composer 
L.A. ERIKA✦ MEYER
My name is Erika Meyer and I am a Los Angeles-based composer and singer who’s interested in film, concert, and contemporary music.
✦ scandinavian winter ✦ affect no.2 ✦ Ave Verum Corpus ✦ waves ✦ Ba da ba da ✦ The Seven Songs of Emily Dickinson ✦ Silenced, Caged and Permission
MUSIC
A selection of my works, performed by myself
Projects
Additional works
Composed by Erika Meyer and Libretto by James T. Washburn for Seattle Opera Creation Lab 2021 An intimate retelling of Achilles and Patroclus’ relationship, from childhood to the events of the Iliad. It explores the nonlinear nature of relationships and how we remember them while dealing with themes of fate and choice; the intersections of loyalty, grief, and sacrifice; and how idealism and perspective change from youth to young adulthood.
A chamber work for The Zafa Collective
scandinavian winter ✦ affect no.2 ✦ Ave Verum Corpus ✦ waves ✦ Ba da ba da ✦ The Seven Songs of Emily Dickinson ✦ Silenced, Caged and Permission
bio
Erika Meyer is a composer and vocalist. Born and raised in Seattle, she drew musical inspiration from the city’s gloomy, damp climate.
She specializes in composing and performing varieties of contemporary and classical music, as well as music for media.
Erika was a 2021 NATS National Quarter Finalist and was selected as a 2021 Seattle Opera Jang Lang Davis Creation Lab participant. There she created a new 20-minute chamber opera titled, Achilles + Patroclus, alongside fellow librettist, James T. Washburn. The chamber opera was premiered as a fully staged production in Lowbrow Opera Collective’s 2023 season, More Than Friends.
Erika studied at the University of Washington where she received both a Bachelor of Music in Voice Performance and a Bachelor of Arts in Music Theory. She completed a year of her Graduate Studies in Composition at The Chicago College of Performing Arts studying under composer Daron Hagen.
more fun projects!
scandinavian winter ✦ affect no.2 ✦ Ave Verum Corpus ✦ waves ✦ Ba da ba da ✦ The Seven Songs of Emily Dickinson ✦ Silenced, Caged and Permission