Aaron Fryklund

Aaron Fryklund’s music has been described in the press as “a joy to hear”, and his film work earned him “BEST SCORE” at the 37th Boston Science Fiction Festival. His aesthetic covers a wide range of compositional styles and his works represent multiple mediums, including concert music, interactive computer music, film scores, theatrical works, and intermedia projects. Fryklund is also a conductor with broad experience before orchestras, wind ensembles, choirs, and small and new music ensembles. Fryklund recently won the Dallas Street Choir’s “Home is…” composition contest and was a 2024 American Prize finalist for his orchestra piece “Scissortail Suite”. A number of his pieces for string orchestra have been published and performed across the United States. He is currently under commission from the University Interscholastic League of Texas to create sight-reading music used for orchestra contests in Texas which is also used by a number of other states.

Fryklund earned his bachelor’s degree in music composition from Oklahoma City University studying with Edward Knight and his master’s degree in music composition from the University of North Texas studying with Andrew May and David Bithell. Besides being a composer, Fryklund is also an educator and a church music minister. He is the associate director of orchestras at Richardson High School and one of the music ministers at First United Methodist Church of Sachse, Texas. He lives in Garland, Texas with his wife and sons.