Keith Lay

"Music connects our inner nature with outer nature where our true nature abides.” The New York Times hailed Keith Lay as ‘a composer to watch for’ and Gramophone Magazine described his work as “unapologetically emotional”. He is invested in supporting the next generation of composers as a Department Chair at Full Sail University and a founding member of the National Young Composers Challenge. Lay’s major works include “Earth Caoine (Earth Cry)” for clarinet and orchestra, recorded by Richard Stoltzman in 1996, “Children On The Playground” violin concerto for strings (2000), “Distance Music at Lake Eola for 7 Train Horns, Walking Audience and 28 Brass” (2014) and “Green” for the 3d film/ live orchestra world tour “America’s Wonders” (2019-26).