About
Emmanuel Berrido (b.1986)
I'm a Dominican-American composer and pianist with a passion for telling stories through sound, having composed music for the concert hall, the radio, or even the dance floor. My work has been performed by a variety of artists including the Amernet String Quartet, cellists Jason Calloway, Megan Chartier, and Craig Mehler, violinist Peter Sheppard Skaerved, and the FIU Wind Ensemble. Recent experiences have included participation at the American Composer's Orchestra EarShot Readings (Sept. 2018), the Indiana State University Contemporary Music Festival, the New Music Miami Festival, the Ball State University Festival of New Music, the SCI Student National Conference, the Ann Arbor Society of Musical Arts, and the Kendal Sound Arts Series. In May 2017, I accepted the Louis Smadbeck Composition Prize in Ithaca, NY, for Bend the Knee for brass quintet, and in February 2018 I was awarded the Ithaca College Orchestral Composition Competition for his Danza Ritual for orchestra, to be performed by the Ithaca College Symphony Orchestra in the Spring of 2018.
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 Upstate New York. Other educational experiences have included mentorship by composers Bernard Rands, Augusta Read Thomas, Chinary Ung, Lei Liang, and Stefano Gervasoni; violinist Peter Sheppard Skaerved, and clarinetist Lori Freedman.
Alongside Lindsey Eastham, Dallas Joseph Howard, Keehun Nam, and Sergio Cote, I've co-founded the un/pitched organization and concert series, a project devoted to promoting contemporary music in the greater New York area, to enrich collaboration and educating communities about twenty-first-century art. The un/pitched concert series in the Fall of 2017 marked the first official collaboration between Ithaca College and Cornell University composers.
When I'm not composing, performing, or practicing, I create websites for other musicians and small businesses through my studio, Funky Burrito, draw, and read non-fiction books about any topic, from history and philosophy to communication and language.
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About
Emmanuel Berrido (b.1986)
I'm a Dominican-American composer and pianist with a passion for telling stories through sound, having composed music for the concert hall, the radio, or even the dance floor. My work has been performed by a variety of artists including the Amernet String Quartet, cellists Jason Calloway, Megan Chartier, and Craig Mehler, violinist Peter Sheppard Skaerved, and the FIU Wind Ensemble. Recent experiences have included participation at the American Composer's Orchestra EarShot Readings (Sept. 2018), the Indiana State University Contemporary Music Festival, the New Music Miami Festival, the Ball State University Festival of New Music, the SCI Student National Conference, the Ann Arbor Society of Musical Arts, and the Kendal Sound Arts Series. In May 2017, I accepted the Louis Smadbeck Composition Prize in Ithaca, NY, for Bend the Knee for brass quintet, and in February 2018 I was awarded the Ithaca College Orchestral Composition Competition for his Danza Ritual for orchestra, to be performed by the Ithaca College Symphony Orchestra in the Spring of 2018.
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 Upstate New York. Other educational experiences have included mentorship by composers Bernard Rands, Augusta Read Thomas, Chinary Ung, Lei Liang, and Stefano Gervasoni; violinist Peter Sheppard Skaerved, and clarinetist Lori Freedman.
Alongside Lindsey Eastham, Dallas Joseph Howard, Keehun Nam, and Sergio Cote, I've co-founded the un/pitched organization and concert series, a project devoted to promoting contemporary music in the greater New York area, to enrich collaboration and educating communities about twenty-first-century art. The un/pitched concert series in the Fall of 2017 marked the first official collaboration between Ithaca College and Cornell University composers.
When I'm not composing, performing, or practicing, I create websites for other musicians and small businesses through my studio, Funky Burrito, draw, and read non-fiction books about any topic, from history and philosophy to communication and language.
Upcoming Engagements
- Tue07Feb2017Argos Inn; Ithaca New Music Collective – Ithaca, NY
A solo cello work at a bar?? My brother-from-another-mother Craig Mehler performed Asterism for solo cello at the Argos Inn, for an event with the Ithaca New Music Collective. This was a particularly important moment for me, as Craig and I concocted the project that would later become Areítos (concerto for cello and chamber ensemble) over drinks that day.
- Fri27Oct2017Landini Center for Performing and Fine Arts, Indiana State University – Terre Haute, IN
Erik Rohde, violin
- Fri26Jan2018St. Anne & St. Agnes – London
Peter Sheppard Skaerved, violin
- Sun25Feb2018Ithaca College, Ford Hall – Ithaca, NY
- Sat03Mar2018Ithaca College Nabenhauer Hall – Ithaca, NY
Enaw Elonge, soprano; Bryan Spencer, guitar
- Sun18Mar2018Sursa Concert Hall, Ball State University – Muncie, IN
Yu-Fang Chen, violin
- Sat28Apr2018Hockett Family Recital Hall, Ithaca College – Ithaca, NY
Craig Mehler, cello; Keehun Nam, conductor
- Wed02May2018Hockett Family Recital Hall, Ithaca College – Ithaca, NY
Peter Nowak, violin; Valerie Nuzzolo, clarinet; Nicole Murray, alto flute; Emmanuel Berrido, piano
- Wed18Jul2018Conservatorio Superior "Joaquín Rodrigo" – Valencia, Spain
Anna D'Errico, piano
- Tue25Sep2018Sun30Sep2018Grand Rapids Symphony – Grand Rapids, MI
- Mon26Nov2018
- Mon03Dec2018
- Thu17Jan20198:00 pmDiMenna Center for Classical Music – New York, NY
Monica Ramich, soprano; Emmanuel Berrido, piano.
Link to event page. - Fri18Jan2019Polk State College – Winter Haven, FL
Mike Klotz, viola.
Link to Event page - Wed06Feb2019
- Sun07Apr20194:00 pmIthaca College Ford Hall – Ithaca, NY
- Tue30Apr20198:15 pmIthaca College Hockett Recital Hall – Ithaca, NY
Peter Nowak, violin; Valerie Nuzzolo, clarinet; Joon Sang Ko, piano
- Mon03Jun2019Tue18Jun2019Point Counterpoint – Leicester, VT
With the premiere of "Footwork" for Piano Trio. Christopher Herz, violin; Jay Campbell, cello; Everett Hopfner, piano.
- Thu04Jul2019Wed24Jul2019Conservatorio "Joaquín Rodrigo" – Valencia, Spain
Featuring the premiere of "Eta Aquarii" for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, and percussion. Gregor Schulenburg, flute; Ausias Garrigos Morant, clarinet; Giorgos Panagiotidis, violin; Mariel Roberts, cello; Juanjo Llopico, percussion.