Jay Cruz

Jay Cruz is a composer and music technologist based in San Francisco. He studied under Daria Novo at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music as part of the Technology and Applied Composition program. Cruz made his Opera Parallèle debut with the 2022 production of La Belle et la Bête at SFJAZZ and has continued to work with the company as both a marketing associate and artist. His recent OP commission for Miriam Hitchcock’s short film A Constellation was nominated for Best Originally Recorded Song and Best Sound Design at the 2025 Nice International Film Festival.