Marco-Adrián Ramos is a Mexican-American composer whose potent and eclectic music spans a variety of media including works for voice, instrumental and electroacoustic ensembles, and dance. 
His work has been sought and performed by a variety of institutions and ensembles including the MATA Festival, FLUX Quartet, the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, 45th Parallel, the Juilliard Orchestra, the Yale Philharmonia, the New York Youth Symphony, the Houston Symphony, ZOFO Piano Duo, the Orchestra of St. Luke’s, Emmanuel Music, the Aspen Music Festival, the Next Festival of Emerging Artists, and the Gamper Festival of Contemporary Music. 
  Recognitions include three ASCAP Morton Gould Young Composer Awards, an artist grant from the National Association of Latino Arts and Cultures, the Arthur Friedman Prize (Juilliard), the Charles Ives Scholarship from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and the William Schuman Prize from the BMI Foundation.
He currently is an instructor at the University of Arkansas, teaching classes on music theory and composition. Since the beginning of 2024, he has also worked as an administrator at the Gabriela Lena Frank Creative Academy of Music (GLFCAM).  
Marco-Adrián holds degrees from The Juilliard School and Yale University’s School of Music; cherished mentors have included artists like Mari Kimura, Melinda Wagner, Christopher Theofanidis, Derek Bermel, Gabriela Lena Frank, and David Lang.

Marco-Adrián Ramos es un compositor mexicano-estadounidense cuya música, potente y ecléctica, abarca una variedad de medios, incluyendo obras para voz, ensambles instrumentales y electroacústicos, y baile.
Sus obras han sido buscadas y interpretadas por una variedad de instituciones y ensambles, incluyendo el FLUX Quartet, el Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, 45th Parallel, la Juilliard Orchestra, la Yale Philharmonia, la New York Youth Symphony, la Houston Symphony, ZOFO Piano Duo, la Orchestra of St. Luke’s, Emmanuel Music, el Aspen Music Festival, el Next Festival of Emerging Artists, y el Gamper Festival of Contemporary Music.
Reconocimientos incluyen tres premios ASCAP Morton Gould para compositores jóvenes, una beca de la National Association of Latino Arts and Cultures, el premio Arthur Friedman (Juilliard), la beca Charles Ives de la American Academy of Arts and Letters, y el premio William Schuman de la BMI Foundation.
Actualmente es instructor en la Universidad de Arkansas (University of Arkansas), dando cátedra de teoría musical y composición. Desde el principio del 2024, también sirve como administrador en la Gabriela Lena Frank Creative Academy of Music (GLFCAM).
Marco-Adrián cuenta con títulos de la Juilliard School y la Escuela de Música de Yale University; entre sus queridos mentores se encuentran artistas como Mari Kimura, Melinda Wagner, Christopher Theofanidis, Derek Bermel, Gabriela Lena Frank, and David Lang.