Artist Profiles

Curtis Young Alumni Voices: Chelsea Komschlies (Composition ’18)

Curtis Young Alumni Voices: Chelsea Komschlies (Composition ’18)

THE CURTIS INSTITUTE OF MUSIC

BY ALI KING

AK: Let’s start with the baby pictures on Instagram. You became a mom this year!

CK: Yes, she’s almost nine months old — quite the year, with a new baby and the pandemic! It’s been a joy, and hard. She makes my life sweet.

Composers Festival spotlight: Chelsea Komschlies

Composers Festival spotlight: Chelsea Komschlies

Mizzou New Music Initiative News

The daughter of an artist, Komschlies grew up in Appleton, WI creating and loving all sorts of visual art, and still enjoys drawing, digital painting, and creating hand-sculpted jewelry. She often uses real or imagined images as inspiration for her works, hoping that listeners will “make deep, instinctual associations with her music, be they emotional, visual, or otherwise abstract.”