Damian Norfleet

Composer and performer Damian Norfleet “is a gifted improvisational singer, performance artist, actor, and social justice activist who has occupied a rare multi-dimensional space in the performing arts” (I Care If You Listen). Norfleet “brings a full range of emotions” (Boston Globe) and “commands both stage and screen with a strong presence and powerful singing” (EDGE).

Damian’s compositions have been played in fun spaces like The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Brooklyn Public Library/Central Library, and The Center at West Park. He was a 2024 Composing Fellow in the Gabriela Ortiz Composing Studio and is currently creating his first opera Man in the Moon—a monodrama for voice, found objects, and percussion.

Damian has most recently performed in Berlin at the Haus der Kulturen der Welt, in Paris at Reid Hall, and in New York City at the  Lincoln Center, Roulette, National Sawdust, and the Kaufman Music Center.

Damian’s unique approach to composition and improvisation (SPA method) focuses on space, pathos, and action. The method draws from his past training and career as an actor on both stage and screen.