EMMANUEL BERRIDO

My work has been performed by a variety of artists including the JACK and the Amernet String Quartets, cellists Megan Chartier, and Craig Mehler, violinist Peter Sheppard Skærved, the Illinois Modern Ensemble, and the FIU Wind Ensemble.

Some of my experiences have included participation at the American Composer’s Orchestra EarShot Readings with the Grand Rapids Symphony, the New Music Miami Festival, the Indiana State University Contemporary Music Festival, and the Ball State University Festival of New Music. In 2023-2024, I was part of the second cohort of WESA / WYEP Public Radio Artists in Residency. In 2025, I was awarded the Dead Elf Music Prize at the University of Pittsburgh.

I have been the recipient of the Louis Smadbeck Composition Prize in Ithaca, NY, for my piece “Bend the Knee” for brass quintet, the Ithaca College Orchestral Composition Competition for my “Danza Ritual” for orchestra, and the 2022 Pittsburgh Composer’s Project by ensemble NAT 28, for my “Footwork” for piano trio.

I have a degree in Music Business (Creative Production) from Miami Dade College, and a B.M. in Music Composition from Florida International University where I studied with composer Orlando Jacinto García. In May of 2018, I completed my Master of Music degree under the mentorship of composers Evis Sammoutis and Jorge Villavicencio Grossmann at Ithaca College, in Ithaca, NY. Currently, I am pursuing a Ph.D. in Composition and Music Theory at the University of Pittsburgh under the mentorship of Eric Moe, Amy Williams, Mathew Rosenblum, and Charles Peck.

I proudly serve as faculty and executive director for the Valencia International Performing Arts Summer Festival; also as staff member at the New Music on the Point festival.

When I’m not composing, performing, or practicing, I make websites for other musicians and small businesses, draw, and read non-fiction books about a wide variety of topics, from history and philosophy to communication and language.