Evan Wright

Evan Wright is Los Angeles-based composer and vocalist with a tremendous passion for collaborative storytelling in narrative filmmaking and chamber music composition. Working as a composer and producer developing his debut album, Evan has recorded five albums, assisted working composers and musicians, served as musical director on Disneyland Resort sponsored shows, and scored shorts. A graduate of the New England Conservatory of Music, Evan is currently working as a composer, vocal contractor at Disneyland and Knotts Berry Farm and most recently was an artist-in-residence in the Emerging Composers Program hosted by the Ghetto Film School. Wright characterizes his compositional voice as one that contains, "breath and humanity in pursuit of creating an immersive experience. Evan has experience working as an composer assistant for composers like EmmoLei Sankofa, Marcus Norris, Michael Levine, Kevin Toney, and worked as a musical director on Disneyland Resort sponsored shows. In 2023, Wright received the Reel Change Film Grant from New Music USA to score a short film, “My Brother and Me”. The Film had its world primiere at the American Black Film Festival in June 2024. Evan has been a composer in residence at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Wildacres Artist Retreat, Mother’s Milk Artist Residency, Wassaic Project and participated in the 2023 Emerging Composers Program hosted by the Ghetto Film School.