Angelique Poteat

Angelique Poteat is a native of the Pacific Northwest. Her music has been recorded and performed on four continents by ensembles including the Seattle Symphony Orchestra, Yakima Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonia Northwest, Seattle Collaborative Orchestra, Saratoga Orchestra, Woodlands Symphony Orchestra, North Corner Chamber Orchestra, CernaBella, and Emerald City Music. Some notable performances include Beyond Much Difference (2014), a piece commissioned by the Seattle Symphony and performed by them at their January 2015 Sonic Evolution concert with Mike McCready, Chris Cornell, and members of the bands, Pearl Jam, Sound Garden, and Alice in Chains; and Much Difference (2014) at (le) Poisson Rouge in New York. Poteat is the recipient of the 2015 American Prize in Composition for Beyond Much Difference, as well as grants from Seattle 4Culture, Artist Trust, and the Allied Arts Foundation. She is also a 2015 CityArtist from the Seattle Office of Arts & Culture, and the 2018 Composer-in-Residence for the New Music on the Rock Festival. She recently completed a work for arx Percussion Duo, and is currently working on a clarinet quintet for Seattle Symphony clarinetist Laura DeLuca, and an orchestra piece for the Seattle Symphony to open their 2022-23 Season. Poteat is the Director of the Seattle Symphony Young Composers Workshop and is also the Seattle Symphony’s 2022-23 Artist-in-Residence.