Derek Bermel
Composer and clarinetist Derek Bermel has been internationally recognized for his creativity, theatricality, and virtuosity. Bermel is acclaimed for music that is “intricate, witty, clear-spoken, tender, and extraordinarily beautiful [and] covers an amazing amount of ground, from the West African rhythms of Dust Dances to the Bulgarian folk strains of Thracian Echoes, to the shimmering harmonic splendor of Elixir.
Featured Works
Three Rivers
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2012
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Mar de Setembro
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2011
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A Shout, A Whisper, and A Trace
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2009
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Elixir
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2006
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Voices
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1997
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Dust Dances
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1994
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Piano Piece
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I'm Trying
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Beautiful Ones
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Songs
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Piece by Piece 2
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Love Makes You Late
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Don't Panic
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Piece by Piece 1
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Starfish & Coffee
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Poem
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Second Wind
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The Migration Series
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Coming Together
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Twin Trio
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Thracian Sketches
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ACO PERFORMANCES
Music From Copland House - CULTIVATE 2023 at Elebash Recital Hall, The Graduate Center
June 12, 2023
Elebash Recital Hall, The Graduate Center
Houston Symphony EarShot Reading
March 30, 2022
Jones Hall
Professional Development Session: Tricks of the Trade
March 16, 2022
Virtual
Listening Party with Derek Bermel and special guests John Adams, Laurie Anderson, Anthony Davis, Hannibal Lokumbe, Eugene Moye, and Melinda Wagner
June 24, 2021
Zoom
Listening Party
June 24, 2021
Zoom
Professional Development Panel: Film Composition
June 16, 2021
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Professional Development Panel: Conductor's Roundtable - Marin Alsop & George Manahan
May 5, 2021
Zoom
0 (1997-1998)
Composers OutFront: Derek Bermel and Pe (2008-2009)
Composers OutFront: Ned McGowan (2007-2008)
Composers OutFront: Derek Bermel (2000-2001)
Jazz Composers Orchestra Institute Concert (2012-2013)
Orchestra Underground: Border Vanguards (2013-2014)
Orchestra Underground: Season Finale (2008-2009)
Whitaker New Music Reading (1993-1994)
Erotic Spirits (2005-2006)
Third Stream (2006-2007)