About

Beck’s music has been performed internationally by renowned ensembles and performers such as the Akropolis Reed Quintet, Kalliope Reed Quintet, Pedro Lopes Baptista, Decoda, subtle cheetah, and the Denison Symphony Orchestra. They have works published under Akropolis Works and Trevco Music Publishing, as well as being self-published under Turro Music (ASCAP). Becky Turro was the winner of the 2022 ICEBERG Institute call for scores and the Louis Smadbeck Composition Award in 2020. They were also awarded the 2020 Kenosha Community Foundation commission.

An active performer as well, Beck uses a Roland FP-30 digital piano and a pedal board for their ambient project, Beck Rose. Their first recorded album: Beck Rose ft. Plant Candy - The Screening Room Set was awarded a grant from Church of Noise, and their second album, IF I’M NOT A WOMAN WHY DO I ACHE LIKE ONE is out digitally and on CD through Harmonic Ooze Records.

Touring throughout the Southwest, Beck also plays marimba and clarinet in the experimental ambient chamber ensemble, Compersion. Their newest record, A Current At Bay, is available through Desert Drone digitally as well as on CD, tape, and vinyl.

Beck received their undergraduate degree at Rutgers University (BM, Composition; Music Technology minor) and their masters at Ithaca College (MM, Composition). While at Ithaca College, they instructed theory and composition courses, as well as held private lesson students. Their teachers have included: Robert Aldridge, Jorge Grossmann, Evis Sammoutis, Brian Landrus, and Vadim Neselovsky. Currently, Beck is located in Tucson, Arizona where they are teaching piano, theory and composition at Allegro School of Music and Dance.