sufi-mystic poet from the Kashmir region of India, believed strongly in the development of the self while reaching enlighten...
    August 10, 2014
  • Jake Runestad
    Jake Runestad posted a new video:
    8:53We Can Mend the Sky by Jake Runestad (MCTB)
    We Can Mend the Sky by Jake Runestad (MCTB)
    "We Can Mend the Sky" by Jake Runestad. Find out more and purchase scores: http://jakerunestad.com/store/we-can-mend-the-sky World premiere performance by the Master Chorale of Tampa Bay. Dr. James Bass, conductor. Corinne Bach, soprano. Poetry by Ward...
    June 8, 2014
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