2023-2024 Hearing in Color Young Composer Residency - Encouragement Award

Lux Ezra Onigman

Lux Ezra Onigman (they/them) is an undergraduate student at Smith College on track to double major in Music and Neuroscience. They are 17 years old, and they love making music every chance they get! They have been singing in many choirs over the last ten years, starting in the New Jersey Youth Chorus at the age of seven and most recently joining the Smith College Glee Club and Chamber Singers. Lux began composing in 2020, and a solo vocal piece they composed that summer was purchased by the National Youth Rights Association to display on their website. In 2021 and 2022, they tied for second place in the Harmonium Choral Society High School Composition Contest with their pieces “Invictus” and “Arise!” respectively. Lux was then commissioned to write a new song, “A Welcome Thought,” by the Crossing Chorale at the Unitarian Universalist Church at Washington Crossing. They also play guitar, lead song sessions, and teach music classes. In addition to music, they enjoy studying brains, fencing, learning new languages (and dead languages), writing poetry, reading, and riding their bike.