(b. 1985, Chicago, Illinois).

American composer of mostly orchestral music.

Mr. Svoboda is self-taught as a composer. He studied violin privately with Julieta Mihai in Macomb, Illinois in 2007–08. He earned his BS in geography at Western Illinois University in Macomb in 2009 and has had postgraduate studies in a related field at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb since 2010.

SELECT LIST OF WORKS

ORCHESTRAL:

Spring Prelude, orchestra (9 winds, B-flat trumpet, timpani, strings), 2005

Overture to 'The Tell-Tale Heart' (after Edgar Allan Poe), orchestra (10 winds, French horn, 2 trombones, tuba, harp, timpani, strings), 2008

Dance of the Birds, orchestra (9 winds, B-flat trumpet, 2 trombones, tuba, harp, timpani, triangle, handbells, strings), 2006

Valse Lament, string orchestra, 2009 (version of chamber work)

Symphonic Sketch for Orchestra (vocalise), female chorus, orchestra (10 winds, 2 French horns, B-flat trumpet, 2 trombones, tuba, harp, timpani, glockenspiel, cymbals, strings), 2009–10

Legend, orchestra (9 winds, 2 French horns, B-flat trumpet, 2 trombones, tuba, harp, timpani, glockenspiel, tubular bells, tambourine, cymbals, strings), 2010

The Flight of the Mosquito, orchestra (piccolo, 2 flutes, 2 bassoons, French horn, tuba, timpani, cymbals, strings), 2010

CHAMBER MUSIC:

Elegy No. 1, flute, harp, violin, viola, cello, double bass, 2008

Serenade, bassoon, harp, violin, viola, cello, double bass, 2008–09

Valse Lament, violin, viola, cello, double bass, 2009 (also version for string orchestra)

PIANO:

Thoughts, 2006