Samreet Juneja (winner of 2022 Call for Scores)
Samreet Juneja (b. 2001) is a composer from Maryland and is currently a student at the University of Maryland, College Park, studying Information Science. He also studies composition with Dr. William Kenlon. In addition to composition, he has played percussion for about ten years and has been a part of a variety of bands in both high school and college.
Samreet's main musical inspirations are Impressionist composers such as Claude Debussy, Maurice Ravel, and Lili Boulanger, and primarily aims to evoke imagery, color, and atmosphere through his music. However, he is still looking to explore and write in a variety of styles such as jazz, minimalism, and atonality, as well as blending Western instruments with the harmonies and rhythms of Indian music.