John Henry Kreitler

He was a songwriter, producer and publisher, and co-founder of contemporary chamber music ensemble Virtuosos de Cámara and founder and Creative Director of Clear Choice Entertainment, LLC.

His Conversations Beyond the Stars for violin, flute and electronics - inspired by an astronomical phenomenon known as ‘fast radio bursts’ - was premiered in December, 2019, by American violinist Karen Bentley Pollick and German flautist Klaus Liebetanz at the XIV Festival International de Arte in San Pancho, Mexico and was recently performed as part of Stanford University’s CCRMA series.

[1] Kreitler was composer-in-residence for Virtuosos de Cámara, an international chamber ensemble composed of performers from Mexico, Germany, Switzerland, Romania, Canada and America.

2020 performances by members of the ensemble included premieres of several new works by Kreitler, including Sonata Andalusia for two violins; “Poets End Up Living Their Madness” a suite for piano, two violins, flute, clarinet/sax, percussion and electronics inspired by poems from Mexico; Fragility of Culture:Culture of Fragility; and his arrangement for the ensemble of the classic Mexican ballad by Manuel Ponce, Estrellita.

His credits for underscore, songs and/or source music included numerous U.S prime-time series such as Law and Order, Friends, Homicide, and Saturday Night Live; daytime dramas including Passions (NBC) and Guiding Light (CBS); the French drama Riviera; and films such as Material Girls (MGM) and Tribute (Lifetime).