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Kenyon Duncan
Composer in Residence

Kenyon Duncan is a Brooklyn-based composer-performer, teaching artist, and producer from Northern California. Grounded in the sonic traditions of the Black diaspora, Kenyon’s creative practice engages questions of embodiment and placemaking.

Recent commissions include works for iSing Silicon Valley, Touch of Blue: New American Vocal Ensemble, the Princeton Playhouse Choir & Orchestra, and the Chamber Music Society of Central Virginia. Kenyon has been awarded residencies from the Avaloch Farm Music Institute (2023) and Gabriela Lena Frank Creative Academy of Music (2022-2023), and his sound installation Music for Strangers (2019) was featured at the Yale Center for Collaborative Arts and Media. Kenyon’s experience as a conductor and ensemble leader has led to the production of 3 award-winning albums, bringing him around the world to lead workshops on vocal performance and ensemble technique. A sought after collaborator, Kenyon’s contributions as a vocalist, pianist, and arranger are featured on multiple studio albums, and he is currently developing a solo recording project. Kenyon holds a B.A. in Computing & The Arts from Yale University, where he studied composition, computer music, and conducting.