The music of American composer Mark Grey has been commissioned or premiered by such organizations as the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, National Opera of Belgium La Monnaie | de Munt Opera, Carnegie Hall, CalPerformances, Los Angeles Master Chorale, Kronos Quartet, Berkeley Symphony, Phoenix Symphony, Green Bay Symphony, California Symphony, Los Angeles Children’s Chorus, Meet The Composer and others, along with festivals at Ravinia, Cabrillo, OtherMinds, Perth International, and Spoleto. Mr. Grey has been commissioned by the National Opera of Belgium La Monnaie | de Munt Opera to write an evening length grand opera to premiere in March 2019 in Brussels. The subject of the opera will be Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein – to commemorate the novel’s 200-year anniversary. A 35-minute symphonic version of the opera was premiered by the Atlanta Symphony in 2016 and co-commissioned by the Berkeley Symphony. Opera Wire – 10 Must See Operas In 2019 [International Edition]. No 7 Frankenstein – La Monnaie. The New York Times – ‘We Feel a Kinship With the Creature’ (Oct 2018). San Francisco Chronicle picked FRANKENSTEIN SYMPHONY in its top five classical music choices for 2016. The world premiere of his latest chamber symphony, Fantasmagoriana, was performed in 2017 at Disney Concert Hall and co-commsioned by the Los Angeles Philharmonic and Jacaranda Music.