Mr. Allen holds a Master's degree in Composition from the University of Kentucky and a Doctorate in Composition from The Cleveland Institute of Music. He has studied with award-winning composers Joseph Baber, Margaret Brouwer, and Keith Fitch, and has actively participated in seminars and master classes with other well-known composers such as Melinda Wagner, Robert Beaser, Steven Stucky, Joan Tower, Claude Baker, David Rakowski and Tanya León. He has also studied film scoring and sound design with Steven Mark Kohn. From 2008-2009, Jeremy conducted research in cooperation with Pulitzer Prize winning composers Joan Tower and Melinda Wagner toward developing a pertinent method of analysis for contemporary art music based on a cooperative effort between music theorists and twenty-first century composers.