Joey Karz creates music that draws from contemporary classical, free jazz, film scores, and electronic dance music, culminating in an eclectic, genre fusing sound. Joey's fast-paced, rhythmic classical music has been performed by ensembles such as the Los Angeles Master Chorale, University of Michigan Philharmonic Orchestra, The Lyris Quartet, Cerus Quartet, and the string instrumentalists of the Los Angeles Philharmonic.

In addition to concert music, Joey has scored dozens of projects including the short film sensation Horny, which has close to 4 million views on youtube. He was recently awarded the Top Shorts Film Festival award for his score on Leah Gouin's Cohousing. A producer and pianist, Joey is 1/2 of duo HLWA, where his music has amassed hundreds of thousands of streams and live performances recently saw sold out crowds in New York City. HLWA, ("hallway") works in the realms of electronic, dance, and pop. Their live set combines Ableton sequencing and looping with acoustic instrumentation, bringing dance music into a band setting.

As a senior in high school, Joey was selected as a 2021 YoungArts finalist in classical music, and was a semifinalist for the 2021 United States Presidential Scholar in the Arts Award. He has participated in summer programs such as the Yellowbarn Young Artist Program, Lake George Music Festival, NYU Summer Screen Scoring, and the Vienna Contemporary Composers Festival. Joey recently graduated from the University of Michigan, where he studied classical music composition in the School of Music, Theatre & Dance.