Podcast - Jason Nitsch

David Fogel Interviews Composer 

Jason Nitsch

Jason Nitsch’s music is equally at home on the concert stage, in outdoor venues, and streaming online, reaching the broadest audience of musicians, performers, and music enthusiasts possible. As a composer dedicated to the exploration of new ideas, his music has evolved over a 25+ year career to incorporate more and more non-traditional elements, such as effect tracks, sound drops, and enveloping electroacoustic works combining live and pre-recorded elements. In 2022, he released an album of chamber music titled “1000 Steps to Nowhere,” and the Season 1 Soundtrack for the sci-fi podcast “Beyond the Belt: Adventures from the Outer Rim,” followed in 2024 with an album of vocal collaborations titled “The Dead Teach the Living.” In 2025, his electroacoustic composition for string orchestra, vocalist, trumpet and cello, “The Dead Teach the Living,” was named a finalist, earning an Honorable Mention designation, for the American Prize. In July 2026 he released his most recent major orchestral work, “An American Dissonance.” Jason is a lover of dog s, legos, video games, and all things Star Wars (yes, even the prequels). He is also a husband, father of two, and a patron of all art forms that stretch traditional boundaries.

Please enjoy this long-format conversation between David Fogel (CEO, The Symphonina Foundation) and Jason.