Gabriel (Gabe) Gekoskie
- Assistant Recital Hall Manager, School of Music
Music Building I, Room 119
- Email ggekoskie@psu.edu
- Pronouns he/him
Biography
Gabriel Gekoskie is a composer, sound artist, and engineer based in State College, PA. Delving into the intricacies of the human experience and exploring the absurd, his creative portfolio spans diverse media. Gekoskie's cohesive musical methodology draws inspiration from contemporary phenomena – short attention spans, mass communication, and heightened individualism in the information age. His work resonates with the complexities of modern existence, offering a poignant reflection on the interplay between technology and the human psyche.
As an academic, Gabriel’s research emerges as an extension of his artistic practice, grounded in principles of equity and accessibility. He frequently collaborates with artists across extramusical disciplines, treating improvisation and abstraction as modes of inquiry. These concerns coalesce in his 2024 chamber opera The Cascades of Ares, an interdisciplinary work integrating ceramic, projection, and sound art. His theoretical writing further interrogates contemporary musical culture; in 2026, his paper The Salient Aesthetics of Hyperpop was published in Emille, the journal of the Korean Electroacoustic Music Society (KEAMS). He holds a BM in Composition and Music Theory from the University of Florida and an MM in Composition and Theory from Penn State University, where he currently serves as the Assistant Recital Hall Manager.
Gekoskie’s work has been recognized through competitive residencies at the Catwalk Institute of Art (2024, 2025) and Penn State’s Learning Factory, supporting the development of new interdisciplinary works at the intersection of sound and material practice.