John Wineglass

composer

Winner of three Emmy Awards, three ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards, and seven Emmy nominations, John Christopher Wineglass has written scores for shows on major television networks and several documentaries over the past twenty-five years. 

Mr. Wineglass has also garnered many concert hall commissions, from the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music with Maestra Marin Alsop to the Kennedy Center Concert Hall. Some of his compositions are inspired by the beauty of creation and the splendor of nature, while other works bring to light social justice issues of the past and present. The Washington Post described his work as having “iridescent colors in the world première of a beautifully crafted suite,” while conductor Marvin Hamlisch introduced and congratulated the occasion by commenting “… with a name like Wineglass, it had to be good.”

In recent years and most notably, the London Symphony Orchestra recorded Mr. Wineglass’ concerto #elijah, a tribute to the life of Elijah Jovan McClain, who died at the hands of those who are entrusted to serve and protect. His pandemic response works, Alone for solo violin, live EFX, and electronica, and Alone Together for percussion, harp, and strings, are included in the permanent collection of Covid-19 response art at the Library of Congress.

Mr. Wineglass received his Bachelor of Music in Music Composition with a minor in Viola Performance at American University and his Master of Music Composition with an emphasis in Film Scoring for Motion Pictures, Television, and Multi-Media at New York University, studying primarily with Justin Dello-Joio of The Juilliard School.

For more information about John Wineglass and his work, visit johnwineglass.com.