"A confident new musical voice."

The New York Times

"A prodigy in a field well-acquainted with prodigies."

The Chicago Sun-Times

"A confident, fully-grown composing talent."

The Washington Post

"Inspired, well-devised touches throughout. Mr. Rogerson has a gift for transitions, for moving us from moment to moment, section to section, while maintaining the coherence of the work as a whole.”
Anthony Tommasini
  —  The New York Times
“A confident, fully-grown composing talent.”
  —  The Washington Post
“A prodigy in a field well-acquainted with prodigies.”
  —  Chicago Sun-Times

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March 29, 2026

2025-2026 season brings two major premieres at Lincoln Center

This year, Rogerson received two premieres at Alice Tully as part of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center's season. Benjamin Beilman performed the New York premiere of "Arietta" on November 21, 2025 and the Escher Quartet with violist Paul Neubauer gave the New York premiere of "String Quintet" on February 11, 2026.
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October 16, 2024

Nu Deco Ensemble Releases Second Nature

Nu Deco Ensemble releases Second Nature, featuring "Sacred Earth," a work I wrote for mezzo-soprano J'Nai Bridges and Nu Deco Ensemble, premiered at the Arsht Center in Miami in December 2021. This work was made in collaboration with Keith Ladzinski of National Geographic who provided visuals for the work as well as album artwork. The album also features Gershwin's iconic work "Rhapsody in Blue."
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May 15, 2023

Chris Rogerson Awarded 2022 Stoeger Prize from Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center

“We are personally delighted that this year’s Stoeger jury has selected Chris Rogerson as the 2022 recipient of the prize,” said CMS Artistic Directors Wu Han and David Finckel. “Chris’s music embodies all that we look for in the works of today’s chamber music composers: genuine inspiration; knowledgeable and skillful instrumental writing; a combination of immediate appeal and intriguing challenge which invites further hearings; and very importantly, a true sense of the very nature of chamber music as an art form of dialogue between equals. In addition, Chris has proven to be very much a ‘performer’s composer’ in that so many fine players have asked for works from him. Their advocacy and passion, combined with new music of real quality, is what truly drives our art form forward.”

Upcoming Events

April 23, 2026

'Til it was dark (Quintet)

Ithaca College Contemporary Chamber Ensemble

8:15 P.M.

Ford Hall

Ithaca College

Ithaca, NY

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May 17, 2026

Luminosity, for orchestra

Capital Philharmonic of New Jersey; Joshua Gersen, conductor

4 P.M.

New Jersey State Museum Auditorium

Trenton, NJ

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May 24, 2026

Gentle Dances, for guitar and string quartet

Pablo Sainz-Villegas, guitar; Agarita Chamber Ensemble

12:30 P.M.

La Rioja Festival

La Rioja, Spain

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Recent Works

Chamber Works
Gentle Dances, for guitar and string quartet

guitar and string quartet

12 minutes

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Solo Works
Book of Dances and Lullabies, Volume I

solo piano

12 minutes

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Chamber Works
Piano Trio No. 2

violin, cello, piano

15 minutes

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Chamber Works
String Quintet

string quartet + viola

30 minutes

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