Hailed as making “..the most progressive campfire music ever” by The New York Times, trumpeter, composer, and writer Nate Wooley has been a quiet force in reshaping contemporary American music. As a trumpet player, he has been an important interpreter of experimental composition, making his premiere as a soloist with The New York Philharmonic in 2019. As an improviser, he has been a part of a movement to redefine the technical possibilities of the instrument, his solo performances being called “exquisitely hostile” by Massimo Ricci of Touching Extremes. His compositions are evolving amalgams of improvisation, folk music, text, and immersive experiences that communicate an arc of human experience from the fragility of being alone to the ecstasy of collectivity. He is also a writer of essays on new music published in The New York Review of Books, The Nation, and E-Flux Journal among others. He founded and was the editor-in-chief of Sound American, a print and online music journal making space for musicians to speak in their own words, for ten years.