Biography

Jeffrey Meyers is a classically trained saxophonist and a film and game composer. Jeffrey was instructed on the saxophone by Dr. Mark Ely as well as Dr. Jeffrey Allardyce. He has performed with many groups, including the Lower Columbia College Symphonic Band, the University of Utah Symphonic Band, the University of Utah Wind Ensemble, as well as various student saxophone quartets and the saxophone studio ensemble at the University of Utah. Jeffrey has performed in multiple venues, including Libby Gardener Hall in Salt Lake City, Utah, as well as the Rose Center for the Arts, in Longview, Washington. Jeffrey is familiar with each of the standard horns in the saxophone family, having played soprano, alto, tenor, and baritone each in both large and small ensembles, though his favorite to play is the soprano. Jeffrey is familiar with much of the standard repertoire for classical saxophone, having played pieces from composers including Glazunov, Bozza, Creston, Dubois, and Villa-Lobos.

As a composer, Jeffrey writes in a myriad of styles, specializing in orchestral music, but also having composed big band jazz, classical string quartets, and waltzes, and has experimented with other styles such as Latin jazz, rock, and horror sounds. He has been instructed by Dr. Devin Maxwell in the art of composition. His music is greatly inspired by storytelling and other forms of art, especially film and games. Jeffrey gets the greatest joy in composing music when he writes for media; he loves the experience of writing music for games and film, and exploring how the music can express the emotion of the characters or a scene. Jeffrey was inspired to begin composing from the games he played as a child, he always loved the soundtracks, and the way that they expressed the story and immersed him in the world. He has always felt that music has a particularly powerful way of drawing the audience in and inviting them to participate in the story of a game or a film.

Jeffrey has had many compositions premiered at the University of Utah’s composer’s forum concerts, where he has had his music played on four separate occasions. He has also had a work premiered at a local art show in Sandy, Utah. His music has been described by other students as “Ghibli-like,” and that it “pulled them in” in a way that other compositions did not.

Jeffrey received his Associate degree from Lower Columbia College, and is currently pursuing a Bachelors of Music in Music Composition from the University of Utah, expected to graduate in spring 2025.