Connor Koppin is an award-winning composer and conductor of choral music, known for his exceptional craftsmanship and the harmonic and melodic beauty of his work. His compositions often seek to create a marriage of new and old themes and cultural practices, placing an emphasis on the universality of living and the human experience. Additionally, Koppin is slated to serve as Composer-in-Residence at Carnegie Hall in association with National Concerts in 2026. Koppin wrote his first large-scale work, I Call Your Name in 2019, alongside poet Brian Newhouse who crafted the libretto.

Among his accolades are awards from the Young New Yorker’s Chorus Young Composer Competition and the Inaugural Capital Hearings Young Composers Competition. His music has been featured on All-State and festival programs in states such as Texas, Georgia, Florida, Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Arkansas, and California. Koppin’s works have been performed at renowned venues like Carnegie Hall and The Kennedy Center and showcased at both regional and national conferences of the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA). He currently has two works—There Will Come Soft Rains and I Found Night—featured on the forthcoming album Sun, Moon, Stars, Rain by the acclaimed Phoenix Chorale.

Koppin holds a Doctor of Musical Arts in Choral Conducting from Michigan State University, where he studied under David Rayl, Sandra Snow, and Jonathan Reed. He began his compositional journey at Wartburg College, where he sang with Dr. Lee Nelson and the Wartburg Choir. His works are widely published by leading music publishers, including Oxford University Press, Walton Music, Hal Leonard, Santa Barbara Music Publishing, G. Schirmer, and Colla Voce Music Publishing. Regularly performed by choirs across the globe, his compositions have earned him a place as a significant voice in contemporary choral music. For more information, to listen to his works, or to contact him, please visit connorkoppin.com.