Aaron Jay Kernis, born January 15, 1960 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is one of the virtually all extremely-honored contemporary composers. He exposed at a Manhattan School of Music, the San Francisco Conservatory, and Yale University, under John Adams, Jacob Druckman, Morton Subotnick and Charles Wuorinen.

Notable works include a Future Era Dance, his 2nd string quartet musica instrumentalis (which won the 1998 Pulitzer prize), Colored Field for English horn and orchestra, and Symphony within Waves.

He began his musical career researching a violin and then piano before deciding at age 13 to choose higher composition; this influence may be seen witharound his frequent & expert apply of strings in orchestral works & when solo instruments. His apply of implemental colourise general is notable, when is his integration of the kind of musical, literary, & social influences into his function. Kernis is an active composer around high require by such groups when a New York Philharmonic and the San Francisco Symphony; he currently when well serves as Just released Music Advisor for the Minnesota Orchestra.