Derek Bermel leads CULTIVATE, a week of composer workshops at the Copland House, culminating in performances at Bluestone and the CUNY Graduate Center.
Derek Bermel performs his Thracian Sketches and Leonard Bernstein’s Clarinet Sonata at Duke University alongside works by Evans, Lindroth, and Tower.
Derek Bermel performs his Thracian Sketches and Leonard Bernstein’s Clarinet Sonata at Electric Earth Concerts alongside works by Evans, Lindroth, and Tower.
Derek Bermel co-curates the Gamper Festival of Contemporary Music with Andreia Pinto Correia, featuring Ensemble Dal Niente and fellows at the Bowdoin International Music Festival.
The Charles Ives Music Festival features Derek Bermel’s Intonations, alongside music by Andrew Davis, at the Keeler Tavern Museum.
The Charles Ives Music Festival features Derek Bermel’s Ritornello, alongside music by Frucht, Mazzoli, Cziner, and Gershwin, at Ives Concert Hall, WCSU.
The SXS Chamber Music Festival presents Derek Bermel’s Coming Together, alongside music by Maurice Ravel and Jessie Montgomery.
The Worthington Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Antoine T. Clarke, performs Derek Bermel’s A shout, a whisper, and a trace, alongside works by Bernstein, Montgomery, Shirley, and Waxman.
Derek Bermel is a panelist for The Arts as Critical Practice at the Institute for Advanced Study, honoring the work of anthropologist Didier Fassin, and moderated by Maria Loh.
Derek Bermel and Andreia Pinto Correia are co-composers-in-residence for the Red Note Festival at Illinois State University’s Wonsook Kim College of Fine Arts.
Derek Bermel joins members of the Princeton Symphony Orchestra to perform works by Andreia Pinto Correia in Wolfensohn Hall at the Institute for Advanced Study.
Derek Bermel performs the world premiere of John Musto’s Clarinet Sonata with pianist Michael Boriskin and Music from Copland House at Elebash Hall, alongside works by John Mackey, Kian Ravaei, Liliya Ugay, and Pascal LeBoeuf.
Clarinetist Gerbrich Meijer and pianist Conor Hanick premiere a new work by Derek Bermel commissioned by Music Academy of the West for the inaugural Mariposa Concert Series.
Clarinetist Anthony McGill and the New York Philharmonic, conducted by Jeannette Sorrell, performs Derek Bermel’s arrangement of the Concerto in G Major by Chevalier de Saint-Georges.
Clarinetist Anthony McGill and the New York Philharmonic, conducted by Jeannette Sorrell, performs Derek Bermel’s arrangement of the Concerto in G Major by Chevalier de Saint-Georges.
The South Dakota Symphony and Creekside Singers, conducted by Delta David Gier, premiere a new work co-composed by Derek Bermel and Emmanuel Black Bear, alongside new works by Jeff Paul and Brian Akipa, at the Lutheran Social Services Multi-Cultural Center.
The South Dakota Symphony and Creekside Singers, conducted by Delta David Gier, premiere a new work co-composed by Derek Bermel and Emmanuel Black Bear, alongside new works by Jeff Paul and Brian Akipa, at Wagner High School Theater.
Clarinetist Anthony McGill and the New York Philharmonic, conducted by Jeannette Sorrell, performs Derek Bermel’s arrangement of the Concerto in G Major by Chevalier de Saint-Georges.
The South Dakota Symphony and Creekside Singers, conducted by Delta David Gier, premiere a new work co-composed by Derek Bermel and Emmanuel Black Bear, alongside new works by Jeff Paul and Brian Akipa, at Sinte Gleska University.
Clarinetist Anthony McGill and the New York Philharmonic, conducted by Jeannette Sorrell, performs Derek Bermel’s arrangement of the Concerto in G Major by Chevalier de Saint-Georges.
The South Dakota Symphony and Creekside Singers, conducted by Delta David Gier, premiere a new work co-composed by Derek Bermel and Emmanuel Black Bear, alongside new works by Jeff Paul and Brian Akipa, at Chamberlain High School Theater.
The South Dakota Symphony and Creekside Singers, conducted by Delta David Gier, premiere a new work co-composed by Derek Bermel and Emmanuel Black Bear, alongside new works by Jeff Paul and Brian Akipa, at Lakota Tech High School.
The South Dakota Symphony and Creekside Singers, conducted by Delta David Gier, premiere a new work co-composed by Derek Bermel and Emmanuel Black Bear, alongside new works by Jeff Paul and Brian Akipa, at Crazy Horse Monument.
The Glimmerglass Festival presents the world premiere of The House on Mango Street, an opera by Sandra Cisneros and Derek Bermel.
The Glimmerglass Festival presents the world premiere of The House on Mango Street, an opera by Sandra Cisneros and Derek Bermel.
The Ying Quartet performs Derek Bermel’s Songs of Nameless Ancestors at Plainfield Congregational Church, alongside works by Bartók and Dvořák.
The Glimmerglass Festival presents the world premiere of The House on Mango Street, an opera by Sandra Cisneros and Derek Bermel.
The Trillium Trio performs Derek Bermel’s Twin Trio at Black and Tan Hall, alongside works by Saint-Saëns, Piazzolla, Jolivet, Doppler, Copland, and Ives.
The Glimmerglass Festival presents the world premiere of The House on Mango Street, an opera by Sandra Cisneros and Derek Bermel.
The Glimmerglass Festival presents the world premiere of The House on Mango Street, an opera by Sandra Cisneros and Derek Bermel.
The Glimmerglass Festival presents the world premiere of The House on Mango Street, an opera by Sandra Cisneros and Derek Bermel.
The Ying Quartet and Derek Bermel performs Bermel’s A Short History of the Universe (as related by Nima Arkani-Hamed) alongside works by Beethoven and Brahms at the Bowdoin International Music Festival.
Derek Bermel performs the world premiere of John Musto’s Sonata for Clarinet and Piano with pianist Michael Boriskin, alongside works composed by fellows in the Copland House’s CULTIVATE program Elebash Hall, CUNY Graduate Center.
Derek Bermel joins Sandra Cisneros at Northwestern University in a reading, performance, and discussion about their upcoming opera based on her novel The House on Mango Street, moderated by Bienen School of Music professor Joachim Schamberger.
The Chamber Orchestra of Boston, conducted by David Feltner, performs Derek Bermel’s Murmurations.
The Guggenheim Museum’s Works in Process series presents a discussion with composer Derek Bermel and librettist Sandra Cisneros about their upcoming opera The House on Mango Street at the Glimmerglass Festival, alongside Artistic/General Director Rob Ainsley, dramaturg Kelley Rourke, and featuring excerpts from the opera performed by soprano Mikaela Bennett.
Violinist Midori performs Derek Bermel’s Spring Cadenzas at the Logan Center with the Chicago Youth Symphony, alongside works by Massenet and J.S. Bach.