"A confident new musical voice."

The New York Times

"A prodigy in a field well-acquainted with prodigies."

The Chicago Sun-Times

"A confident, fully-grown composing talent."

The Washington Post

"Inspired, well-devised touches throughout. Mr. Rogerson has a gift for transitions, for moving us from moment to moment, section to section, while maintaining the coherence of the work as a whole.”
Anthony Tommasini
  —  The New York Times
“A confident, fully-grown composing talent.”
  —  The Washington Post
“A prodigy in a field well-acquainted with prodigies.”
  —  Chicago Sun-Times

Latest News

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October 16, 2024

Nu Deco Ensemble Releases Second Nature

Nu Deco Ensemble releases Second Nature, featuring "Sacred Earth," a work I wrote for mezzo-soprano J'Nai Bridges and Nu Deco Ensemble, premiered at the Arsht Center in Miami in December 2021. This work was made in collaboration with Keith Ladzinski of National Geographic who provided visuals for the work as well as album artwork. The album also features Gershwin's iconic work "Rhapsody in Blue."
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May 15, 2023

Chris Rogerson Awarded 2022 Stoeger Prize from Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center

“We are personally delighted that this year’s Stoeger jury has selected Chris Rogerson as the 2022 recipient of the prize,” said CMS Artistic Directors Wu Han and David Finckel. “Chris’s music embodies all that we look for in the works of today’s chamber music composers: genuine inspiration; knowledgeable and skillful instrumental writing; a combination of immediate appeal and intriguing challenge which invites further hearings; and very importantly, a true sense of the very nature of chamber music as an art form of dialogue between equals. In addition, Chris has proven to be very much a ‘performer’s composer’ in that so many fine players have asked for works from him. Their advocacy and passion, combined with new music of real quality, is what truly drives our art form forward.”
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September 19, 2022

Anne-Marie McDermott and the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra Premiere "Samaa'"

In late June 2022, Anne-Marie McDermott and the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra premiered "Samaa'", a new piano concerto commissioned by Bravo! Vail to commemorate Anne-Marie's 10 years as Artistic Director of the organization.

Upcoming Events

January 23, 2026

New work for piano trio

Mihaela Martin, violin; Frans Helmerson, cello; Anne-Marie McDermott, piano

Ocean Reef Chamber Music Festival

Ocean Reef Cultural Center

Key Largo, FL 

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January 26, 2026

A Fish Will Rise

McGill-McHale Trio (Demarre McGill, flute; Anthony McGill, clarinet; Michael McHale, piano)

7 P.M.

Friends of Chamber Music Kansas City

1900 Building

Kansas City, MO

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February 10, 2026

String Quintet

Escher Quartet with Paul Neubauer, viola

7:30 P.M.

Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center

Alice Tully Hall

New York, NY

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Recent Works

Chamber Works
String Quintet

string quartet + viola

25 minutes

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Vocal Works
Miserere

SATB chorus + orchestra

8 minutes

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Vocal Works
Sign for My Father, Who Stressed the Bunt

voice plus string quartet

8 minutes

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Solo Works
Partita, for solo violin

solo violin

12 minutes

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