Joshua DeLozier

Joshua C. DeLozier (b. 1998) is a composer whose work explores connections between musical form and social metaphor. Drawing on the harmonic language of high modernism, his compositions develop through gradual transformation and underlying lyricism. Physical gesture plays an important role in shaping both musical structure and expressive communication.

His music has been performed by ensembles including loadbang, Zodiac Trio, the Toledo Symphony Orchestra, The Rhythm Method, and the Baylor University Symphony Orchestra, as well as soloists Charlotte Merz, Amy Petrongelli, Carolyn Anderson, and Thomas Kolor.

His compositions have been featured at the Lake George Music Festival, June in Buffalo, and on WGTE Public Media's Morning Classics. He was a composition finalist in Bowling Green State University's Competitions in Music Performance in 2022 and 2023, and a finalist for the ASCAP Foundation Morton Gould Young Composer Awards in 2025. In 2024, he was an artist-in-residence at Arts Letters & Numbers.

Also a pianist, DeLozier performs music ranging from J.S. Bach to contemporary composers such as Charles Wuorinen and Michael Hersch. He is a co-founder and artistic director of Ex Corde, a New York City-based composer-led nonprofit, and a faculty member at Musart Music, where he teaches composition and music theory.

DeLozier holds a Bachelor of Music, summa cum laude, from Baylor University and a Master of Music from Bowling Green State University. He is currently a DMA candidate and Teaching Fellow at Manhattan School of Music.