Composer Gabriel Lubell (b. 1983) originally hails from New York and is currently pursuing a Doctor of Music degree at Indiana University's Jacobs School of Music, from which he also holds a master’s degree. At IU, he has studied composition with Sven-David Sandström and P.Q. Phan as well as electronic music with Jeffrey Hass and John Gibson. Prior to his exploration of the Midwest, he earned a bachelor's degree with honors in music and astronomy from Vassar College where he studied composition with Richard Wilson and Suzanne Sorkin. His music has been heard in Italy, Sweden, and throughout the United States. He has been named the recipient of a Dean's Scholarship from Indiana University and is one of the only two-time winners of the Jean Slater Edson Prize in music composition. He performs frequently as a bass-baritone and is currently a member of the prestigious Pro Arte Singers. As an academic, Lubell is the youngest member of the Mozart Society of America and has won awards for his work as an Associate Instructor at Indiana University, where he currently teaches music theory and astronomy. In addition to his musical life, he has published papers as an astrophysicist on a variety of topics relating to galactic dynamics and morphology and is moments away from earning an MA in astronomy from Indiana University. His most recent work has focused on the stellar populations of the evolved globular cluster M15.