Jefferson Friedman (born 1974 Swampscott, Massachusetts) is an American composer. He lives in Los Angeles.[1] He received an M.M. degree in music composition from The Juilliard School, where he studied with John Corigliano, and a B.A. from Columbia University,[2] where he studied with David Rakowski and Jonathan Kramer. He also studied with George Tsontakis and Christopher Rouse.