Artist Research Residency: JULIAN HORNIK
AMTP is excited to host the Jonathan Larson Award winning composer/lyricist Julian Hornik for our first-ever Artist Research Residency during the first week of February 2026. Leveraging Northwestern’s resources as a leading research university, we will connect Julian with faculty experts and research library staff as he imagines the world for his newest musical-in-progress. Inspired by the auction catalogue of photographer Robert Mapplethorpe, this new work will explore politics, art, and the material objects that define an artist’s life and legacy. During his residency, Julian will also lead a master class for Northwestern student writers and composers.
Julian Hornik is a composer/lyricist based in Brooklyn. Shows include “Assisted” with Adam Chanler-Berat (developed with MCC, The Civilians, Berkeley Rep, and Rhinebeck Writers Retreat), “Weekend” with Mark Sonnenblick and Khiyon Hursey (Stanford, Vineyard Arts), “The Painter and The Thief” (New York Stage & Film), “Deathbed Edition” (Ars Nova), “Tenn” (Yale), and “@QueerZ,” commissioned by the San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus. He is a songwriter for the animated musical series “Helluva Boss” (soundtrack released by Atlantic Records). Recipient of the Jonathan Larson Grant from the American Theatre Wing, the Lucille & Jack Yellen Award and the Sammy Cahn Award from the ASCAP Foundation, and the Bryan Gallace Fellowship from SPACE on Ryder Farm. An alum of the Johnny Mercer Songwriters Project, Yale’s Shen Curriculum for Musical Theater, and the Joe’s Pub Working Group.