Bio
Grady Tesch is a New York based composer, performer and educator. His sound displays a deep emotional palette and unique imagination. Gripping his listeners with a compositional fire that conveys infectious passion and curiosity. The collective, Momentum, that he leads recently released their first single entitled, Aséna, which has been meet with great excitement. The Collective has performed at such notable festivals and venues,WildflowerFestival 2022, Bar LunÀtico, and the Sō Percussion artist series Brooklyn Bound.
He’s been able to travel the world playing music appearing at such renowned festivals as Montreux Jazz Festival, Umbria Jazz Festival, Costa Rica International Jazz Festival, among others. He’s been able to share the stage with such greats as Grammy-award winning trumpet player Shunzo Ono, Ira Coleman, Jerome Jennings, David Berkman, Huevito Lobaton, among others.
Quick with the pen, he composes for music for on and off the screen including recent original scores for the films Devil in a Red Dress (2021), Caretaker (2021) and All Riders (2020) which won the 2021 Carl Lerner Award, 1st Place Audience Choice Award in 2021 First Run Festival, Vimeo Staff Pick and BAFTA Shorts Festival selections. He runs the in-house film music company, Sol Music with Kobi Abcede.
As an educator he lead the percussion program at WHIN Music Community Charter School , a school dedicated to bringing the revolutionary music pedagogy of El Sistema to its local community.
